An index to material copied in the Roman Catholic Archdiocesan Office, Suva, Fiji, was published in the Bureau's newsletter 'Pambu', April-June 1972:27, pp.17-20 and is available on request from the Bureau.

Correspondence with government re education. See also PMB MS 159/160 and PMB MS 428/429

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Correspondence from New Caledonia, Wallis, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Moruroa (Tuamotu archipelago), Sydney, New Zealand, France, Belgium, Naples.

See PMB MS 432, material related to the Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

The correspondence is in seven files:

1. Miscellaneous, 1919-30
2. Father L.L. Dubois, SM, 1921-30
3. Mission Station, Wairiki, 1922-30
4. Mission Station, Vanuakula, 1924-30
5. Mission Station, Loreto, 1930
6. Mission Station, Nabala, 1930
7. Procure, Sydney, 1925-30

See PMB MS 432. Documents relating to the Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Correspondence with government. Includes letters regarding the depopulation of Pacific islands following European colonisation, with particular reference to Fiji (1891-92). See also PMB MS 434/435

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Correspondence re mission work among the Indians of Fiji.

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

The papers are:

1. Papers of Father L. Soubeyran, SM (a) What the Catholic missionaries and Church have done to evangelise the Indians in Fiji (1970) (b) The Fathers in the Past (1970) (c) Sixty Years in the Missions of Fiji and Rotuma (1965) (d) Translation of a paper on Rotuman Games written by Father J.B. Chevreuil, SM. (With the original version) (1967).
2. The Catholic Church in the Fiji Islands (c.1970)
3. History of Loreto (c.1970)
4. History of the Catholic Mission at Wairiki (1964)
5. Le Reverend Pere Jules Delahaye
6. The Seventh-day Adventists, by Father Y.M. Helliet, SM, (1955)
7. Rapport sur le terrain Na Somo Levu, Ile Vuaki, Yasawa, by Father Y.M. Helliet, SM (1926)
8. Rapport sur 'l'Histoire Religieuse de Fiji' par Mgr Blanc (author unknown)
9. Le Rev. Pere Pierre Marie Jouny, SM, l'Apotre des Niua
10. Marist Fathers who have worked in Fiji (several lists)
11. Historique de la Stations de Tunuloa
12. 'An Unusual Priest' (Father Claudius Lurkhur), by Father Denis Fitzpatrick

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

The items are:

1. Accounts of Fijian secret societies - le 'vaki ou nanaga'; les Kalou Vatu; le keibuca; les kai nakauvadra. (These are contained in a small exercise book and are thought to have been written by Father J. de Marzan, SM.)
2. Brief histories of Fiji mission stations - Tailevu, Tunuloa, Naiserelagi, Suva, Ba and Yasawa, Kadavu, Lomary, Rotuma - and lists of principal dates.
3. A 'sketch' entitled 'Slavery in Fiji'. It is dated Levuka, Fiji, 22 June 1894 and is said to be a translation of a German 'communication' in the Geographische Gesellshaft (sic) of 1895. The author states that he had spent 23 years in the Pacific, 'the last twelve of them in Fiji'.
4. Correspondence, 1903, concerning alleged Bible burnings.
5. Church statistics, 1900-19.
6. Reports on native clergy, 1921-22.
7. An abridged Fijian grammar - 'Petit abrege de Grammaire Vitienne'. It bears the name of Father A. Deniau, SM, but does not appear to be in his handwriting.
8. Letters re medical matters to and from Bishop J. Vidal, 1906-10, and Bishop C.J. Nicolas, 1924-28.
9. An account of a visit to Lau by Father J.M. Oreve, SM, dated Suva, 30 August 1923.
10. 'Notes concernant l'Imprimerie', by Father P. Clement, SM, dated 'retraite 1922'.
11. Papers relating to Father J.V. Pujebet's removal from Nukunau Island, Gilbert Islands, 1917-1919.

The Petites Soeurs, first known as 'Vukevuke' or 'helpers', are now (1972) known as Sisters of Our Lady of Nazareth (SOLN). See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Correspondence with the Petites Soeurs. Most of the correspondence is in Fijian.

See also PMB MS 432. Documents connected with the Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Correspondence with French Consulate-General, Sydney

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Minutes of council meetings.