These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of Samoa which are designated Oceania Navigatores (ON) in the Marist Archives. The documents comprise:
Letters from the Soeurs T.O.R.M. (Sisters of the Third Order Regular of Mary) to the Administration General of the Society of Mary. (APM III ONC, Dossier classified as 'ONC 498 T.O.R.M. Epistolae ad Adm. Gen.', 1914-1918. Continued from PMB 183.)
Letters in Samoan, 1860-83 (from Samoa)
Ethnographical material in French and English, undated
O le Bulla Ineffabilis no liliu i le upu Samoa, 1869
Letters in French and Samoan, 1861-91
A letter concerning Samoa, 1910 (Gubernatores, ON 181)
Laici Individualiter (ON 198)
An article, 'Samoa et Tonga' from Bibliotheque Illustree des Voyages Autour du Monde, 1898(?)
Newspaper clippings on Samoa, 1918
'Une Nuit Macabre en Oceanie', by P. Goupillard, undated
Solf (1862-1936) became president of the municipality of Apia, Western Samoa, in 1899, after serving as a district judge in German East Africa. In 1900 he became governor of Western Samoa when that country became a German colony. He remained in that post until 1911 when he became Secretary for the colonies in the German government. After World War I, he served as German ambassador in Japan. The Solf papers have been filmed on reels PMB 581 - 589.
The papers comprise:
letters to family (3 volumes), 1885-1935
personal honours, 1927-34
congratulations on 70th birthday, 1932
publications, speeches, etc. 1886-1932 (Continued on PMB 582)
