Please see PMB 161

Correspondence from cabinet APM III ONC including the following dossiers:

1. Demeles avec le Gouverneur Guillan, 1863-69
2. Le clerge colonial, 1862-1895 (notes, letters and reports on economic and political aspects of the mission)
3. Letters and notes relating to the French colonisation of New Caledonia
4. Letters to, from and about Governor Guillain, 1862-1869
5. Letters about mission relations with the colonial government, 1869-1902
6. Printed manual for Les Petites Filles de Marie
7. Letters from Soeurs de St Joseph de Cluny, 1877-1887
8. Letters re La Trappe de Wagap, 1876-1893
9. Letters, reports, newspaper clippings on Pouebo massacres, 1867-1868
10. Letters from the Soeurs T.O.R.M. to the Administration General of the Society of Mary, 1878-1914. Continues on PMB 184.
    Note: This film, as obtained from Rome, is defective in two respects:
    • 1. The material on the Pouebo massacres - item 9 - ends in the middle of a letter to Rougeyron (7 Nov. 1867), p.12-13. A join in the film follows. The remainder of the letter will be found at the beginning of reel PMB 182.
    • 2. A letter of 16 October 1913 to Father Roffin in item 3 above should properly follow material at the end of reel PMB 181.

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Correspondence from cabinet APM IV ONC. The correspondence comprises the following dossiers: Correspondance Generale;
Correspondance Generale 1865;
Correspondance Generale 1865 including folder marked 'Correspondance du P. Forestier a Paris sur les affaires de la N. Caledonie' 1865-66;
Correspondance Generale 1866;
Correspondance Generale EN I

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Correspondence from cabinet APM IV ONC in a dossier dated 1874-75.

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Papers from cabinets APM II ONC and APM III ONC comprising:

• Miscellaneous letters including a 30 pp. typescript entitled 'Historique des Rapports entre M. Feillet et le Conseuil-General de la Nouvelle Caledonie'
• Miscellaneous religious and population statistics
• Journal of Fr Prosper Goujon on the Isle of Pines, October 1866-February 1867; and journal of Fr Francois Palazy on the Isle of Pines, January 1865-September 1866
• Documents on mission properties
• Documents relating to Governor Charles Guillain
• Documents relating to the 'affaire des fusils' by Fr Pierre Rougeyron, 1864.

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Correspondence from cabinet APM IV ONC in dossiers dated 1857-59, 1860-61, 1862-63, 1864.

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Correspondence from cabinet APM IV ONC in dossiers dated 1870-71 and 1872-73.

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Cabinet APM IV ONC:

• Correspondence dated October 1912-December 1913 and 1914-20
• Cabinet APM I ONC:
  1. Dossier classified 'Geography': article on the mineral wealth of New Caledonia; chapters entitled 'Cullinary Arts of New Caledonia', 'Clothing', 'Games and entertainments', 'Music', 'Fabric, Basketry, Cordage, Pearl Money', 'Tools and Weapons'.
  2. Dossier classified 'Philology': list of publications in indigenous languages; biographical details of Father Jean Hervier, SM. and a list of his publications on New Caledonia Gastropods; biographical details of Xavier Montrouzier, SM, naturalist
  3. Dossier classified 'Sacred Congregation': Correspondence dated 1859, 1878, 1887, 1888, 1905, 1907, 1954 (In Latin)
  4. Dossier of letters to the local civil administration 1855-63
  5. List of articles from Mission Catholiques, 1869-1945
  6. correspondence list 1836-87, giving place of writing, name of correspondent, date written. List of correspondence from Mgr Douarre, 1836-46.
  7. Dossier comprising Rules of the Vicariate of New Caledonia 1843-1889 (in Latin) and related correspondence; map of South Pacific; Rules of the Vicariate of New Caledonia 1843-53 (in Latin)
  8. Dossier entitled 'Lay Relations', comprising a letter about New Caledonia dated 28 December, 1859
  9. Correspondence of Mgr Douarre to the General Administration, 1842-53

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Papers from cabinet APM III ONC comprising:

• Accounts, 1907-19
• Lettres Etrangeres - some letters of 'Labord' and 'Ballande'
• An ms labelled 'Etude sur la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances, par A. Gradon, 1888'
• Correspondence with the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 1871, 1905
• Financial and other reports of the Mission, 1875-1920
• Unsorted letters, 1857-1900
• Ms 'Directoire pour les Missionaires du Vicariat de la Nouvelle-Caledonie, 1870
• Reports, 1862-74

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Papers from cabinet APM III ONC comprising:

• letters, reports and newspaper clippings on the Pouebo massacres, 1867-68
• Papers on the Affaire de 'de Fenoyl' (i.e. Father Jean de Fenoyl) 1901-07
• 'Contes Missionaires'; scientific reports by Father Xavier Montrouzier; reports on schools
• Letters and notes on the Loyalty Islands; papers on the 'Affaire du R.P. (Pierre) Lambert, 1845-1867'; and papers on 'La Bagne'.
  NOTE: The first item on this reel is the continuation of a letter to Rougeyron (7 Nov. 1867) the beginning of which will be found on reel PMB MS 183 (item 9).

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

These papers from cabinet APM II ONC comprise:

• Correspondence of Mgr Hilarion Fraysse, 1904-05. Many of the letters are signed H. Alphonse
• Correspondence of Claude-Marie Chanrion, 1888-1919
• Correspondence of Fr Benoit Forestier, 1864-67
• List of publications on New Caledonia and dependencies
• Sketch maps of parts of New Caledonia
• Miscellaneous papers on various subjects including extracts from a letter of Bro. Jean-Pierre Dubreuil of 26 April 1847