This collection by Charles Morris Woodford includes two albums of photographs taken during a voyage to and residence in the Solomon Islands from April to October 1886, as well as additional loose photographs. The collection includes images from the villages Aola and Fauro in the Solomon Islands. Images include village life, canoes, native animals, customs and the natural environment as well as Charles Morris Woodford’s life and Government residence in Tulagi, Solomon Islands. Additional photographs from Rabaul, Madang, New Britain and New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.
Includes 5 printed reports which appeared as a numbered series.
Nos 1. & 2.: Report on the Suau-Tawala Anthropology of the South-Eastern Division and part of the Eastern Division of Papua - W.E. Armstrong No. 3.: Collection of Curios and the Preservation of Native Culture - F.E. Williams No. 4.: The Vailala Madness and the Destruction of Native Ceremonies in the Gulf Division - F.E. Williams No. 5.: Animistic and Other Spiritualistic Beliefs of the Bina tribe, Western Papua (reprinted from Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. LI, July-December 1921) - A.P. Lyons
Father Baldwin spent several years at the Sacred Heart Mission in the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea.
A 333 page Bohilai-English vocabulary. Bohilai is the language of Basilaki Island (formerly Moresby Island), one of the islands of the Louisiade Archipelago of Papua. Additional language material by Father Baldwin is available as PMB 1031
Photographs of Samarai, Kwato, Abau Island, Port Moresby and elsewhere in Papua New Guinea, documenting Henry Dexter's experiences as a plantation manager.