The Catholic mission was established on Wallis Island by members of the Society of Mary in 1837. Father Bazin was superior of the mission from 1874 to 1896. He then returned to France where he died in 1947.

A notebook of 136 pages, with table of contents and illustrations, dealing principally with the Catholic mission to Wallis Island, but also containing chapters on Wallisian geography, fauna, flora and fish, Wallisian origins, voyaging, customs, kava, the family, ceremonies and songs, women's work and the history of Wallis. Other chapters contain autobiographical notes, information on the French residents in Wallis and details of the Brochard-Bazin affair.

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Correspondence and financial statements of the Lepers' Trust Board.

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Reel 1:<BR>1. Correspondence with Governors of New Caledonia (1936-1966), dealing principally with mission work and the welfare of the indigenous people<BR>2. Correspondence with past and present politicians, mainly in Paris (1937-1960).<BR>Reel 2:<BR>Correspondence with French politicians (1960-62).

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Correspondence and documentation on the political statutes of Wallis and Futuna.

The Catholic mission was established on Wallis Island in 1837 by Father (later) Bishop Pierre Bataillon and Brother Joseph-Xavier Luzy, members of the Society of Mary. Together with the island of Futuna, 160 km south-west, Wallis became a French protectorate in 1887, a French colony in 1913, and an overseas territory of France in 1959. The first French Resident, Marius-Antoine Chauvot, arrived in June 1888. Such officials were responsible to the French Governors and, later, High Commissioners of New Caledonia.

Correspondence between the Catholic mission on Wallis Island and the Wallis-Futuna Administration.

Reel 1: 1890-1941, including letters from Queen Amelia (1890), her son, Akusitino (1891, with translation), and King Vito Lavelua (1896).
Reel 2: Correspondence, 1941-1962.

Haddon, who was born in 1855, was appointed Professor of Zoology at the Royal College of Science in Dublin after obtaining a first in natural sciences at Cambridge. In 1889, he went to Torres Strait and became interested in recording native custom before it was affected by European contact. After his return to Britain, he accepted a part-time lectureship in physical anthropology at Cambridge, and in 1898 he organised the famous Cambridge University Expedition to Torres Strait, which brought him to Papua (then called British New Guinea). He became Reader in Ethnology at Cambridge in 1908 and remained there until his retirement in 1925. After his death, his numerous papers became part of Cambridge University Library.

These documents represent only a fraction of the Haddon collection. Their contents, and Cambridge University Library envelope numbers, are as follows:<BR><P>Reel 1:<BR>1005; Correspondence with J. Chalmers ('Tamate'), 1898, re Torres Strait Expedition<BR>1006; Correspondence of R. Bruce to Haddon, 1892-98 re Torres Strait Expedition<BR>1013; Rev. W.H. MacFarlane's notes on Torres Strait, 1919, 1925, 1927-29<BR>1029; Journal kept on Torres Strait Expedition, 1888-89<BR>1030; Java the Garden of the East, illustrated manuscript by Eliza R. Scidmore, 1898<BR>1039; Private journal of second Torres Strait Expedition, 1898<BR>1052; Correspondence with R. Bruce, J.S. Bruce, J. Chalmers, 1889-92, 1895, 1898, 1905, 1913 (not in chronological order)<BR>2011; Excerpts from the ethnographical and anthropological writings of various observers, including Rev. J.H. Holmes (masks and ceremonies) c. 1892-1925; F.E. Williams, 1923; A.R. Humphries (Man XXI No.165, 1931); G.H. Massy Baker, 1914-15; F.F.S. Baden-Powell (In Savage Isles and Settled Land 1892); J. Chalmers, 1887; and T.T. and D.C. Bevan, 1890<BR>2015; Holmes Ms Distribution history and migration of the Naman people and Ipi tribe.<BR>Reel 2:<BR>2015; Continued - notes on the Gulf district of Papua c.1883-1924, including notes by Haddon<BR>2021; Notes by Rev. Copland King, 1904, and Haddon on Massim area.<BR>2068; Correspondence (1902, 1903, 1906), principally from Holmes re his ethnographic studies; Holmes' notes and manuscript on Gulf of Papua (1903) with comments by Haddon<BR>3078; Two items of correspondence with the London Missionary Society, 1900, 1911<BR>4067; Literature on the teaching of anthropology to missionaries (1910-15), including The Study of Native Culture in Relation to Administration, read by Haddon in Sydney in 1914.<BR>

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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. ADELINE GIBBS; Reed; 1880-84; Pacific OTHELLO; Killmer; 1858-63; Pacific ROUSSEAU; Green; 1857-62; Pacific JAMES LOPER; Cathcart; 1838-42; Pacific GEORGE AND MARTHA; Wilcox; 1838-40; Indian Ocean LA GRANGE; Dexter; 1840-41; LA GRANGE; Daggett; 1841-42; GAY HEAD; Lawrence; 1860-65; Pacific MORNING STAR; Cleveland; 1853-57; Pacific GANGES; Coffin; 1849-53; Pacific THOMAS POPE; Fisher; ?; ? THOMAS POPE; ? THOMAS POPE; ? THOMAS POPE Of special interest on this reel (ROUSSEAU; 1857-62) Newspaper clippings of Nantucket whalers, 1816-37

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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. CORTES; Hammond; 1842-46; Pacific MANUFACTOR; Taber; 1756; JAMES MAURY; Smith; 1872; Pacific UNION; Ellis; 1855-57; STAFFORD; Pierce; 1860-64; Pacific JUANITA; Braine; 1873; * ILLINOIS; Jagger; 1845-47; Pacific ADELINE GIBBS; Besse; ?; ?