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REEL LIST 

PMB 1164	William Charles GROVES (1898-1967): 
Papers relating to education in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, 1922-1962. 
Reels 1-6.
(Available for reference.)

Reel 1			J A Collier, Guide to the Groves Papers, Ts., pp.1-88	1972	
	Box 2		Papua New Guinea Pre-War		
	File 1		Native Education and Culture Contact		
		Pt. A .	Reviews of and comments on the Book, Native Education and Culture Contact in New Guinea, by W C Groves. MUP and OUP, 1936, as follows:		
			1. The Australian Council for Education, Melbourne.	n.d.	
			2. The Mercury, Hobart.	n.d.	
			3. The Methodist Missionary Review.	5 Feb 1937	
			4. The WA Teachers Journal.	9 Dec 1937	
			5. Not stated [The Bulletin], Sydney, NSW.	2 Dec 1936	
		Pt.B	Cuttings containing reviews of Native Education and Culture Contact:		
			1. from the Australian Council of Education Research.		
			2. From the Missionary Review.	5 Feb 1937	
			3. From the Sydney Bulletin.	25 Nov 1936	
			4. From the Victorian Education Gazette.	Dec 1936	
			5. From the Sydney Bulletin.	2 Dec 1936 (?)	
			6. From a German publication.	1 Apr ?	
			7. From Man.	Mar 1938	
			8. Unstated (review by R. Piddington).	n.d.	
			9. Bulletin of the International Bureau of Education.	1937 (?)	
		Pt.C	Letters thanking Groves for copies of Native Education and Culture Contact.		
			1. from Percy Chatterton, LMS, Papua.	29 Nov 1936	
			2. from R W Robson, Pacific Publications, Sydney.	10 Jun 1937	
			3. from Government Secretary, Territory of Papua.	16 Dec 1936	
			4. from …?, Rabaul.	11 Jan 1937	
			5. from J H L Waterhouse, Chatswood.	18 Jan 1937	
			6. from Sir R. Cilento, Brisbane.	26 Jan 1936	
			7. from F M Keesing, University of Hawaii.	5 Jan 1937	
			8. from C T Loram, Yale University.	4 Jan 1937	
			9. from Acting Director, Mandates, League of Nations, Geneva.	6 Jan 1937	
			10. from F E Williams, Orokolo, Papua.	17 Mar 1937	
			11. from R Piddington, University of Aberdeen.	11 Aug 1938	

Reel 1, cont.		Pt. D	Correspondence from George Townsend re styles of colonial administration. See also end of Reel 6.	4 & 5 Nov 1935	
	File 2		The Language Difficulty.		
		Pt.A	Manila folder marked, “language”, with notes on the back cover.	n.d.	
		Pt.B	“Tok bilong pijin English”, by Walaku of Aitape.	1925	
		Pt.C 	 “The Language Difficulty”, being notes on Ainsworth’s report on education, Malakuna.	23 Oct 1924	
		Pt.D	Press cutting extolling the use of Motu, Bulletin.	1 Mar 1923	
		Pt.E	Press cutting derogating the use of Pidgin, written anonymously (?) by Groves, with written copy, Bulletin.	Jul 1923	
	File 3	Pts.A-V	Kokopo School (Pts.J, M, T & U missing. See File 10 for Pt.J)	1922-1925	
	File 4	Pts.A-B	Mission Schools	1925-1934	
	File 5	Pts.A-C	Pupils of Malakuna School	1925-1926	
	File 6	Pts.A-E	Syllabus of Mission Schools	1925	
	File 7	Pts.A-Q	Education in New Guinea (Notes for a Dip Ed or BA)	1923-1924	
	File 8	Pts.A-C	The Training of Native Teachers	1925	
Reel 2		Pts.D-F	The Training of Native Teachers, cont.		
	File 9	Pts.A-F	Legends	n.d. & 1934	
	File 10	Pt.A	“Some Educational Aspects of European-Primitive Culture Contact’, paper read by W C Groves at ANZAAS, Sydney. 
Includes File 3, Pt.J, Report of the First Six Months of the Kokopo Native Elementary School.	1922	
	File 11	Pt.A	A German survey of “Colonial” education by “Anthropos”: notes for an anonymous article, “The Application of Nazi Principles”	n.d.	
	File 12	Pt.A	The Governor-General in the Territory	1924	
	File 13	Pt.A	Australia in Papua. “A Record of Progress”, by W C Groves	n.d.	
	File 14	Pt.A	Notes for “Wanderings in a Wild Country”, with press cutting	n.d.	
	File 15	Pt.A	“The Thesis of the ‘Scientific’ Approach to Native Education - with special reference to the Territory of New Guinea”, by W C Groves 	n.d.	
	File 16	Pts.A-F	Native Customs	1926-1930	
	File 17		Education and the European-Primitive-Culture – contact situations in certain Melanesian communities		
		Pt.A	Press cutting reviewing Groves’ paper at Pt.B, below	n.d.	
		Pt.B	“Education and the European-primitive Culture-contact situation in certain Melanesian Communities, (with special reference to New Guinea)”, read by W C Groves at ANZAAS meeting, Melbourne	Jan 1935	
		Pt.C	“Anthropology and Native Administration in New Guinea (1)”, read by W C Groves at ANZAAS, Anthropology Section, meeting, Melbourne	Jan 1935	
	File 18	Pt.A	Anthropological notes from Tatau. Notebook and loose notes on family and clan structures of Tatau Village, New Ireland	n.d.	
	File 19	Pts.A-B	Fieldwork, New Guinea.	1933-1934	

Reel 2, cont.	File 20	Pt.A	Education and Development of Papua New Guinean Community: copy of a letter sent by Groves with a ‘Report’ of the 6th Frank Tate Memorial Lecture delivered at the University of Melbourne	17 Jun 1959	
	File 21	Pt.A	Yagara: a notebook consisting of a dictionary of Fisoa-English words, made by Groves in New Ireland	1932(?)

	File 22		Does not exist		
	File 23		“Problems of Mission Work in South New Ireland”, by G J Platten	n.d.	
					
	Box 3		Papua New Guinea Post War		
	File 1	Pt.A	“The Mentality of Native People in Papua and New Guinea”, read by G T Roscoe at the Conference of the British Psychological Society, Australian Branch, Brisbane 	1953	
	File 2	Pt.A	“Syllabus of Training in Manual Arts”, TPNG, Dept of Education	1955	
	File 3	Pts.A-B	Circular Memoranda: on “Use of Pidgin” 	1955	
	File 4	Pts.A-B	Circular Memoranda: on Vunamami Rural Education Centre	1956	
	File 5	Pt.A	Circular Memoranda: Teacher Training Course “S” – Study Guide No.10, Culture and Curriculum	1957	
	File 6	Pts.A-C	Circular Memoranda	1958	
	File 7	Pts.A-H	Circular Memoranda	1959	
	File 8	Pts.A-Z, A1-G1	Circular Memoranda	1960	
	File 9	Pts.A-K	Circular Memoranda	1961	
	File 10	Pts.A-B	Circular Memoranda	1962	
Reel 3	File 11	Pts.A-C	Circular Memoranda	1983	
	File 12	Pts.A-R	Administrative Press Statements	1959	
	File 13	Pts.A-Z, A1-Z1, A2-V2	Administrative Press Statements	1960	
	File 14	Pts.A-Z A1-R1	Administrative Press Statements	1961	
	File 15	Pts. A-Z	Administrative Press Statements	1962	
	File 16	Pts.A-L	Education Policy and Plans	1955-1956	
	File 17	Pts.A-Z, A1-L1	Education Policy and Plans, Section III, etc.	1949-1955	
	File 18	Pts.A-E	Plan for Education Dept., 1946	1945-1946	
	File 19	Pts.A-B	Investigation. Observations and Comments of the Director of Education on the Report of the Committee on “Investigation under Sections 10 and 12 of the Public Service Ordinance into the Administration, Organisation and Method of the Department of Education”, Vols. 1 & 2. 
Note: an annotated photocopy of the Education Review Committee’s Report is held here in the Groves Papers, but was not filmed.	Aug 1954	
Reel 5	File 20	Pts.A-B	Education in the Territory. W C Groves, “Education in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea”.	Aug 1955	

Reel 5, cont.	File 21	Pt.A	Teachers. Papuan and New Guinea teachers on Tour in Queensland	n.d.	
	File 22	Pts.A-B	Appropriation Bill, 1957-1958	1957	
	File 23	Pts.A-E	Media of Instruction. Papers by W C Groves, and T A Dietz on “The Problem of Language”; paper by Charles Julius, “Education and the Media of Mass Communication in PNG”; and further paper by W C Groves, “Native Languages in Education: the question of standardisation of orthography” 	1949-1955	
	File 24	Pts.A-D	Papers on Native Education by W C Groves, C Julius, R Thompson and the Public Relations Office	1954-1956	
	File 25	Pts. A-C	Education Careers	1946-1960	
	File 26	Pt.A	Social Studies Syllabus	n.d.	
	File 27	Pts.A-B	The Women of Papua and New Guinea. Public relations Office paper and “report of the Australian Representative, Mrs J G Norris, to the 15th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women held at the European Office of the United Nations, Geneva. 13-30 Mar 1961	1955 & 1961	
	File 28	Pts.A-D	Vunamami. Papers by W C Groves, F N Boisen, V McNamara and others  on Vunamami Rural Education Centre	1954-1956	
					
	Box 4		Nauru		
	File 1	Pts.A-N	Nauru correspondence	1936	
	File 2	Pts.A-Z, A1-G1	Nauru correspondence	1937	
	File 3	Pts.A-Z, A1-Z1, A2-Z2, A3-Z3, A4-O4	Nauru correspondence	1938	
	File 4	Pts.A-D	Nauru correspondence	1939	
	File 5	Pts.A-Z, A1-J1	Annual Education Reports	1937-1939, 1950	
	File 6	Pts.A-E	Nauru Education Controversy	1940-1941	
	File 7	Pt.A	Recommendations to ANZAAS. “Suggestions for the Consideration of the Programmes Committee at Canberra”	28 Mar 1938	
	File 8	Pts.A-B	Domaneab Programme	1938	
	File 9	Pts.A-G	Nauru - Official Circulars	1937-1938	
	File 10	Pts.A-E	Nauru – Education of Women	1926 & 1938	
	File 11	Pts.A-E	Nauruan Language. Including English-Nauru Dictionary and Grammar of the Language of Nauru	1938	
	File 12	Pts.A-F	Nauruan Scouting	1938-1940	
	File 13	Pts.A-C	Nauru – Reports to League of Nations. Not filmed – see PMB Doc 259.	1936-1938	
	File 14	Pts.A-E	Nauru – Arts and Crafts Exhibition 	1937-1938	
	File 15	Pts.A-I	Nauruan Customs	1937-1938	
	File 16	Pts.A-T	Nauruan Legends	1933-1938, 1962	
	File 17	Pts.A-C	Gilbert & Ellice Islands Colony Syllabus	n.d.	

Reel 6	File 18	Pt.A	Nauru Education 1932. “Some Aspects of Education in the Mandated Territory of Nauru”. Paper by H E Brittain, Director of Education in Nauru.	1932	
	File 19	Pts.A-B	Nauru – Post Contact History.  H E Brittain, “Data – Paper on Nauru Island”, 1932; “The Phosphate Deposits of Nauru”, Education Series, No.6 [c.1972]	1932 & c.1972	
	File 20	Pt.A	Nauru - Fisheries and Marine. W J Dakin, “Preliminary report on Fisheries and Marine Biological Research at Nauru”	n.d.	
	File 21	Pt.A	Nauru – Vegetation and Agriculture. “Report on the Vegetation and Agricultural Possibilities of Nauru Island”	n.d.	
	File 22	Pt.A	Cook Islands Syllabus. A J Ngata, “Regulations Relating to Schools in the Cook Islands”	22 Oct 1934	
	File 23	Pts.A-C	Nauru – Census. Annual Census	1936-1938	
	File 24	Pt.A	Pandanus – Nauru. P A Kayser, “Der Pandanus anf Nauru”, Anthopos publication	1934	
	File 25	Pts.A-Z, A1-C1	Nauru – Syllabus	c.1938	
	File 26	Pt.A	Correspondence re death of W C Groves’ father	Jun 1938	
					
			George Townsend and W C Groves: correspondence on administration attitudes and approaches. See also File 1, Pt.D, at PMB 1164/Reel 1.	4 & 5 Nov 1935	

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