Collection MS 179 - Letters, statistics, journal, documents

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AU PMB MS 179

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Letters, statistics, journal, documents

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  • 1864 - 1867 (Creation)

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1 reel; 35mm microfilm

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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.

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Archivio Padri Maristi (Archives of the Marist Fathers), Via A. Poerio 63, Rome, Italy

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Access this title at PMB Member Libraries or by contacting the Bureau directly: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/accessing.php

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ms179

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