Papers of Father Joseph-Victor Vincent (originally listed as 2 Reels):

1. Dictionnaire Francais - Tyamuhi (Wagap), manuscript
2. Dictionnaire Francais - Tyamouhi, typescript
3. Manuscript annotations on a dictionary edited by Father Antoine Colomb. It is entitled Dictionnaire Francais-Wagap-Anglais et Wagap-Francais par les missionnaires maristes, Paris 1891
4. Catechisme du Vicariat Apostolique de la Nouvelle-Caledonie: Traduit en langue Bayes-Ponerihouen, Saint Louis, 1910
5. Catechisme de Vicariat Apostolique de la Nouvelle-Caledonie: Traduit en Tyamuhi, Saint Louis
6. La Tribu de Wagap (Nouvelle-Caledonie): Ses Moeurs et sa Langue, d'apres les notes d'un missionnaire mariste, coordonnees par le P.A.C., S.M. (i.e. Father Antoine Colomb), Paris, 1890
7. Catechisme du Vicariat Apostolique de la Nouvelle-Caledonie: Traduit en langue de Hyenghene, Saint Louis, 1912

Dictionaries and vocabulary lists from the Roman Catholic Mission, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu):

1. Dictionary of the language of Aoba (Ambae) by Father J.B. Prin, S.M. (French-Aoba).
2. Grammaire de Melsisi - Grammar of the language of Melsisi (Pentecost) by Father Joseph Niel, S.M.
3. Dictionary of the language of Melsisi (Pentecost) by X (French-Melsisi).
4. Dictionary of the language of Melsisi (Pentecost) by Father Elie Tattevin, S.M. (French-Melsisi) A-D only.
5. Dictionary of the language of Wala (Malekula) by Father Casimir Salomon, S.M. (French-Wala).
6. Vocabulary of the Loltong language of Pentecost by Father Pierre Gonnet, S.M. (Loltong-French and French-Loltong).
7. Vocabulary of the Loltong language of Pentecost by Father Elie Tattevin, S.M. (Loltong-French).
8. Vocabulary of the Loltong language of Pentecost by Father Elie Tattevin, S.M. (French-Loltong).

Dictionaries produced by the Roman Catholic Mission New Hebrides (now Vanuatu):

1. Dictionary of the language of South-West Bay, Malekula, by Father Pierre Chauvel, S.M. (French-South West Bay).
2. Dictionary of the language of Vao, Malekula, by Father Casimir Salomon, S.M. (Vao-French).
3. Dictionary of the language of Olal, Ambrym (French-Olal).
4. Dictionary of the language of Talomako, Big Bay, Espiritu Santo (Talomako-French).
5. Dictionary of the Talomako language of Big Bay, Espiritu Santo, by Father Alphonse Ardouin, S.M., (French-Talomako).

Diary, miscellaneous papers and correspondence 1945 - 1951

Diary, miscellaneous papers and correspondence 1900 - 1943

Ellis (1869-1951) was born in Queensland and educated in New Zealand. In the 1890s he became an employee of the Pacific Islands Company Ltd of London, which was involved in the guano industry on islands in the Coral Sea and the Phoenix Group (Kiribati). In 1900, he became curious about a rock which was used as a doorstop in the Sydney office of his company and this led to the discovery of the phosphate deposits on Ocean Island and Nauru. He was a prominent figure in the Pacific Phosphate Company Ltd in 1902. After the phosphate company was bought out by the British, Australian and New Zealand governments after World War I, he became commissioner for New Zealand on the British Phosphate Commission, which was established to exploit the phosphate deposits on Ocean Island and Nauru. He was the author of three books, Ocean Island and Nauru (1936), Adventuring in Coral Seas (1937) and Mid-Pacific Outpost (1946).

The documents on the microfilm include: 1. Ellis' diary for May 1900 when he went to Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati to establish the phosphate industry there; 2. Clippings on the phosphate industry from various newspapers and journals; 3. Correspondence covering the period 1920-51.