Diaries spanning Reverend John R. Metcalfe's entire career as a Methodist missionary and are of particular historical interest for his 37 years in Solomon Islands from 1920-1957. Metcalfe was appointed to Solomon Islands in 1920. After a brief period at Roviana, he was appointed to Choiseul (Lauru island) as assistant to the Rev. V. LeC. Binet. Apart from four years at Teop, he remained on Choiseul (with a break during the war) until 1951. He was then appointed chairman of the Methodist Mission in the Solomons.

See also PMB MS 74 through to MS 80.

Diaries spanning Reverend John R. Metcalfe's entire career as a Methodist missionary and are of particular historical interest for his 37 years in Solomon Islands from 1920-1957. Metcalfe was appointed to Solomon Islands in 1920. After a brief period at Roviana, he was appointed to Choiseul (Lauru island) as assistant to the Rev. V. LeC. Binet. Apart from four years at Teop, he remained on Choiseul (with a break during the war) until 1951. He was then appointed chairman of the Methodist Mission in the Solomons.

See also PMB MS 74 through to MS 80.

Please see PMB MS 480 for full entry.

Reel 1: John T. Arundel's Diary - 02/011888 - 01/04/1891; Reel 2: Diary - 01/04/1891 - 31/12/1892. During this period, John T. Arundel & Co were involved in guano mining and coconut plantations in Kiribati.

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John T. Arundel's diaries as follows: Reel 1: Diary - 02/01/1888 - 01/04/1891; Reel 2: Diary - 01/04/1891 - 31/12/1892. During this period, John T. Arundel & Co were involved in guano mining and coconut plantations in Kiribati.

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John T. Arundel's Diary 1899 - 1900. In 1897, John T. Arundel & Co merged its business with trading and plantation firm Henderson and Macfarlane. They formed the Pacific Islands Company Ltd (PIC), which was based in London with trading activities in the Pacific, particularly Kiribati. In 1902, PIC became the Pacific Phosphate Company and began phosphate mining on Banaba, Kiribati in 1901 and on Nauru in 1906. See also PMB MS 14, 498.

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John T. Arundel's Diary 1901 - 1902. In 1897, John T. Arundel & Co merged its business with trading and plantation firm Henderson and Macfarlane. They formed the Pacific Islands Company Ltd (PIC), which was based in London with trading activities in the Pacific, particularly Kiribati. In 1902, PIC became the Pacific Phosphate Company and began phosphate mining on Banaba, Kiribati in 1901 and on Nauru in 1906. See also PMB MS 14, 498.

Please see PMB MS 480 for full entry.

John T. Arundel's diaries from the Pacific, largely Kiribati and Nauru as follows:
Reel 1: Diary, January - October 1905; Reel 2: Diary, October 1905 - 15 June 1909; Reel 3: Diary 17 June 1909 - 31 December 1910. In 1897, John T. Arundel & Co merged its business with trading and plantation firm Henderson and Macfarlane. They formed the Pacific Islands Company Ltd (PIC), which was based in London with trading activities in the Pacific, particularly Kiribati. In 1902, PIC became the Pacific Phosphate Company and began phosphate mining on Banaba, Kiribati in 1901 and on Nauru in 1906. See also PMB MS 14, 498

Joseph Alenge (1910-1969) was born at Piniri (Munda), New Georgia, Solomon Islands. He trained as a medical dresser by the Methodist Mission at Kokeqolo. He served the Church as dresser at Mono, part of the Shortlands group, for a number of years. In 1940 he joined the Government Medical Service as a dresser at Korovou, near Faisi and continued in this capacity after the War. In accordance with Methodist custom, he kept a work diary in English until aftre his capture by the Japanese. Of this the period from Oct 1940 survives. After his capture he began keeping a diary in his own language, Roviana, and of this some fragments survive. (George G. Carter, Ti E Varane: stories about people of courage from the Solomon Islands, Rabaul/Auckland, Unichurch, 1981, p.165.

Notes on Joseph Alege; copies of letters of Joseph Alege, 1 Jan & 1 May 1943; letter of Rev. George Carter to Allen Rutter and reply re Joseph Alege, n.d.; diary of Joseph Alege (Ts., translation; annotations by Rev. George Carter), 13 Sep 1940-2 Sep 1942, 26 Jan-23 May 1943; Ms. translation of the diary by Peter Sasabule, 8 Apr-27 Jul 1942<P><b>See reel list for further details</b>

Sister Merle Carter, a cousin of Rev George Carter, was a Methodist Missionary nursing Sister in the Solomon Islands from 1946 till 1961. She was stationed at Torokina on Bougainville, then went to Buka and was finally stationed at Keop on Bougainville.

• Diaries (original), 18 Dec 1946-27 Mar 1947, 28 Jul 1947-5 Oct 1947, 6 Nov 1947-1 Dec 1947, 23 Feb-17 Sep 1948, 1 Dec 1948-4 Jan 1949
• Diaries (transcripts), 18 Mar 1947-17 Sep 1948, 17 Nov 1948-13 Jan 1949
• Correspondence, Nov 1947-Oct 1950 (7 Nov 1947, 19 Dec 1947, 20 Jan 1948, 29 Mar 1948, 21 Apr 1948, 6 Jul 1948, 9 Aug 1948, 21 Sep 1948, 26 Oct 1948, 21 Aug 1950, 4 Sep 1950, 5 Oct 1950, 19 Oct 1950).

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