Miller made several trips to Papua and New Guinea as a prospector and mining engineer in the 1920s and 1930s. Later he was manager of Baranata Plantation, Papua.

The diaries relate to four mining trips to Papua as follows:<BR>1928: 17 April - 18 October, Lakekamu River<BR>1929: 26 November - 19 December, Lakekamu River<BR>1931: 7 - 20 September, Mondo <BR>1932: 23 February - 27 July, Misima

Includes correspondence with the New Guinea Administration regarding native health, welfare and illegal labour recruitment; copy of Terms of Capitulation of German New Guinea, 17 September 1914 and the response of the Lutheran Mission; copy of A Survey of the Missionary Position in the Mandated Trust Territory of Papua New Guinea, with special reference to the Lutheran Missions, New Guinea by Rev. F.O. Thiele.

The grammar was the work of 'Le pere Victor'.

The genealogies were originally compiled about 1910 and have been updated to about 1950.<BR>See also PMB 2 and 651.

Statistics gathered at the Mission station on Yule Island.

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.

IRIS; Spooner; 1843-47; Pacific JIREH PERCY; Smith; 1868; HECTOR; Norton; 1838-40; Pacific OSCAR(?)/SARAH; Dornin; 1849-51; Pacific SHARON; Norris; 1841-45; Pacific The above are held by The Duke's County Historical Society, Thomas Cooke House and Museum, School and Cooke Streets, Edgartown MA 02539
HOPEWELL; Littlefield; 1844-48; Pacific WARREN; n.d. Account Book LUMINARY; n.d. Account Book MARY WILDER; n.d. Account Book MARY WILDER; Cleveland; 1851-52; Pacific The above are owned by Mrs D. Riggs, last known address (1990) West Tisbury, MA 02575
Port of Honolulu; Arrivals and departures of whalers, March-October 1848 EBEN DODGE; ?; 1852-53; Above owned by Mrs E.J. Bliss, last known address (1990) Wheelhouse, PO Box 436, Edgartown MA 02539
INDEPENDENCE; Plasket; 1825-28; Pacific (held by Duke's County Historical Society - see above) COLUMBUS; Pease; 1840-43; Pacific (owned by Mrs Bliss - see above) * - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean. Of special interest on this reel (INDEPENDENCE; 1825-28) Accounts of trading with islanders.

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.
Typed transcript of journal of Levi Starbuck (continued from reel PMB 681); Abstracts of whaling voyages of Atlantic, Daniel Webster, Franklin, Portland, Romulus, Thames, Thomas Dickason, Stieglitz; 1837-42 MARCUS; Sherman; 1843-45; Indian Ocean UNIDENTIFIED; 1801 THOMAS DICKASON; Havens; 1839-41; Pacific NIMROD; Green; 1856-58; Indian Ocean NIMROD; Green; 1858-60; Pacific HANNIBAL; Bennett; 1838-40; Pacific HENRY LEE; Bennett; 1842-43; Pacific JEFFERSON; Smith; 1847-50; Pacific.

The following item is held by Mr Edward Baker, 8 Egypt Lane, East Hampton, NY (1990) DANIEL WEBSTER; Harlow; 1837-39; Pacific Of special interest on this reel: (DANIEL WEBSTER; 1837-39) Captain caught in whaling line and drowned, 1/11/1838. (HENRY LEE; 1842-43) Saw comet, 7 - 25/3/1843; description of Palmerston Island

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.
NOBLE; Brown; 1841-43; Pacific WASHINGTON; Brown; 1843-44; Pacific LUCY ANN; Brown; 1844-47; Pacific. Transcript of journals of Washington and Lucy Ann FRANKLIN; Griffing; 1833-36; Pacific LUCY ANN (see above) AMELIA; ?; 1853-54; Pacific.

The remaining items are held by Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum: HERALD; Stewart(Stuart); 1845-48; Pacific ALICE; Penny; 1854-58; Pacific EMERALD; Jaggar; 1855; Pacific

Of special interest on this reel (LUCY ANN; 1844-47) Good descriptions of contact with islanders

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. LOGAN; ?; 1844-47; Continued from reel PMB 691 MARY ANN; Dallman; 1854(5)-58; Pacific GOOD RETURN; ?; 1851-55; Pacific ST GEORGE; Slocum; 1855-58; Pacific ATLANTIC; Wing; 1881; Pacific MONTEZUMA(MOCTEZUMA); Towers; 1847-51; Pacific EMILY MORGAN; Chase; 1854-59; Pacific HECTOR; Norton; 1852-56; Pacific.
Of special interest on this reel (HECTOR; 1852-56) At Pitcairn Island, ship leaking, deliberately holed by crew; (MARY ANN; 1854(5)-58) Partial eclipse of sun, 25/3/1857