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REEL LIST

PMB 1146 	MARGARET SPENCER:  Papua New Guinea Papers,
1951-1998. Reels 1-4.  Available for reference.

Reel No.	Item Description	Date Range	
	Diaries 		
PMB 1146/
Reel 1	Margaret Spencer, diary written at Minj, Western Highlands, PNG	1954	
	Margaret Spencer, diary written at Minj, Western Highlands, PNG	1955	
			
	Correspondence.		
	Margaret Spencer's letters from Port Moresby and the Western Highlands of PNG and related papers:	1953-1956	
	Margaret Spencer, Port Moresby, to her mother	7 Dec 1953	
	Margaret Spencer, Port Moresby, to her mother	18 Dec 1953	
	Margaret Spencer, Port Moresby, to her mother	24 Dec 1953	
	Margaret Spencer, Port Moresby, to her mother	3 Jan 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Port Moresby, to her mother	11 Jan 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Port Moresby, to her mother	28 Jan 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Port Moresby, to her mother	30 Jan 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, Western Highlands, to her mother	1 Mar 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	7 Mar 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother and Anne	11 Mar 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	22 Mar 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	19 May 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	2 Jun 1954	
	Diary record (?)	2 Jun 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her father	10 Jun 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	14 Jul 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	12 Aug 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	13 Sep 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to Bob	14 Sep 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to Amy and Frank	23 Nov 1954	
	Native Medical Orderly Paulus to Margaret Spencer	28 Nov 1954	
	Diary record	26-30 Nov 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to Amy	9 Dec 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	9 Dec 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	31 Dec 1954	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	7 Jan 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to Amy	7 Jan 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	26 Jan 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother and Anne	25 Feb 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	26 Feb 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to Amy	26 Feb 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	14 Mar 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to Amy, Frank and R.	16 Mar 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	4 Apr 1955	
	Diary record	Apr 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	20 Apr 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	17 May 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to Amy	17 May 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	28 May 1955	
	Diary record	May 1955	
	Diary record	25-26 Jul 1955	
	Paulus to Mrs Spencer	5 Jul 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother and Anne	11 Jul 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to Frank	29 Jul 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to her mother	24 Aug 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Minj, to Amy and Frank	6 Oct 1955	
			
	Paulus to Mrs Spencer	2 Jul 1954	
	Paulus to Mrs Spencer	18 Nov 1955	
	Pat, Kalanga Plantation, Banz, to Margaret 	22 Nov 1955	
	Lon and Kathleen Tomlinson, Minj, to Margaret and Terry Spencer	26 Jan 1956	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterfield, to Lon and Kathleen Tomlinson	20 Mar 1956	
	Gwen and Jonathon B., Minj, to Margaret Spencer	27 Apr 1956	
	Suzanne Plant, Banz, to Margaret	23 Feb 1956	
	Theophila Philippi, Lutheran Mission, Banz, to Doc and Mrs Spencer	9 May 1956	
	Paulus Kavandu? to Mrs Spencer	30 May 1956	
	Yowanis, Minj, to Mrs Spencer	22 Oct 1955	
	Lucy Todd, Minj, to Mrs Spencer	27 Oct 1955	
	Dangga: “The Origin of Marriage”, “The Story of Nogldari”, “The Old Man Who Lived in a Tree”, Ts., 6pp.	n.d.	
	Lon Tomlinson, Minj, to Mrs Spencer	20 Jul 1956	
	J. G. Balailai, Minj, to Mrs Spencer	29 May 1956	
	Binda, Aid Post Nondugul, to Missis and Master	17 Aug 1955	
	Paulus to Mrs Spencer	2 Jul 1956	
	Paulus, Aid Post Nondugul, to Mrs Spencer	1956	
	Paulus, Aid Post Nondugul, to Mrs Spencer	2 Nov 1956	
	Paulus Kavandu, Nondugul, to Dr Spencer	14 Nov 1956	
	L. Kaime, Amulpa Plantation, Banz, to Mrs Spencer	7 Feb 1958	
	The Fatima Chronicle, No.2, published by students of Fatima College, Andzinimp, Banz	Aug 1955	
	A. P. Elkin, “University of Sydney and Nuffield Research Project in the Western Highlands of New Guinea”, The Gazette (University of Sydney), Vol.1, No.10	Nov 1955	

	Letters to Margaret and Terry Spencer from Bert Speer, Cyril and Marion Theodore and Mrs Palmer.		
	Bert Speer, Native Hospital, Ela Beach, to Terry	29 Mar 1954	
	Bert Speer, Native Hospital, Ela Beach, to Terry	5 Jun 1954	
	“A Message Out of Shangri-La”, Sun Herald	12 Sep 1954	
	Bert Speer, Tari, to Terry	29 Apr 1955	
	Bert Speer, on patrol, Tari, to Terry	6 Jul 1955	
	Spencers, Minj, to Bert Speer	11 Aug 1955	
	Bert Speer, Tari, to Margaret and Terry	18 Aug 1955	
	Bert Speer, Rabaul, to Margaret and Terry	25 Aug 1961	
	Bert Speer, Investigator, Asia Offshore Drilling Inc., to Friends	14 May 1973	
	Bert Speer, Investigator, Asia Offshore Drilling Inc., to Terry and Margaret	6 Oct 1973	
	Bert Speer, “The Wonder of Walkabout.” Ts., roneoed paper, 6pp. 	n.d. 1976	
			
	Mrs Palmer (?), Rabaul, to Margaret Spencer	6 Sep 1961	
	Marion Theodore, Rabaul, to Margaret and Terry 	18 Oct 1961	
	Cyril Theodore, Brisbane, to Terry and Margaret	6 Oct 1968	
			
	Sundry correspondence:		
	Bruce and Betty ?, Methodist Overseas mission, Salamo, to Margaret and Terry	24 Nov 1959	
	Ailsa Hall to Margaret Spencer re life on Goodenough Island 	27 Apr 1965	
	Ian Fardon to Mrs Spencer on the history of the Methodist Missions in the Rabaul District	30 Oct 1965	
			
	Terry Spencer, Department of Health: circulars, correspondence, etc.	1954-1955	
			
	S. H. Christian. Correspondence with Margaret Spencer, and related papers.		
Reel 2	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	17 Nov 1955	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterfield, to Christian	17 Jan 1956	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	25 Jan 1956	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Terry Spencer.	20 Mar 1956	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	22 Mar 1956	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	25 Mar 1956	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	4 May 1956	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	23 May 1956	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	8 Jun 1956	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	19 Oct 1956	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	25 Oct 1956	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	6 Nov 1956	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer, Ferguson Is.	12 Sep 1957	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	29 Oct 1957	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	7 Nov 1957	
	Margaret Spencer, Rabaul, to Stan Christian.	14 Jan 1960	
	Christian, Minj, to Director, Dept. Public Health, Konedobu.	7 Sep 1960	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Mrs Spencer.	30 Dec 1962	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterfield, to Stan Christian.	14 Feb 1963	
	Stan Christian, Kundiawa, to Mrs Spencer.	3 Mar 1963	
	Stan Christian, Woody Point, Qld, to Mrs Spencer.	21 Sep 1963	
	Stan Christian, Woody Point, Qld, to Mrs Spencer.	27 Oct 1963	
	Stan Christian, Kundiawa, to Mrs Spencer.	5 Aug 1964	
	Stan Christian, Kundiawa, to Mrs Spencer.	5 Sep 1964	
	A P Farauti, Outdoor Night Biting Catches, near houses, Minj.	n.d.	
	Stan Christian, Kundiawa, to Mrs Spencer.	1 Nov 1964	
	Stan Christian, Kundiawa, to Mrs Spencer.	18 Dec 1964	
	Stan Christian to Mrs Spencer. Christmas card.	n.d.	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterfield, to Stan Christian.	25 Jan 1965	
	David Lee, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney, to Mrs Spencer, re her report on Bougainville.	10 Sep 1971	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterfield, to Dr E. N. Marks, Dept of Entomology, University of Queensland.	13 Nov 1971	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterfield, to Christian.	13 Nov 1971	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterfield, to Prof D. J. Lee, SPHTM, Univ. Sydney.	13 Nov 1971	
	Margaret Spencer, Panguna, to Christian.	n.d.	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterfield, to Christian.	6 Mar 1972	
	E. N. Marks, Univ. Qld, to Christian, Minj.	23 Jun 1972	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterfeld, to E. N. Marks.	6 Mar 1972	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterfield, to D. J. Lee.	6 Mar 1972	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Margaret Spencer.	9 Mar 1973	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterfield, to S. H. Christian.	5 May 1975	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Margaret Spencer.	15 May 1975	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Margaret Spencer.	9 Nov 1975	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Margaret Spencer.	31 Dec 1975	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterfield, to E. N. Marks, re location of S. H. Christian’s territorial collection of mosquitoes.	8 Jan 1976	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Margaret Spencer.	21 Jan 1976	
	Margaret Spencer, Tenterield, to Stan Christian.	8 Jan 1977	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Margaret Spencer.	20 Jan 1977	
	Stan Christian to Margaret Spencer. Christmas card.	1977	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Margaret Spencer.	n.d.	
	Stan Christian, Minj, to Margaret Spencer.	13 Jan 1984	
	Dr Brunie Danga-Christian, Port Moresby General Hospital, to Margaret Spencer, S. H. Christian’s papers.	27 Apr 1992	
	Margaret Spencer, Stanley Hinton Christian, O.B.E., 1896-1984. Biographical note, Ts., 12pp.	18 Dec 1998	
	Transparency. S. H. Christian, Terrence Spencer and Dr Iyengar, Minj.	1954	
	Transparency. Field work for the Malaria Control School, Minj. First Course. Enlarged thyroid.	1955	
	Photograph. Stan Christian, Minj Laboratory.	1970	

	Malaria Control Section, Public Health Department, Mapamoiwa, records.		
	Patrol instructions. Lists of equipment for spraying patrols; instructions for Macop Sprayers; ration ready reckoner.	1957-1958	
	Correspondence on patrol.	Feb 1959-Nov 1960	
	Correspondence with patrols.	Feb-Jul 1959	
	Correspondence with patrols.	Jun-Oct 1959	
			
	Press cuttings.		
	Malaria newspaper cuttings.	1958-1962	
	South Pacific Post - newspaper clippings.	1958-1962	
			
	Subject files.		
Reel 3	Institutions:  University of Papua New Guinea, Institute of Technology, Wau Ecology Institute, New Guinea Biological Foundation, Papuan Medical College. Includes special issue of Therapeutics in Practice, Vol.3, No.1, Spring 1980, on PNG.	1969-1980	
	Papua New Guinea Museum and Art Gallery: Records of the Paua New Guinea Museum, No.3, 1973, and Guide to the Collection, 1974.	1973-1974	
	Memorabilia of the 1970 ANZAAS Congress in Port Moresby, including women’s program.	17-21 Aug 1970	
	The Business Advisory Service of Papua and New Guinea: Harry Jackman to Margaret Spencer, Oct 1968 and Apr 1973, together with his paper, “Some Problems of Indigenous Businessmen in Papua New Guinea”, May 1967.	1967-1973	
	A. P. Allan Natachee, Papuan poet. Correspondence between Natachee and Margaret Spencer, including Ms. poem, “Faith of Tomorrow”, poems by Natachee published in Australian Territories, Vol.5, No.3, May 1965, and article about Natachee by Ranata Cochrane, “Setting Down Papua’s Story”, The Bulletin, 9 May 1964.	1964-1965	
	The Death of Assistant Resident Magistrate John Green: Stephen Barereba, “How My Grandfathers Killed Mr Green”, South Pacific, Vol.10, No.5, Jun 1959.	May-June 1955	
	Sir John Gunther’s article on race relations and discrimination (“Some Thoughts on Race Relations and Discrimination”, Journal of the Public Service of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Vol., No.3, Sep 1960) and Margaret Spencer’s reply, 23 Nov 1960, never sent.	Sep-Oct 1960	
	Letter about life in Rabaul in 1920s and 1930s. Evelyn McMichael, Lane Cove, NSW, to Margaret Spencer.	24 Jan 1968	
	Cargo Cults: J. D. Martin, “The Sangguma Cult”, South Pacific, Vol.6, No.7, Oct 1952; Peter Lawrence, “The Madang District Cargo Cult”, South Pacific, Vol.8, No.1, Feb 1955.	1952 & 1955	
	Copra Manufacture: W. V. D. Pieris, The Manufacture of Copra in the Pacific Islands, Noumea, SPC Technical Paper No.82.	Jun 1955	
	Pottery making. Marjorie Hancock, Deputy Mitchell Librarian, to Mrs Spencer re pottery making using sand or sandy loam mould, together with enclosures, including photographs.	20 May 1964	
	Salt making and mushroom eating: Terry Spencer’s correspondence on the analysis of native made salt and related papers, 1946-1956, together with H. S. McKee, “Salt Supply Problems in Papua and New Guinea”, SPC Quarterly Bulletin, Jul 1955; and Terry Spencer’s correspondence on analysis of mushroom samples together with Marie Raey, “‘Mushroom Madness’ in the New Guinea Highlands”, reprint from Oceania, Vol.31, No.2, Dec 1960.	1955-1961	
	Pacific Islands Monthly, "Sheep in New Guinea Highlands", PIM, May 1953, "Rabaul's Toads and Snails", PIM, Jun 1953.	1953	
	Administration and policy: 
TPNG, Public Service Ordinances and Regulations of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Port Moresby, Govt Printer, 1957; 
Paul Hasluck, Australian Policy in Papua New Guinea: statement to the House of Representatives, Canberra, Govt Printer, Aug 1960;  
Paul Hasluck, Papua and New Guinea: some recent statements of Australian policy on political advancement, Canberra, Govt Printer, n.d. (1960); 
Minister for Territories, A Nation Grows, Ruskin Press, 1964;
Australian Territories, Vol.3, No.3, May 1963 and Vol.8, No.1, Feb 1968;
Dept of External Territories, Facts About Papua and New Guinea, Canberra, Govt Printer, 1969.	1957-1969	
Reel 4	Village Committees. VAC (a newsletter published by the DASF at Kuiaro Centre, Samarai, for the Village Agricultural Committees and the Village Women’s Committees) No. 17, Aug 1958; W. Cottrell-Dormer, The Village Committee Book, Rabaul, n.d. (1959), 20pp, 2 copies.	1958-1959	
	Miscellaneous. Papers on Camilla Wedgwood, New Guinea Highland Dog, and other documents.	1955-1966	

	Photographs.		
	One album of photographs entitled, A Doctor's Wife in Rabaul. Photograph Nos. 1-165. Indexed.	1960-1961	
	One album of photographs to accompany Doctor's Wife in Papua. Photographs of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua. Photograph Nos. 1-238. Indexed. 	1956-1959	
	One album of photographs to accompany Doctor's Wife in New Guinea (Western Highlands). Volume 1 of 2 volumes. Photograph Nos. 1-63. Indexed.	1954-1955	
	One album of photographs to accompany Doctor's wife in New Guinea (Western Highlands).  Volume 2 of 2 volumes. Photograph Nos.64-139. Indexed.	1954-1955	
			
	Printed publications (NOT FILMED).		
	Margaret Spencer, Doctor's Wife in New Guinea, Sydney. Angus and Robertson. 	1959	
	Margaret Spencer, Doctor's Wife in Papua, London, Robert Hale. 	1964	
	Margaret Spencer, Doctor's Wife in Rabaul, London, Robert Hale.	1967	
	Department of Native Affairs (Queensland), The Australian Aboriginal's First Book, Brisbane, Government Printer.	n.d.	
	Geraldine Mackenzie, The First Australian's Second Book, Melbourne, F.W. Cheshire.	1951	
	Geraldine Mackenzie, The First Australian's Third Book, Melbourne, F.W. Cheshire.	1952	
	Geraldine Mackenzie, The First Australian's Sixth Book, Melbourne, F.W. Cheshire. 	1951	

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