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Ogden (1873-1948) was a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The journal and papers relate to Ogden's missionary work in Samoa. The papers include: missionary call, certificate of ordination, missionary certificate and blessing, letters from Samoan mission president.
Ogden, William Thomas
These documents originally formed part of the archives of the Samoan District Committee and later Samoan District Council of the London Missionary Society, and were formerly held in Malua, Western Samoa. The Samoan District Committee was replaced by the Council in 1928.
Correspondence between LMS missionaries in Samoa.
London Missionary Society - Samoan District
A Paradise of the Gods. Writings and Drawings of Handley Bathurst Sterndale.
‘A Paradise of the Gods. Writings and Drawings of Handley Bathurst Sterndale.’ is an unpublished digital edition edited by J.J. Overell. In 1870, Handley Bathurst Sterndale worked as a surveyor on the island of Upolu, Samoa, for the German trading company Goddefroy & Sohn. In this capacity, he made an expedition across Upolu, making notes and sketches about the journey as he went. In 1871, on Motu Kotawa on the islet of Pukapuka atoll in the Cook Islands, he worked these notes into the manuscript ‘Upolu; or, A Paradise of the Gods’, and worked his sketches into finished drawings. Some accounts are not his first hand observations and others are demonstrably wrong. Sterndale sought to have the manuscript published, but was unsuccessful in finding a publisher before his death in 1878. After his death, it was listed in a catalogue among the publications of Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington of London, but the manuscript never made it to print.
The original notebooks have since been lost, but the surviving manuscript and drawings have been passed down to Sterndale’s descendants. This edition brings together edited excerpts from Sterndale’s original manuscript and is illustrated with his original drawings, which were digitised by photographer Rod Howe. It also includes a detailed introduction by editor J.J. Overell, and contextual chapters on the geology of Upolu, a chronology of Sterndale’s life and detailed appendices, including a complete transcript of the original manuscript.
Subjects covered by Sterndale include beachcombers, Samoan cultural beliefs and practices, civil conflict, diet, agriculture, wildlife, disease - amongst others. In addition to Upolu, Sterndale writes about Levuka in Fiji and Easter Island or Rapa Nui.
Sterndale, Handley Bathurst
Page (1879-1965) was a prominent Methodist missionary in Tonga from 1908 until his retirement in 1947. He was president of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga from 1925 to 1947.
Chronology of important events in Tonga, 1650 - 1895. Letters to Mr Crosby, miscellenaeous papers and photographs.
Page, Rodger
The Reverend Rodger Page (1878-1965) arrived in Tonga in 1908 and, as chairman of the Tonga district of the Methodist Church, worked for a reconciliation with the Tongan Free Church which was established after the Wesleyan Church split in 1885. He was president of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga from 1925 to 1946, the royal chaplain and one of Queen Salote's most trusted political advisers. He retired to Sydney in 1946 returning to Tonga in 1947 to officiate at the double wedding of the Queen's sons. The originator of the scrapbook is unknown although it may well have been the Rev. Ernest E. Crosby (1856-1926).
The scrapbook is now in a very fragile state. Many of the clippings are damaged and some are no longer complete, the missing pieces having been lost. Not all the clippings are in strict chronological order. Most relate to church matters, many of the early entries are concerned with the Rev. Shirley Baker, and there are many about the Tongan Royal Family. Tongan celebrations and notable events are included as are other items of interest such as a tortoise 151 years old, a disappearing island (Fanuafoo or Falcon), sacred flying foxes of Kolovai and the tin-can mail.
Page, Rodger
Winning through, an autobiography
The Reverend D.T. Reddin was born in Stepney, Adelaide, in 1880. Orphaned at the age of eight, he and his brothers and sisters were fostered to different families after a short stay in the Livingstone Home - a Methodist Home for children. In 1888 he was fostered to the Nicholas family in Yundool, Victoria and joined the Royal Australian Artillery in 1900. In 1903 he bought is way out of the army and joined the Police. During this period he became involved in mission work and held evangelical meetings. He was invited to address a Home Mission demonstration in Melbourne in 1907 and in July of that year was chosen to assist the Rev. W. Vawdon at North Melbourne Central Mission. With financial assistance from a benefactor, James Morrissey, he became a theological student at Queen's College and was ordained in March of 1910. Appointed as a missionary to New Ireland, he left for Kavieng in April and subsequently spent two years at Omo village. He returned to Australia to complete his studies and married Miss Kelso in June 1914. He and his wife and three children returned to Omo in 1921 but by 1924 Mrs Reddin was in poor health due to malaria and they returned to Australia in 1925.
The typescript consists of eight chapters and covers the period 1888 to 1914. He describes his life as a farmer, a soldier a policeman and a missionary, his work with the Central Mission and his commitment as a Christian. Reddin briefly refers to the years 1914 to 1925 in the last two paragraphs of the final chapter.
Reddin, D. Thomas
Sixteen letters from Dr Walter Mersh Strong to Gladys de Groen, Alan de Groen's sister, about his Port Moresby domestic affairs and visits to Australia, one accompanied by Papua Medical College students. Others deal with the purchase of a tobacco plantation in 1934 from Beatrice Grimshaw, Strong's period as Acting Lieutenant Governor (Feb-March 1936) and his time in ANGAU. There are also five letters from Alan de Groen containing his personal comments about his career in the Health and Treasury Departments and as Boarding Inspector. The last section of the microfilm includes photographs, press clippings and a short story.
Part 1: 15 letters from Dr W.M. Strong to Gladys de Groen 1926-1944 including: references to the plantation 'MacDhui'; Government Gazette nos 1, 2, 4 and 5 (January 1936); enclosures from the National Geographic Society; references to Rigo Government Station and ANGAU.<P>Part 2: 8 letters from Alan and Nin de Groen to Gladys de Groen 1929-1941(?) mostly from Port Moresby, one from Daru and one during service with ANGAU.<P>Part 3: Gladys de Groen: photographs (unindentified); press clippings - obituary of H.A.C. Bunting; Sir Hubert Murray's report: evil spirits and gold exports; flying boats for PNG; Bulolo River floods; 'Strange stories series', unsigned manuscript, handwriting not that of Gladys de Groen (3p.)
Strong, Walter Mersh
William Torrie Robertson was a planter at Big Bay and Hog Harbour, Espiritu Santo, (New Hebrides), Vanuatu.
Robertson, William Torrie
Minutes of the Aoba Local Council, in English, from its inception to January 9, 1969. Content from Ambae island, Vanuatu.
Aoba Local Council - New Hebrides
Correspondence with various missionaries
Correspondence between the general secretary of foreign missions of the Methodist Church of New Zealand and missionaries - deaconesses, teachers and nurses - as follows:
Mary Addison, 1955-58
May Barnett, 1921-33
Pamela Beaumont, 1948-58
Lilian Berry, 1920-33
Lesley Bowen, 1953-57
Vera Cannon, 1932-33
Elizabeth Common, 1920-34, 1940-49
Jean Dalziel, 1925
Merle Farland, 1955-57
Lorraine Flowers, 1955-57
Myra Fraser, 1950-58
Jessie Grant, 1949-57
Norma Graves, 1953-58
Audrey Grice, 1953-58
Methodist Church of New Zealand, Solomon Islands District