Ethnology - Pacific Area

Date: [1940-1996]

From: Hughes, H G Alun (Dr), fl 1946-2003 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5999

Description: Comprises fiche for six topics (1) Index to R P Gilson's papers on Samoa from PMB 1003 (2 fiche); notes on Gilbertese custom and tradition from Te Nutipepa (2 fiche); bibliographies on education in Samoa, Guam and Micronesia (1996); and Hughes's correspondence re Pacific matters (1976-1990) Quantity: 5 (microfiche items) (13 fiche).

Date: 19 Jul 1944

By: Lester, R H, active 1944

Reference: qMS-1155

Description: Comprises talk outlining the differences between western society and Fijian (and other Pacific peoples' societies) on the nature of war with special reference to kinship and tribal affiliations and the effect of war on the Fijians who fought in World War II Source of title - Transcribed From a talk given to the Rotary Club of Suva Quantity: 1 volume(s) (11 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, (34 cm; blue pamphlet case)

Date: [ca 1920]

By: Stokes, John F G, active 1911-1931

Reference: MS-Papers-9667

Description: Contains notes on laws, physical and social culture of the Austral Islands. Stokes was an ethnologist who was part of a Bishop Museum expedition to the Austral Islands in 1920. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, 2010

Date: [1950-1965]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-122

Description: Account, `The Sailing of Mahuta to Tahiti' in English and `Te Tere a Mahuta ki Tahiiti'; notes on whakapapa, songs; letter, John of Belmont, Lower Hutt, to Mary, re paper being submitted to `Notornis' (1988); `The Origin and development of earthwork fortifications in the Pacific' by L M Groube (1969); form for application for grant, UNESCO Oceanic Cultures Project; two 1969 Macmillan Brown lectures by J Golson, `Prehistory in New Zealand' and `Asian perspectives'; some notes from Aitutaki Minute Book 6 (1917) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1938

By: Seabrook, F Alan, active 1930-1940

Reference: MS-Papers-9666

Description: Gives a detailed account of Rurutuan life. Chapter headings include the language, prehistory, migration, settlements, appearance, clothes, houses, warfare, amusements, celebrations, religion, and more. Other - For some information about Seabrook see I L G Sutherland 'An Island trip III - the Hermits of the Austral Islands' The New Zealand Magazine Vol. 13, No.1, Jan-Feb 1934, 7-9. Seabrook was an American who lived on Rurutu, one of the Austral islands, in the 1930s. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (208 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, 2010

Date: 1840-1916

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922

Reference: qMS-1835

Description: Includes family history, early life in England and experiences as a surveyor in the North Island, and the Chathams, visit to Kermadec Islands and retirement in New Plymouth Quantity: 1 volume(s) (242 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) with mss additions, printed matter (29 cm; red buckram) Includes illustrations, portraits and maps

Date: 1973-1975

From: New Zealand Council for Educational Research : Research inquiries and reports

Reference: 2004-035-3/07

Description: Material includes correspondence and reports Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1838-1842

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0124

Description: Catalogue of the ethnological items collected on the Exploring Expedition. A typescript version, prepared by the PMB, follows the original document on the microfilm. The catalogue was prepared by Titian Ramsay Peale, an artist-naturalist on the expedition. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete Annotated Catalogue" (Canberra : PMB 1991) which has index.

Date: 1 Jan 1890 - 3 Jan 1891

By: Dack, Frederick, 1871-1947

Reference: MSX-9428

Description: Volume comprised of two separate works - a journal account and a photographic documentation. The first is a written account on 207 pages by the Ordinary Seaman Frederick Dack describing his naval experiences aboard the HMS 'Orlando' and the HMS 'Dart' in 1890-1891. The account commences on 1 January 1890 when Dack, who joined the crew of the HMS 'Orlando' at Sydney after travelling from England on the Orient Line's 'Iberia' the previous year, describes both life on board and on shore at Sydney. Departing from Sydney on 6 January, the account goes on to describe the sighting of Stewart Island and entering Milford Sound on 11 January, arrival at Port Chalmers on 12 January and at Akaroa the following day. The voyage continues to Lyttelton Harbour on 16 January, Wellington Harbour 21 January, White Island on 25 January and Auckland the following day. Preparation and participation in the Auckland Anniversary Regatta is described. The expedition departs from Auckland on 18 February and after calling at Russell in the Bay of Island, heads for Tasmania, arriving at Hobart on 25 February, and from there to Melbourne via Bass Strait on 15 March. Dack served on the HMS 'Orlando' until 8 May 1890 when he joined the crew of the survey ship HMS 'Dart' and left Australia for the Pacific on 22 May 1890. The journal then gives an account of visits to a number of Pacific Islands and closes with a final entry dated 3 January 1891 after the ship has returned to Sydney. The second, commencing backwards from the lower boards of the volume is a photographic work created by the hydrographic surveyor Lieutenant Boyle Somerville aboard the HMS 'Dart'. Photographs depict shipboard life aboard the HMS 'Dart' as well as capturing views and scenes from the lives of the local peoples of Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, Norfolk Island, and other Pacific Islands. Also includes a portrait of Victor Doucere and four portraits of unidentified Māori women. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, holograph, printed matter and photographic prints. Volume half-bound in black leather with marbled paper boards, edges and endpapers, 183 leaves of ruled unwatermarked laid paper, 24 x 18 cm; includes 139 photographic prints mounted on 81 pages, with 79 blank pages between the two sections of the volume.