Please see PMB 546 for full entry.

The dictionary is contained in 10 exercise books.<BR>See also PMB 546, 547 and 567

Kalsakau became chief of Fila Island in 1908 and held that position for many years. He was a member of one of the most notable New Hebridean families of Efate. His three sons, Graham, John and Makau are (1969) also outstanding members of the New Hebridean community.

1. Lists of important dates and events in Kalsakau's career and family life.
2. Record of births and deaths (1908-1961)
3. Accounts relating to business, household and the marriage feast of his son Makau (March 1, 1945)
4. Record (September 1956) of visit by Gen. and Mme de Gaulle
5. Centenary Celebrations, Erakor, 1st May, 1945 - an account of the settlement of Erakor by the early missionaries.
6. School fees collected in 1943 - list of families and amount paid.
7. Lease of land owned by Kalsakau.
8. Celebration of the 105th Anniversary of the New Hebrides Presbyterian Mission, May 1, 1950.
9. Correspondence regarding residency of Fila Island Reserve.
10. Discipline book (1911-1943) in which fines and other punishments against members of Kalsakau's village are recorded.

Letters associated with the Roman Catholic Mission New Hebrides (Vanuatu):

1. Letters of Father Casimir Bancarel, S.M. from Talomako (Espiritu Santo) 1901-1905 and 1916, and from Craig Cove and Sesivi (Ambrym) 1906-1913.
2. Letters of Father Pierre Bochu, S.M. from Talomako and Port Olry (Espiritu Santo), 1901-1910.
3. Letters of Father Francois Le Fur, S.M. from Wanour (Pentecost), 1899-1906.
4. Letters of Father Ch. Faure, S.M. from Aoba (Ambae) and Mele (Efate), 1901-1903.
5. Letters of Father Jean Andre Vidil, S.M. from Vao, Malekula, 1894-1897.
6. Letters of Father Gerome Guitta, S.M. from Wala (Malekula), and Port Olry, 1893-1895.
7. Letters of Father Theophile Busson from Wala and Vao (Malekula) 1897-1898.
   Note: Most of the letters on this microfilm are addressed to Monsignor Victor Doucere, S.M., Apostolic Vicar of the New Hebrides.

Please see PMB 546 for full entry.

The contents are:<BR>Reel 1: a. Canela-Nakety/French dictionary<BR>b. French/Canela-Nakety dictionary (to ruine)<BR>Reel 2: c. French/Canela-Nakety dictionary (from lezard)<BR>d. Gospel of St Matthew<BR>e. Catechism<BR>f. Gospels of all Sundays and Feast Days.<BR>See also PMB 546 - 548

Solf (1862-1936) became president of the municipality of Apia, Western Samoa, in 1899, after serving as a district judge in German East Africa. In 1900 he became governor of Western Samoa when that country became a German colony. He remained in that post until 1911 when he became Secretary for the colonies in the German government. After World War I, he served as German ambassador in Japan. The Solf papers have been filmed on reels PMB 581 - 589.

The papers comprise:

1. letters to family (3 volumes), 1885-1935
2. personal honours, 1927-34
3. congratulations on 70th birthday, 1932
4. publications, speeches, etc. 1886-1932 (Continued on PMB 582)

Please see PMB 581 for full entry.

The documents comprise:

1. publications, speeches, etc. 1915-32 (Continued from reel PMB 581)
2. letters, 1908, re his publication 'Eingeborene und Ansiedler auf Samoa'
3. publications re war treaties, 1916-18 (3 vols)
4. correspondence with publishers re publications and memoirs, 1918-34
5. press reviews, 1919-20, re his publication 'Kolonialpolitik' (short title)
6. lectures and essays on Japanese problems, 1923-33
7. press opinions on Solf's lectures and publications, 1926-33
8. official and political papers re the German Consulate-General in Calcutta (his first post)
9. official and political papers re East Africa, 1897-99
10. official and political papers re Apia municipality, 1899.

Please see PMB 581 for full entry.

The documents comprise:

1. Official and political papers and correspondence re presidency of the municipality of Apia, 1899
2. Miscellaneous papers and press clippings, re presidency of the municipality of Apia, 1899
3. -9. Official and political papers and press clippings re governorship of Samoa, 1900-1906 (7 vols). These include an unpublished paper by Dr Erich Schultze on 'The development of the political situation in Samoa'. Dr Schultze was Solf's successor as governor.

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Official and political papers re governorship of Samoa, 1906-13 (7 vols). One volume for 1908-09 concerns the Lauaki revolt.

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Documents relating to his ambassadorship in Japan, 1928, and papers written in retirement, 1929-32. The latter include 'Refutation' of Count Bulow's memoirs, a proposal to appoint Solf German Foreign Minister, Solf's mission re minorities in Hungary and German committee on Palestine. (Bulow was Foreign Minister of Germany in 1899 when the acquisition of Western Samoa was negotiated as a German colony).

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Correspondence with private individuals including Albert Hahl, governor of German New Guinea, from 1902-14. The correspondence with Hahl covers the period 1903-16. Other correspondents represented on the microfilm are: Albert Einstein, 1918-30; Mathias Erzberger, 1914-19; Richard Fisk, 1913-29/35; Bruno Fuchs, 1914-18; H. Gerlich, 1889-95, 1915-18; Otto Glein, 1911-16; Fritz Haber, 1924-29; Maximilien von Hagen, 1918-35; Ewald Herker, 1914-20; Edmund and Elizabeth von Heyking, 1914-24; Alfred von Heymel, 1912-14; Gottlieb von Jagow, 1914-34 (Continued on reel PMB 587)