See PMB 701.

Register of Church Members, 1872 - 1912.

See PMB 701

Register of Baptisms, 1926-1947.

At the time of filming (1974) the material was housed in the former residence of the London Missionary Society missionaries.

Correspondence between missionaries of the London Missionary Society, Niue, and the local administration, and LMS representatives overseas. The periods covered by each reel are:<BR>Reel 1: 1 January 1910 - 26 September 1916<BR>Reel 2: 26 September 1916 - 23 September 1924<BR>Reel 3: 11 October 1924 - 27 February 1932<BR>Reel 4: 1 March 1932 - 29 April 1940<BR>Reel 5: 1 May 1940 - 17 September 1946<BR>Reel 6: 20 September 1946 - 17 March 1949<BR>Reel 7: 1 May 1949 - 8 September 1953

William Blacklock (1856-1942) was a trader and United States consul-general in Samoa from the 1880s to 1905. See <I>Pacific Islands Monthly</I>, June 1937, pp.28-31.

The year 1899 was an eventful one in Samoa: Germany annexed Western Samoa, the United States established control over Eastern Samoa and Britain renounced all claims to the Samoan Islands. The clippings cover these and other events in Samoa.

Records of the Societe de Etudes Oceaniennes:

1. Orders of the day of the Commanding Officer, Iles Sous le Vent, Society Islands, January-February, 1897.
2. Miscellaneous documents on Huahine and Raiatea, 1879-1891.
3. Notes on the ethnology of the Marquesas Islands by C. Noury, Capitaine de Fregate, Commandant of the Nukuhiva station, November 2, 1849. (Human sacrifice and The Origin of Fire in Marquesan and French).
4. Documents on the ethnology of the Society Islands gathered by C.F. Lavaud, Capitaine de Vaisseau, Commissaire de la Republique, Society Islands - dated July 16, 1849, and September 20, 1849 (Tahitian and French).
5. Genealogy of Ma'i, by Rene Calinaud, magistrate, Papeete, July 23, 1966.
6. Report on a mission to the Gambier Islands by Cdt. de la Motte Rouge, February, 1871.
7. Letters on the smallpox epidemic at Nukuhiva and Uapou, Marquesas, 1863. (Originals in Bishop Museum, Honolulu).
8. The Old Orsmond Manuscript.
9. Legend of the Lizard Mo'orea by the Chief of Mai'ao (French and local language).
10. Letter of Commandant Maxime Destremau, December 2, 1914. (Destremau was the commander of the French warship 'Zelee' when the German raiders 'Scharnhorst' and 'Gneisenau' bombarded Papeete on September 22, 1914).
11. An official document thanking the men who rescued the victims of the German raider 'Seeadler' from Mopelia Atoll in 1917.
12. Notes on the inland route from Papenoo to Mataiea, Tahiti, by M. Jay.
13. Report on lands owned by the Pomare Family, compiled by a secretary of Queen Pomare IV (in Tahitian).
14. Legends of the Society Islands and other papers.
15. Useful plants of Tahiti, by Edouard Butteaud.

Mr Ian Grabowsky, born in Finland in 1899, was actively associated with New Guinea aviation from 1931 to 1937 as a pilot and manager for Guinea Airways Ltd. Between 1962 and 1967, he compiled a history of civil aviation in New Guinea to the year 1935 for the Commonwealth Department of Civil Aviation (Australia). For further details of Grabowsky's career and his compilation, see Pacific Islands Monthly for February, 1968, p.14.

A detailed account of the development of civil aviation and the exploits of the early fliers in Papua New Guinea to 1935, drawing upon a wide range of published and unpublished material.
Reel 1: Introduction; Vol.1 - Chapter 1 The Discovery of Gold 1529-1925. Chapter 2 The Early Transport System (including a section on oil, administration patrols and recruitment of human transport). Chapters 3 and 4 Transport and the Goldfields 1926 (Chapter 4 includes A Wild Road Winds to Wau by Mrs Alice Allen Innes, 'mine hostess' at Salamau from 1927, recounting an incident recorded in her diary). Chapters 5 to 7 deal with Air Transport and the Goldfields from 1927 to 1929 respectively. Vol.2 - Chapters 7 to 9 cover air transport and the goldfields from 1930 to 1932 respectively. Vol.3 - Chapter 10 Great Discoveries of New Lands, New People, New Wealth, New Ventures and New Ambitions.
Reel 2: Vol.3 (cont.) Chapter 11 - 1934. Vol.4 - 1935.

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. NEPTUNE (also Weasel); Hurlburt; 1800-01; Continued from reel PMB 698 HARRISON; Braley; 1854-57; Indian Ocean OHIO; Norton; 1851-53; Pacific PARACHUTE; Devol; 1845-49; Pacific POCAHONTAS; Manter; 1844-46; Pacific EUPHRATES; Post; 1842-46; Post/Upham; Pacific POTOSI; Baldwin; 1824-25; CHILE; Stanton; 1825; Pacific RED JACKET; ?; 1866-68; Indian Ocean CHINA; Potter; 1840-42; Pacific - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean. Of special interest on this reel (EUPHRATES; 1842-46) Sketches; water colour; (POCAHONTAS; 1844-46) Extensive notes on places visited and their inhabitants; good description of shipboard life; (RED JACKET; 1866-68) Reminiscences of clipper voyage to Australia from London; wrecks in Port Phillip; dinners for Duke of Edinburgh

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. SEA RANGER; Allen; 1869-74; Pacific NAPOLEON; Dallman; 1858-62; Pacific THOMAS HUNT; Eldrege; 1878-79; ONTARIO; ?; 1820-22; Pacific U.S.S. BRANDYWINE; Jones; 1828; Pacific BETSY WILLIAMS; Pendleton; 1851-54; Pacific MARIANO; Ryder; 1874; Pacific KEYSTONE; Burnham; 1861; Pacific NEPTUNE (also Weasel); Hurlburt; 1800-01; Indian Ocean - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean. Of special interest on this reel (MARIANO; 1874) Sketches of shipboard life and of islands sighted and visited; account of voyage carrying railroad spars from Bunards Inlet to Port Chalmers, New Zealand

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. WACISSA; Nelson; 1879; SAMUEL RUSSELL; Winchell; 1860-61; Pacific JULIUS CEASAR; ?; 1837-38; UNIDENTIFIED H.M.S. ALBATROSS; Farquhar; 1847-50; Indian Ocean DRACO; Braley; 1868-71; ROSEMONDE; Norton; 1832; TELEGRAPH; Southworth; 1847-53; - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean.

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

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. ATLANTIC; Wing; 1865-68; Indian Ocean ATLANTIC; Wing; 1876-79; Indian Ocean WASHINGTON; Coffin; 1842-44; Indian Ocean YOUNG PHENIX; Wing; 1860-63; Indian Ocean ESK; Crosby; 1814; A.V.S. WOODRUFF; Tilton; 1910-17; GASPE; Tilton; 1922; A.M. NICHOLSON; Tilton; 1919-20; ANN MARIE; Smith; 1827-28; WANDERER; Edwards; 1921/ 1922-24/ 1924-25; Edwards; MANTA; Manly; 1917-25; - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean.