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.

Correspondence from cabinet APM IV ONC in a dossier dated 1874-75.

“The most vital role played by the newspapers in the Solomon Islands has been as a forum for public debate. The tradition was set originally by 'The Kakamora Reporter' published between 1970 and 1975. Set up as an alternative to the government-controlled media, the paper set about generating discussion on some of the main policy questions in the years leading up to independence. Many of the issues raised in 'The Kakamora Reporter' - like foreign relations, foreign investment, resource exploitation, the social changes associated with urban growth, the most appropriate education system, tourism, decentralisation - are as relevant now as they were then.” (Ian Frazer, 'Pambu', Vol.5, No.5, May 1997.)

Nos. 1-46, Jun 1970-Jul 1975.

See Finding aids for details.

Detailed house to house survey of every household on Mangaia, with genealogical and other data, by D.S. Marshall in 1958.

• Key to format; sample; plan of analysis.
• Mangaia Census 1958 – Ka’umata and Tavaenga Village
Nos.1-16 [Box 8.4]
Nos.17-27 [Box 8.1]
Nos.41-83 [Box 8.4].
• Mangaia Census 1958 – Tawa’ena Village, Nos.1-40 [Box 8.1].
• Mangaia Census 1958 – Te Makatea Village, Nos.1-52 [Box 8.2].
• Mangaia Census 1958 – Ivirua Village, Nos.1-48 [Box 8.3].
• Mangaia Census 1958 – Karana Village, Nos.1-28 [Box 8.3].
• Mangaia Census 1958 – Tamarua Village, Nos.1-26 [Box 8.3].

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 cabinets APM II ONC and APM III ONC comprising:

• Miscellaneous letters including a 30 pp. typescript entitled 'Historique des Rapports entre M. Feillet et le Conseuil-General de la Nouvelle Caledonie'
• Miscellaneous religious and population statistics
• Journal of Fr Prosper Goujon on the Isle of Pines, October 1866-February 1867; and journal of Fr Francois Palazy on the Isle of Pines, January 1865-September 1866
• Documents on mission properties
• Documents relating to Governor Charles Guillain
• Documents relating to the 'affaire des fusils' by Fr Pierre Rougeyron, 1864.

These papers form part of the records of the Vicariate of Tonga which are designated Oceania Tonga (OT) in the Marist Archives.

The papers comprise:

1. 'Conference Avec Projections sur le Vicariat de l'Oceanie Centrale' (ts 13pp)
2. Marine et Colonies, Division Navale de l'Ocean Pacifique, Exercice 1886 (Invoices for missionary travel expenses)
3. 'Explication du blason de Tonga', n.d.
4. 'Kingdom of Tongatabu' (Map)
5. Movement of the Catholic population in the Apostolical Vicariat of Central Oceania (Graph)
6. 'Chronology of the Vicariate Apostolic of Tonga' (ts)
7. 'Traditions Tongiennes' (70pp)
8. 'Pungalototioa et Munimatamabae'
9. 'Government Gazette', Nuku'alofa, 4 November 1876
10. An historical account and chronologies of Tonga, New Zealand, the New Hebrides, Wallis and Futuna (tss) - filed under 'OT 200 Historia'
11. Histories, filed under 'OT 202 Narrationes'
12. Correspondence, 1874-8, 1852-3, 1869, 1859, 1845, 1842-04, filed under 'OT 208 Epistolae variae'
13. List of letters from Tonga

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.

Correspondence - 1870 - 1883 - filed under 'OT 208 Epistolae 1865-72' (SIC).

The 'Whalemen's Shipping List' was a New Bedford weekly publication containing the names of ships operating out of New Bedford, their masters, agents, dates of departure and return, where bound, date and place of last report, and catch. Many of the ships operated in the Pacific Ocean. Please see also PMB MS 411.
13 Feb. 1883-2 - 2 Feb. 1886/24 Feb. 1874 - 15 Feb. 1876

A note in the D.S. Marshall’s, Polynesian Journal 1951-1953, (p.183) states that Marshall borrowed the Dictionary from Rev. Murphy in May 1952. (PMB 1335)
There is a Ms. note on the title page of the Dictionary as follows:
“Note:– This MSS. is the property of the Compiler. (Rev G.H. Eastman, London Mission, Beru, Gilbert Islands.)
“It is placed on loan in the Library of the London Missionary Society, Rarotonga, for the use of members of the Mission pending completion of the printing of the book.
“It is requested that the MSS. Should not be removed from the Library of the London Missionary Society, Rarotonga, without the author having first been consulted.
G.H. Eastman, July 1918
”Hurstmere”
Takapuna
Auckland, N.Z.

A Rarotongan—English Dictionary, with which are included numerous words of the dialects in use in other parts of the Cook Islands, South Pacific, with introductory notes and appendices. Compiled by Rev. G.H. Eastman of the London Missionary Society. (To be) Published by The Cook islands Administration, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 1918, Ts., annotated, 323pp.
See also PMB 478 for another copy of the Dictionary microfilmed by the Bureau in Dorset in 1974. It is considered that the annotations make it worth while microfilming this second copy of the Dictionary.

The Danish Consul at the time was C. Hedemann.

Diplomatic correspondence including some material on Danish residents in Hawaii and their wartime status. The correspondence is itemized at the beginning of the film.