01841ntc a22002177i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000028000722450035001002640016001353000027001513360021001783370023001993380032002225000018002545060028002725201010003005330077013105400079013878560157014661727140313k18821967xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aChurchward Rev. Dr C.M.10aDiary, notes, letters, records  c1882 - 1967  a1 reel; 35mm microfilm  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 158  aAvailable for reference2 aReverend Dr C.M. Churchward (1888-1968) was a noted linguist. As a Methodist missionary at Rotuma, Fiji, in the 1930s, he prepared a *Rotuman Grammar and Dictionary*, which was published in 1940. He also published *A New Fijian Grammar* (1941) and an English-Tongan dictionary. He revised the Rotuman New Testament (1930) and the Tongan New Testament (1959-61) and was working on the Old Testament in Rotuman at the time of his death in Suva. The papers comprise: Diary of a visit to Rotuma, 1931; Notes on dealings with Resident Commissioner, Rotuma, 1931; Subsidiary documents re above; Rotuma letters, 1932-37; Rotuman beliefs and customs; Memorandum re Rotuma Cession Day celebrations, 1967; Copy of Ao Fo'ou, 12/5/67; Records of the Land Titles Commission, Rotuma, 1882-1883; Notes on Rotuman history and Rotuma Circuit (Methodist Mission) reports, 1921, 1924-28; Account by Mesulama Titifanua (Rotuman missionary) of sojourn in New Britain, 1927-28; Notes on conversation with Takalaigau, 1934.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/diary-notes-letters-recordszView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.