At the time of filming (1974) the material was housed in the former residence of the London Missionary Society missionaries.
Correspondence between missionaries of the London Missionary Society, Niue, and the local administration, and LMS representatives overseas. The periods covered by each reel are:<BR>Reel 1: 1 January 1910 - 26 September 1916<BR>Reel 2: 26 September 1916 - 23 September 1924<BR>Reel 3: 11 October 1924 - 27 February 1932<BR>Reel 4: 1 March 1932 - 29 April 1940<BR>Reel 5: 1 May 1940 - 17 September 1946<BR>Reel 6: 20 September 1946 - 17 March 1949<BR>Reel 7: 1 May 1949 - 8 September 1953
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 II ONC. Correspondence of Mgr Hilarion Fraysse. Many of the letters are signed H. Alphonse.
Please see PMB MS 191. These papers form part of the records of the Vicariate of Tonga which are designated Oceania Tonga (OT) in the Marist Archives.
Letters from missionaries in Tonga to Marist headquarters in France. Correspondents include Fathers Reiter, Chevron, Remy, Castagnier, Loyer, Olier, O'Dwyer, Guitta, Petelo, Young, Thomas, Berger, O'Connor, Doizy, Maussey and Kervegan.
Arundel (1814-1919) was a leading figure in the Pacific phosphate industry from the 1860s until his death, active largely in Kiribati and Nauru. See Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1974, pp.59-61.
The correspondence is chiefly with Lord Stanmore who was chairman of the Pacific Islands Company Ltd, and later the Pacific Phosphate Company Ltd, of which Arundel was the Vice-Chairman.
The correspondence, between missionaries in the field and the general secretary for foreign missions of the New Zealand Methodist Church, has been microfilmed as PMB 928 to 931.
Correspondence of Rev. A.A. Bensley - Outwards, 1923-39
Methodist Church of New Zealand, Solomon Islands District
