Solomon Islands - Social life and customs

Date: 1918-1928

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

Reference: PAColl-6056-10

Description: Photographs primarily taken in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu by unidentified photographers compiled by missionaries of the Melanesian Mission, 1918 to 1928. Shows landscapes, peoples and communities of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Some subjects are named and many photographs include inscriptions on verso. Photographs also feature scenes of missionary life in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 86 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Separated from album at Library reference PA1-o-2075.. Processing information: Desscription updated December 2023. Previous title: Photographs of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Date: 1935-1936

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1104

Description: Comprises Roviana original and English translation. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

Date: 1968-1993

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1084

Description: Comprises microfilms of theses written by students studying for the Diploma in Divinity, and the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity and the Master of Theology. The subject matter mainly concerns Christianity and the organization of churches of various denominations (but particularly Methodist) in the Pacific Islands, with a strong anthropological emphasis in describing the organization and customs of various Island communities. Language - Occasional theses in French Source of title - Transcribed The Pacific Theological College, situated in Suva, Fiji, is an ecumenical institution founded in 1966 to provide Pacific churches with a highly trained ministry. In 1987 it began a Master of Theology course in Pacific Church History. The thesis is an integral part of the College's Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Theology courses. Quantity: 33 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1996

Date: 1924-1942

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0713-0715

Description: Correspondence from Jones to her relatives and friends in New Zealand, describing her career as a teacher and life at the Munda Methodist Mission, New Georgia, Solomon Islands. Relationship complexity - See Micro-MS-Coll-08-0594-0599 for diaries kept by Lina Jones. Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB

Date: Jan-Apr 1937

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1105

Description: Comprises Roviana original; no translation. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

Date: 1905-1982

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1120

Description: Consist mainly of diocesan correspondence with the various mission stations in the Solomon Islands; birth, death and marriage registers from Malageti Station; also, occasional station diaries, research notes on local customs and the history of the diocese. Source of title - Transcribed Following a previous unsuccessful attempt in 1845, missionaries under the auspices of the Oceania Marist Province re-entered the Solomon Islands in 1898 and set up Apostolic Vicariates in the North and South Solomons. A Vicariate of the Western Solomons was established in 1960. After 1967 the Vicariates became known as Dioceses. The mission was directed from Visale Station, Guadacanal before World War II, and from Honiara post-war. Quantity: 6 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

Date: 1919-1924

By: Tutty, R Harry, active 1919-1924

Reference: MS-Papers-0926

Description: Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (47 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1952-1965

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1111

Description: Inward and outward correspondence between the General Secretary of the Board and the Chairman of the Solomon Islands District. Documents policy, personnel, resources and other matters relating to the administration of the District. Letters indexed. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Correspondence continues from Micro-MS-Coll-08-0927 Quantity: 11 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

Date: 1926-1931

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1108

Description: Comprises correspondence with the government, and with Dr Clifford James on wearing clothes in the tropics 1931. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

Date: 19 Jan 1934-30 Aug 1938, 25 Nov 1946-20 Aug 1948, 17 Apr 1952-29 Jan 1966

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1098

Description: Extracts from Sister Lee's diaries from her arrival in the Solomons, to her transfer to Koau, Buin in South Bougainville in 1937, her transfer to new Zealand, and her career as Principal at Kihili Girls School. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

Date: [1973-1976]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-114

Description: Typescript of Fox's `My Solomon Islands' with additional notes relating to his service in the Solomons. Includes foreword by N K Palmer, Dean of St Barnabas Cathedral, Honiara. Relationship complexity - Another copy at qMS-0803; also material by Fox in the Printed Collections Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1951-1956

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1103

Description: Comprises photocopy of Roviana originals and English translations. Diaries refer to his wife, Iula, and to the Rev Paul Havea, a Tongan minister. At first the entries in diaries are irregular. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

Date: 1977-2000

Reference: MS-Papers-7294

Description: An assortment of papers and ephemera relating to the British Solomon Islands. Includes draft histories of the islands, tracings and sketch plans of individual islands, newspaper articles relating to life on the Solomon Islands, brochures and other printed matter relating to Solomon Islands stamps. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.15 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter. Provenance: Papers collected by an anonymous deceased member of the Pacific Islands Study Circle, a philatelic organization.

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.

Date: 1944-1947, [ca 1970-1980]

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1076

Description: Reminiscences of the Masina Rule Movement in the Solomon Islands 1944-1947. Based on contemporary notes from his diary and other personal papers, Davies constructs an account of the Movement from the viewpoint of the British colonial administrators. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

Date: [1973-1976]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-115

Description: Typescript of part of Fox's `My Solomon Islands' and notes relating to his service in the Solomons, linguistic interests, clipping about Fox and letters to McEwen. Also parts of `A Missionary in Melanesia', `Lord of the Isles', `Recollections' by Cecil Wilson and other notes. Relationship complexity - Complete copy of `My Solomon Islands' at qMS-0803; also material by Fox in the Printed Collections Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1925-1932

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1112

Description: Comprises correspondence of Branch Manager 1925-1931; inspection reports and related papers 1930-1932; legal and miscellaneous papers. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Provenance: On the abandonment of the branch in 1942, some of its papers fell into the hands of Tom Elkington, whose widow passed them on to Dr Judy Bennett. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

Date: 1941-1957

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1096

Description: Extracts made by Mrs Nancy Carter from Sister Harkness diaries, relating to her service with the Methodist Overseas Mission in the Solomon Islands. Mrs Carter has also compiled an index on the first reel. Source of title - Transcribed Sister Harkness was a teacher with the Methodist Mission in the Solomon Islands 1937-1957, and Senior Teacher from 1949-1957. Quantity: 4 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory and index available on first reel.

Date: 1977

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7811-208

Description: Notes and correspondence on an article for the British periodical `Observer', on the New Hebrides and the Solomon Islands. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1974

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

Reference: PAColl-10670-191

Description: Black and white photographic prints relating to Munda, New Georgia, dated 1974. Some have caption information inscribed verso. Title transcribed from original enclosure. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic prints.