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Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 : Papers
- Date
- [ca 1888-1926]
- By
- Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0060
- Description
Papers relate to anthropological and philological researches of the Pacific. Also includes some genealogies, personal papers, unpublished drafts, literary papers, field notebooks and correspondence. Includes ethnographic notes from Fiji, Roviana, Tonga and elsewhere. Also includes literary drafts and Xerox copies of Hocart's photographs.
Other - `A bibliography of A M Hocart, 1883-1939' / Rodney Needham. [Oxford, B Blackwell for the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford, 1967]
Relationship complexity - See Library catalogue for further A M Hocart material (PAColl-1914; qms-0963; MSX-5207; MS-Papers-1187-073; and Series-0241 in collection MS-Group-0677.
Hocart was a British ethnologist who was involved in expeditions to the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Rotuma, Wallis Island, Samoa and Tonga in the early part of the Twentieth Century.
Quantity: 69 folder(s). 0.70 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter, photographs, maps (some photocopies)
Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Indexes to notebooks available on request.
Finding aids for photograph materials is available in the Photograph Archive backfile. Comprises listings of the photographs, and a copy of the "Heart of Fiji" guide to the exhibitoin of Hocart's photographs held at the National Library Gallery in 1993..
Processing information: This record was updated in March 2019 to highlight backfile guides to the materials.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Collection partly microfilmed. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0361. This has superceded filmings at MS-Copy-Micro-0375, MS-Copy-Micro-0388 and MS-Copy-Micro-390
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 69 folder(s), 0.70 Linear Metres, Research notes, Maps, Photographs, Personal correspondence, Notebooks, Family histories, Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter, photographs, maps (some photocopies)
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Draft of published work - The Northern States of Fiji (manuscript version)
Date: [19--]
From: Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0060-06
Description: Manuscript version of The Minor states of Taveuni, pages numbered 5-47 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Anthropological data - Fiji
Date: [19--]
From: Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0060-30
Description: Miscellaneous notes include: Definitions; Descriptions of sharks; Answers to question "What will you do when you leave school?"; Letters in Fijian written 1911-1914; Map of "Fidji" [sic]; Notes taken from field notebooks Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of contents of this folder.
Anthropological data - Solomon Islands
Date: [19--]
From: Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0060-22
Description: Vocabulary of the Eddystone Language, Solomon Islands; compiled from material collected by Dr Rivers and Hocart Quantity: 1 folder(s) (78 pages).
Drawings and maps
Date: [19--]
From: Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0060-41A
Description: Notebook of drawings from Fiji including houses, canoes, sinnet work and tapu patterns; Lakeba listing the names of house sites and occupants Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Field notebooks - Tonga, Futuna, Ceylon, Egypt
Date: [19--]
From: Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0060-56
Description: Nos 5801-6400 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Includes indexes.
Anthropological data - Tonga
Date: [19--]
From: Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0060-39
Description: Exercise book labelled by Hocart "Kaumavae". Contains notes on Tongan history written in Tongan hand - author unknown Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Drafts of unpublished works - Hocart's unnumbered series (Solomon Islands)
Date: [19--]
From: Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0060-17
Description: Mateana - Spirits and natural phenomena (varieties, effects of contact, cures, etc) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Field notebooks Nos 4501-4600 (Fiji) (Partial photocopy of MS-Papers-0060-53)
From: Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0060-60
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Indexes to notebooks available on request.
Field notebooks - Samoa and Uvea (Wallis Island)
Date: [19--]
From: Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0060-55
Description: Nos 5201-5600 (Samoa), Nos 5601-5800 (Uvea) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Includes indexes.
Field notebooks - Solomon Islands
Date: [19--]
From: Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0060-47
Description: Nos 1301-1600 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Includes index.