Ishmael Ngatu was a leading figure in the Marovo Lagoon, Western Solomon Islands from 1914 to his death in 1955. He was probably about 70 years of age at the time of his death. The translations from Roviana were made by a variety of people, mainly Rev. E. C. Leadley, under the editorship of Rev. G. G. Carter. The original diaries were kept in the Western Pacific Archives and apart from the two microfilmed here have since been transfered to the Solomon Islands National Archives.

Reel 1 Original diaries, 1938 & 1952.<BR>Ms. English translations of the diaries, 1927-1928, 1929-1931, 1933, 1935-1936, 1938-1941.<BR>Reel 2 Ms. English translations of the Ngatu diaries, 1942, 1945-1948, 1950-1954.<BR>Ts. English translation of the Ngatu diaries, 1929, 1931, 1938, 1952<BR>Notes on the Ngatu diaries.<BR>Further notes on 1933 and 1935 diaries.<BR>File of Rev. George Carter's correspondence re the Ngatu diaries, 1976-1978.<P><b>See reel list for further details</b>