Anthropologist. After being appointed Professor in Zoology at the Royal College of Science in Dublin, Haddon visited Torres Straits in 1889 and became interested in recording local custom. Taking up anthropology at Cambridge, in 1898 he organized the Cambridge University Expedition to Torres Strait and New Guinea.
Haddon, Alfred Cort, - 1855-1940
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Four pamphlets
Date: 1927-1964
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: 80-323-162
Description: Material includes `Environment and cultural progress among primitive peoples,' by Dr A.C. Haddon, Herbertson Memorial Lecture, 1927; `Essays on Lozi land and royal property,' by Max Gluckman, The Rhodes-Livingstone papers, Northern Rhodesia, 1943; `Britian's colonial policy and record,' Central Office of Information, London, 1953; `Social research and a national policy for science - A Paper of the Council of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations,' Tavistock pamphlet No 7, 1964 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed material
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Miscellaneous Maori papers
From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes
Reference: MS-Papers-6373-27
Description: Contains various papers relating to the Mantell collection including biographies of family members, an inventory to the Haddon collection, papers related to the Edward bell collection including a photocopy of "The Log of Chatham", from the Honolulu Mercury, 1929. Precis of contents for William Wawm's "Among the Pacific Islands", copies of Sir John Hall papers, notes about morphology, copies of National Library of Australia papers about early European experiances living among Maori, a copy of Maori language vocabulary list from the Mitchell library, copy of manuscript about Maori kidnapped to process flax on Norfolk island. Copies and holographic transcript of correspondence of James T Vallance. Includes various notes on the Maori language and papers relating to Sharon Dell's university studies. Also includes Ngati Maniapoto whakapapa from Uekaha, Whiawhia and Te Kawairirangi. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Henry Balfour papers
Date: 1889-1936
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2804
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Working drafts of Canoes in Micronesia
Date: [ca 1920-1936]
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2628
Description: Other Titles - Canoes in Micronesia Other Titles - Canoes of Oceania Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Obituary, correspondence, genealogical charts
Date: 1906-1922
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2625
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Appendix / A C Haddon
Date: 1912
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: 80-323-202
Description: Long title: `Appendix - The Physical characters of the races and peoples of Borneo,' Macmillan and Company Ltd, London, 1912; annotated by Haddon or Fortune, inscribed on cover Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed material
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Records NVP, NWT, REC, SPB, THS and VBK
Date: 1767-1957
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-3074
Description: Selected records from the Navigational Practice, Newspapers and Playbills, General records and Descriptions, Shipbuilding, Theses and Essays and Visitors' and Autograph Books records sections. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
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Inward correspondence - F-H
Date: 1886-1930
From: Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0072-03
Description: Contains inwards correspondence from people whose surnames start with the letters F, G and H Transcriptions of selected letters from Fleck to Best published in: Alice Hunt, 'Samoa, 1917. Dear Mr Best ~: Letters 1917-19, Samuo to Wellington' (Palmerston North: Manuia Books, 2016). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
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Offprints of articles from Royal Anthropological Institute
Date: 1908-1934
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11782-09
Description: Off-prints of articles published in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Includes 'Geometrical drawings from Malekula and other islands of the New Hebrides' by A Bernard Deacon, Camilla H Wedgwood and A C Haddon (1936), 'Pottery making in Fiji' by K Roth (1935), 'Ethnology under glass' by H S Harrison (1937), and A C Haddon's articles 'Notes on children's games in British New Guinea' (1908); 'The Kabiri or Girara District, Fly River, Papua' (1916), 'Migrations of cultures in British New Guinea', the text of the Huxley Memorial Lecture for 1920. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
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The Outriggers of Indonesian canoes / A C Haddon
Date: 1920
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11782-08
Description: Monograph by A C Haddon on outrigger canoes. Originally published by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland in its journal of Jan to Jun 1920. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
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Offprints of articles from various publications
Date: 1900-1952
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11782-10
Description: Off-prints of articles published in various publications; includes 'Studies in the anthropology of Papua New Guinea' by A C Haddon, 'De Oorsprong van de toempal-kapala der javaanche batik-saroeng' by J W van Nouhuys (1929), 'Wind River Shoshone ethnography' by D B Shimkin (1947), 'The Rules of relationship in one variety of primitive warfare' by Reo Fortune (1947), 'The Vailala madness and the destruction of native ceremonies in the Guld Division' by F E Williams (1923) and 'The Incest barrier, its role in social organization' by Brenda Z Seligman (1952). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Papers concerning St George Expedition to South Seas
Date: 1914-1929
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2626
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Correspondence - W E Gudgeon, Dr A C Haddon, Dr Humphrey Haines
Date: 1890-1895, 1913-1915
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1187-258
Description: Inwards correspondence from W E Gudgeon 1890-1895 (34 letters); inwards and outwards correspondence with Dr A C Haddon 1913-1915 (5 letters, with copies); inwards and outwards correspondence with Dr Humphrey Haines 1915 (11 letters). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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The Outriggers of Indonesian canoes / A C Haddon
Date: 1920
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: 80-323-165
Description: Published by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1920 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed material
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Correspondence
Date: 1930-1932
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: 80-323-443
Description: Material comprises inward correspondence to Reo Fortune and Margaret Mead; topics include the publication of Fortune's `Sorcerers of Dobu;' newspaper cuttings. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed material Processing information: Selected names indexed
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Seven reprints
Date: 1928-1969
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: 80-323-163
Description: Material includes `The cult of Waiet in the Murray Islands, Torres Straits,' by A.C. Haddon, from Vol IX, Part II, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 1928; `Totem and taboo in retrospect,' by A L Kroeber, from the American Journal of Sociology, Vol XLV, No 3, Nov 1939; `Suggestions regarding principles acting in the use of Bantu divining basket,' by John M Parker, from Science, Nov 29, 1946, Vol 104, No 2709, Pages 513-514; `Notes on the information concept,' by Kenneth Boulding, from Explorations, No 5, 1955; `Proceedings of the Second International Congress of Neuropathology,' London, 1955; `Pre-main-sequence evolutionl - A Comparison of theory and observation,' by M.V. Penston, from The Observatory, Vol 84, No 941, pages 141-147, 1964; `Levi-Strauss on the elementary structures of kinship: a concordance to pagination,' by Francis Korn and Rodney Needham, University of Oxford, 1969 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed material
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Correspondence DF100/105 - DF100/129
Date: 1888-1969
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2881
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Correspondence
Date: 1931-1978
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: 80-323-125
Description: Material includes inwards letters to Reo and Eileen Fortune (1931-1978), photostat copy of a letter from Malinowski to the Royal Academcy of Sciences, Holland (1933); letter from Cousin Alice to John, which may be Reo Fortune (1977); two photocopied pages of a letter, possibly from Ron Every to Reo Fortune (no date) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
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The Outriggers of Indonesian canoes / A C Haddon
Date: 1920
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: 80-323-225
Description: Published by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britian and Ireland, London, 1920; two copies Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed material
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Journals and monographs
Date: 1909-1976
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: 80-323-240
Description: Material comprises journals and monographs, some inscribed by A C Haddon Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed material