Collection MS 181 - Correspondence and reports

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AU PMB MS 181

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Correspondence and reports

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  • 1858 - 1913 (Creation)

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1 reel; 35mm microfilm

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These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Papers from cabinet APM III ONC comprising:

  1. Dossier entitled '1862-1916 Relations' Internal Folder 'N.C. Reports'; Account by Fr Rougeyron, SM of a missionary journey (June-August 1858) and general missionary activity in New Caledonia; Correspondence between Fr Rougeyron, SM and Fr Yardin, SM, Procureur of the Society of Mary in Lyon, 12 December 1868 and 22 October 1869; Typed, edited copy of the Annual Report of the Vicariate of New Caledonia for 1869 by Fr Rougeyron, SM, including extracts from priests' letters dated 10 June 1870 and 23 November 1870; Reports to the Superior General of the Society of Mary from Fr Rougeyron, SM dated 28 June 1870 and 26 December 1870, the latter dealing with the mission at Paita; Annual reports of the Vicariate of New Caledonia for 1870 and 1872 by Fr Rougeyron, SM; Summary of Marist missionary achievements in New Caledonia from 1860 to 1872 by Fr Rougeyron, SM; Extract of a report from Fr Villard, SM to Fr Rougeyron, SM dated 16 November 1867 (29 pages)
  2. Dossier entitled 'N.C. Reports II 1900'; Report of a tour of Marist missions in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides dated 5 July 1900 by A. Aubry, SM; Reports on New Caledonia missions, 3 December 1902 (A. Oliez) and 1905 (A. Marion, SM); First four pages of a typed report on New Caledonia missions by Fr Provincial, dated 16 October 1913

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Archivio Padri Maristi (Archives of the Marist Fathers), Via A. Poerio 63, Rome, Italy

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