University of the South Pacific

USP

Established in 1968, USP is the only university of its type in the world. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries; Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa. The University has campuses in all the twelve member countries. The main campus, Laucala, is in Fiji.

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Marshall, Donald Stanley, 1919-2005 : Cook Islands research papers

Date: 1951-1989

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1337

Description: Unpublished manuscripts and rare printed material in boxes 1.1-1.8, 2.1-2.5, 3.1, 4.1, 4.1-5.5, 6.1-6.5, 9.1-9.5, 10.1-10.3, 12.1-12.4 of the D S Marshall papers at the Cook Islands Campus USP. Includes drafts of his Cook Islands publications, including his unpublished work on Mangaia, correspondence, research papers from his Mangaia fieldwork, compilations of Cook Islands stories and legends, Cook Islands dictionaries, grammars and word lists, papers by Ron Crocombe on land tenure, files on emigration, demographics, ideas for books, Mokoroa Love, field trips to Rarotonga and Mangaia Many of the items catalogued have not been microfilmed. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 10 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2011

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Papers relating to education in the South Pacific

Date: 1971-1976

From: O'Conner, John Owen, fl 1960-1985 : Papers

Reference: 85-002-14

Description: Correspondence, newspaper articles and papers related to education in the South Pacific; miscellaneous papers related to Indian population and economy of Fiji Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Fiji - Suva - Credit Union - Training Centre - City & University

Date: 1968, 1969, 1970

From: Hancock, Kathleen Montagu, 1915-2004: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10670-103

Description: Black and white photographic prints relating to Fiji, dated 1968, 1969 and 1970. Some prints have caption information inscribed verso. Includes image dated 1970, inscribed: "Night scene - Suva harbour from Travelodge, Suva, Fiji", stamped "Used N.Z. Woman Magazine - Feb 1973". Other images document construction work of Credit Union buildings, portrait of the Cable and Wireless Building and Town Hall in Suva, and group portrait of student teachers in the grounds of University of the South Pacific in Suva. Also include image of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Suva. Title transcribed from original enclosure. Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic prints. Transfers: Negatives originally enclosed with this group of prints at Library reference 1/4-134545-F to 1/4-134560-F, 35mm-110521 to 35mm-110523.. Processing information: Negatives were separated from prints and rehoused for reasons of preservation and storage.

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2 University of the South Pacific - Papers

Date: 1953-1998

From: Aikman, Colin Campbell (Dr), 1919-2002 : Papers

Reference: Series-1999

Description: Papers mainly relating to Aikman's tenure as vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific, 1968-1974. Includes minutes of the University Council, speech notes, correspondence, reports and serials relating to the University and to education and development in the South Pacific Quantity: 12 box(es) (file boxes).

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[Posters collected by Ron and Carmen Smith, issued by anti-nuclear movements and groups...

Date: 1980 - 1986

From: Smith, Ronald Joseph, 1921-1995 : Papers

Reference: Eph-C-SMITH-Nuclear-1980/1986

Description: Includes: 1980s: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Nuclear Free Pacific Week. [Blue flyer]. (2 copies) Pacific Trade Union Forum / Forum des Syndicats du Pacifique. No testing or dumping / Pas d'essails; pas de decharge des dechets nucleaires [1980s] ANZUS. To whome [sic] it concerns, we work toward the creation of a nuclear-free zone in the Pacific [and] the reduction and elimination of nuclear weaponry everywhere. Art Gallery 33 Willis Street; Art Gallery 29 Arthur Street. For the integrity of God's creation, we declare this place a nuclear-free zone. Out with the bases now! PCPR, Promotion of Church People's Rights [1980s] New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone Committee. Search for security. Final solution? Declare New Zealand a nuclear weapon-free zone ... [ca 1981-1985] Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. To the French Government. Notice to quit the Pacific for: Nuclear testing; Denial of independence. Free Tahiti and New Caledonia [1980s] (Poster and A4 blank petition paper). ca 1982: New Zealand University Students Association. For a nuclear-free and independent Pacific. Kia toituu te mana o te Moana-nui-aa-Kiwa; raahuitia kia waatea i ngaa Nuukiria whakahaehae whakamootii; Ia matua fa'asaina le fa'aaogaina o aupega malolosi e ai le nuclear bomb i le pasefika atoa. Stop French tests. US out, USSR stay out! [ca 1982]. 1982: USS Truxtun. Protest. Peace Squadron. On-water protest, Dawn, May 25th, for the arrival of the USS Truxtun. If you have a vessel, large or small, and want to oppose the visit of a nuclear armed warship to our harbour, join the Wellington Peace Squadron [1983] 1983: Mass march against nuclear warships. Assemble Bunny St, Wednesday August 10th, 12.15 pm. At the conclusion of the march there will an anti-nuclear rally at Civic Square. CANWAR (2 copies) Hex the Tex New Zealand University Students' Association. Say NO to the Texas. For a nuclear free independent Pacific. March & rally, Wed. 10th, 12.15 Bunny St. NZ out of ANZUS [1983] 1984: Hiroshima Day; march for peace and independence. The children of Hiroshima were outside when the atom-bomb went off. A call to every patriotic New Zealander. On Saturday August 5th, join the rally at Civic [S]quare [1984] Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. A call to every loyal New Zealander. Join the Hiroshima Day March. Place Civic Square; date Saturday 4 August, Time 11 am. March for peace, against atomic death and foreign interference (2 copies) 1985: Coalition Against Nuclear Warships. Support the nuclear warships ban. Thank the government. Rally Friday 15 Feb[ruary], Parliament grounds, 12.15 pm - 1.15 pm. [1985] (2 copies) 1986: From nuclear free Wales - Cymru DDI Niwcliar, to Aotearoa New Zealand. Happy birthday [Card with poems by Gillian Clarke and Menna Elfyn. 1986] Pacific Peoples Solidarity Conference for a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific. University of the South Pacific, Suva 3-9 August 1986 (2 copies) For good, strong nuclear free legislation. Torchlight march. Assemble Cenotaph, 6 pm Friday August 8th. Hiroshima march to old town hall. Speakers Helen Clark, Lloyd Geering, Jim Knox. No More Hiroshimas [ca 1986] (2 copies) Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 10 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Screenprints, offset prints and photocopies, sizes varying up to 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: Donated as part of the estate of Ron and Carmen Smith, Wellington, in 2011. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-2031, Photographic Archive, Oral History Archive..

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University of the South Pacific. Institute of Education :O Ia o le Sami. O amaama [2 po...

Date: 1994 - 1997

By: University of the South Pacific; Mooar, Sue, active 1980-1990s

Reference: Eph-C-FIJI-1996

Description: Samoan and Hindi translations of two poems by Barbara Moore, illustrated by Sue Mooar. The poems are entitled: O Ia o le Sami, and O Amaama. Quantity: 4 Poster(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 420 x 300 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Institute of Education, University of the South Pacific in 1997.

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Interview with Dr Colin Campbell Aikman

Date: 13 May 1987

From: NZOHA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oral History Project, 1987

By: Aikman, Colin Campbell (Dr), 1919-2002

Reference: OHInt-0176/03

Description: Colin Aikman was born in Picton in 1919. Talks about working in his family's grocery shop in Palmerston North. Notes that the family had owned a farm in Levin but had to leave during the post World War I slump. Describes his mother's involvement in the New Zealand Rose Society and her work in the grocery shop and running a cake business. Comments on her attitudes to politics and religion. Describes his feelings about childhood and school. Talks about his masters degree in law at Victoria University. Describes being assistant to the Air Secretary during World War II, dealing with Alister McIntosh and beginning work as a clerk with the Department of External Affairs. Mentions Frank Corner, Sir George Laking, Foss Shanahan, Tom Sherrard and J.V. Wilson. Discusses Peter Fraser. Comments on his own membership of the Institute of International Affairs. Discusses the 1945 San Francisco United Nations Conference in detail. Notes that New Zealand was represented at the conference by Sir Michael Myers, Chief Justice. Describes the major issues as whether the old court be used or a new one established, compulsory jurisdiction and the veto. Comments on the relationship between Sir Carl Berendsen and Sir Michael Myers. Describes completing a PhD on international relations of members of the Commonwealth at the London School of Economics. Talks about the United Nations Conference in 1948. Discusses becoming legal adviser to External Affairs in 1949, working with Sir Clifton Webb, Sir Leslie Munro, W.B. Sutch, Sir Sidney Holland and Sir Alister McIntosh. Refers to the changing relationship of New Zealand with Great Britain. Describes becoming Professor of Law at Victoria University in 1955. Discusses his role in the constitutional review of the Cook Islands, resulting in autonomy rather than self-government, and becoming the New Zealand advisor on the development of the constitution. Talks about becoming Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Pacific in Fiji in 1968. Comments on independence in Western Samoa, the roles of Tupua Tamasese and Mata Afa, self-government in Niue and the role of the UN in achieving this. Describes being High Commissioner to India from 1975-1979 and working on trade with India. Comments on attitudes of the New Zealand government to relations with India. Refers to Sir Edmund Hillary. Venue - Wellington : 1987 Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Dr Aikman's home in Petone Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 228. Search dates: 1987

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The University of the South Pacific audio series 'Conversations under a Mango Tree'

Date: 1992

Reference: OHColl-1420

Description: Consists of four audiocassettes produced by Pat Craddock, University Media Centre, The University of the South Pacific, Contains an oral history of the development of the University. Staff, students, and administration members were interviewed for the series. Also includes notes with interviewee names and a synopsis of their interviews. This series was created to celebrate the University's 25th anniversary in 1993. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 4 audiocassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Search dates: 01/01/1992 - 31/12/1992

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