Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd
Meek, Joseph, 1862-1934 : Papers re Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd and related companies
Date: 1894-1928
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1139
Description: Comprise correspondence with Lord Leverhulme and others 1904-1927, reports on island properties and trading stations, including Captain Langdale's report to the Pacific Islands Company on the `Rob Roy' expedition to the Solomon Islands 1902; incorporation documents and financial records relating to Levers Plantations and purchase of Solomon Islands land, accounts and other papers of related companies, and photographs. Source of title - Transcribed An enthusiastic supporter of the copra industry in the Pacific, Meek purchased 51,000 acres of freehold land in the Solomon Islands for Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd from Captain O Svenson in 1905 for copra growing. Quantity: 4 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMBU, 1999
Gudgeon, Walter Edward, 1841-1920 : Letter from J A S Bell
Date: 1905
By: Gudgeon, Walter Edward, 1841-1920
Reference: MS-Papers-5914
Description: Letter to Gudgeon concerning labour relations on Suwarrow Island with the Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd. Includes labour agreement (1904), and Court of Inquiry evidence. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph
Levers' Pacific Plantations Ltd : Ufa Estate records
Date: 1923-1934
By: Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd
Reference: Micro-MS-0424
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (3 vols, ca 300 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm
Levers Pacific Plantations Pty Ltd : Archives
Date: 1902-1994
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1121
Description: Legal papers re land 1902-1986; managing director's reports on Solomon Islands Estates 1941; Kolombungara Cocoa Project 1954-1955; annual reports 1961-1971; managing director's monthly reports 1961-1967; briefing papers, reports and notes for visitors 1974-1989; development plans 1978-1994; annual estimates 1981-1992; negotiations with Solomon Islands National Union of Workers 1982-1986, land surveys, Pavuvu 1964-1967, directors' minutes 1982-1985. Papers of Levers Pacific Timbers Ltd, files on the Kolombaranga Forest 1962-1979, and industrial negotiations; Banika club, constitution and visitors' book 1959-1992. Source of title - Transcribed Levers Pacific Ltd was formed in 1902 to acquire coconut properties in the Pacific to supply copra to the Lever Brothers Ltd mill in Sydeny. After 1971 the company sold its production through the Solomon Islands Copra Board. Levers Pacifics Plantations Pty Ltd, formed in 1928 after acquiring the the original company, was incorporated in 1975, and changed its name to Lever Solomons Ltd in 1980 to form a joint venture company between the Solomon Islands government and Unilever. Quantity: 10 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: 1897-1906
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1176-21
Description: Letters to the Company Representative, Ocean Island 1904-1906; letter book of Arthur C Bell, supercargo of the vessel Emu, including accounts and journal of voyage 1900; file on Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd, with reports on many subjects (Henderson and Macfarlane, Flint Island etc) 1897-1903. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Levers Pacific Plantations report and diary
Date: 1902
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1176-22
Description: File on Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd, including stock sheets from Flint Island 1902; Typesscipt of Suwarrow diary, giving log of voyage, weather and remarks 1902. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Industrial relations matters
Date: 1980-1982
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1121-07
Description: Further records relating to the Papua New Guinea National Fisheries Authority, Levers Pacific Plantations Pty (Solomon Islands), and the Fiji Methodist Church. Also records of the Fiji Court of Appeal and the Papua New Guinea Maritime Workers Industrial Union, as well as personal papers of The Rev J Graham, Sir Albert Maori Kiki, Joseph Meek, Alwyn Watkins and Peter Sack's research papers on PNG customary law. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Industrial relations and Lever's Pacific Timbers Ltd matters
Date: 1962-1969, 1985
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1121-08
Description: Further records relating to the Papua New Guinea National Fisheries Authority, Levers Pacific Plantations Pty (Solomon Islands), and the Fiji Methodist Church. Also records of the Fiji Court of Appeal and the Papua New Guinea Maritime Workers Industrial Union, as well as personal papers of The Rev J Graham, Sir Albert Maori Kiki, Joseph Meek, Alwyn Watkins and Peter Sack's research papers on PNG customary law. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Lever's Pacific Timbers Ltd and trade disputes matters
Date: 1964-1977, 1982
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1121-09
Description: Further records relating to the Papua New Guinea National Fisheries Authority, Levers Pacific Plantations Pty (Solomon Islands), and the Fiji Methodist Church. Also records of the Fiji Court of Appeal and the Papua New Guinea Maritime Workers Industrial Union, as well as personal papers of The Rev J Graham, Sir Albert Maori Kiki, Joseph Meek, Alwyn Watkins and Peter Sack's research papers on PNG customary law. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Directors of Levers Solomons Ltd - Minutes and related papers
Date: 1959-1992
From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1121-10
Description: Further records relating to the Papua New Guinea National Fisheries Authority, Levers Pacific Plantations Pty (Solomon Islands), and the Fiji Methodist Church. Also records of the Fiji Court of Appeal and the Papua New Guinea Maritime Workers Industrial Union, as well as personal papers of The Rev J Graham, Sir Albert Maori Kiki, Joseph Meek, Alwyn Watkins and Peter Sack's research papers on PNG customary law. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Lord Leverhulme : Papers
Date: 1899-1927
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
By: Leverhulme, William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount of, 1851-1925
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1642-1649
Description: Papers selected with reference to the Lever Brothers' interests in Australia, the Pacific and New Zealand Quantity: 8 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.