Nisbet, Henry (Rev), 1818-1876 : Journals, diaries, notebook, letters and hymns

Date
1836-1876
By
Nisbet, Henry (Rev), 1818-1879; Nisbet, Lydia, active 1870-1882
Reference
Micro-MS-Coll-08-0417
Description

Comprises diaries 1835-1876, covering his missionary career from commencement to to his retirement; hymns in the Samoan language, letters to his second wife, Lydia Lantoret 1870-1876, together with some of her own letters to the family 1870-1882.

Source of title - Transcribed

Nisbet served as a LMS missionary on Samoa and the New Hebrides for much of his life.

Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s).

Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also `Complete Annotated Catalogue' (Canberra, PMB, 1991) which has an index.

Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB

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Part of
Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Format
3 microfilm reel(s), Diaries, Personal correspondence, Notebooks, Manuscripts, Microfilms
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Manuscript

Diaries

Date: 1851-1869

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0417-2

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete annotated catalogue" (Canberra : PMB, 1991) which has an index.

Manuscript

Diaries, correspondence and hymnal

Date: 1869-1882

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0417-3

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete annotated catalogue" (Canberra : PMB, 1991) which has an index.

Manuscript

Notebook and diaries

Date: 1835-1843

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0417-1

Description: Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-6317 for letters written by Nisbet in Samoa to his wife, also in Samoa (1858) Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in `Complete annotated catalogue' (Canberra, PMB, 1991) which has an index.