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Correspondence with missionaries at Rotuma

  • AU PMB MS 160
  • Collection
  • 1868 - 1888

Letters to Catholic missionaries at Rotuma from Bishops Bataillon, Elloy and Lamaze and Father V-F. Poupinel, written from Apia (Samoa), Tonga, Wallis, Futuna, Sydney and France. A typed summary in English of the contents of each letter is given at the beginning of the film.

Roman Catholic Mission Fiji

Correspondence with other religious bodies, including overseas auxiliaries of the LMS

  • AU PMB MS 128
  • Collection
  • 1908 - 1946

These documents originally formed part of the archives of the Samoan District Committee and later Samoan District Council of the London Missionary Society, and were formerly held at Malua, Western Samoa. The Samoan District Committee was replaced by the Council in 1928.

Correspondence of LMS missionaries in Samoa with other religious bodies, including overseas auxiliaries of the LMS.

London Missionary Society - Samoan District

Correspondence with resident agents in the outer islands

  • AU PMB MS 1248
  • Collection
  • 1896-1970

The Cook Islands were annexed to New Zealand in June 1901. Resident Agents, responsible to the Resident Commissioner in Rarotonga, were appointed in each of the islands in the Cook Islands group. Resident Agents chaired the Island Council meetings. The Resident Agent also had judicial powers under island ordinances, heard criminal matters cases, except murder and manslaughter, and civil cases, except divorce suits, where the consideration was no more than 50 pounds.

Reels 1-4: 17/1 Atiu - general, 1893-1966; Atiu – Public Works, 1909-14; Atiu – annual reports, 1913-14;
Reels 4-7: 18/1 Mauke – general, 1909-1968; Mauke – annual reports, 1950-59;
Reels 7- 11: 19/1 Mangaia – general, 1899-1967; Mangaia – annual reports, 1950-58;
Reel 11-12: Atiu – annual reports, 1950-65; Aitutaki – annual reports, 1950-65;
Reel 12-14: 20/1 Penrhyn – general, 1909-1974;
Reel 14: 20/1 Northern Group – weekly diaries, 1968-1969;
Reel 14: Penrhyn – annual report, 1950-52;
Reel 15: 17/1 Atiu – general, 1893-1913 (papers removed for conservation);
Reel 15-17: 1/21 Manahiki and Rakananga – general, 1909-1958; Manahiki and Rakahanga – annual report, 1950-62.
<b>See Finding aids for details.</b>
See also: PMB 1192: COOK ISLANDS ADMINISTRATION, Resident Commissioner’s Office: Correspondence with Aitutaki Resident Agents, 1908-1967. Reels 1-5. (Restricted access.)

Cook Islands Administration, Resident Commissioners Office

Correspondence with sister organisations

  • AU PMB MS 951
  • Collection
  • 1925 - 1956

The correspondence is with sister organisations in:<BR>Fiji, 1925-56<BR>Tonga, 1943-52<BR>Papua New Guinea, 1953

Methodist Missionary Society of New Zealand

Correspondence with the Government, 1926-1931 and with Dr Clifford James on wearing clothes in the tropics and hygiene, 1931.

  • AU PMB MS 1108
  • Collection
  • 1926-1931

Rev Vincent Le Cornu Binet came from the Channel Islands in 1916 to Choiseul where he served from 1917 till 1932 as a Methodist Minister, following in the footsteps of S. R. Rooney. Dr Clifford S. James was a medical missionary who served at Choiseul from 1928-1931. Well known in medical circles in the Pacific, he later served at the Anglican Hospital at Fauambu on Malaita. He died in New Zealand in 1967.

Letters to the government, Dec 1926-Sep 1931. Correspondence with Dr Clifford James on clothes, 1931.<P><b>See reel list for further details</b>

Binet Rev. Vincent Le Cornu

Correspondence with the Petites Soeurs

  • AU PMB MS 465
  • Collection
  • 1893 - 1930

The Petites Soeurs, first known as 'Vukevuke' or 'helpers', are now (1972) known as Sisters of Our Lady of Nazareth (SOLN). See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Correspondence with the Petites Soeurs. Most of the correspondence is in Fijian.

Roman Catholic Mission Fiji

Correspondence with various mission stations

  • AU PMB MS 457
  • Collection
  • 1912 - 1930

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

The correspondence is in six files:

  1. Delailagi, 1919-30
  2. Nabala, 1921-30
  3. Naidiri, 1930
  4. Naiserelagi (Navunibitu), 1923-30
  5. Namosi, 1912-30
  6. Natovi, 1924-30

Roman Catholic Mission Fiji

Correspondence with various mission stations

  • AU PMB MS 461
  • Collection
  • 1920 - 1930

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

The correspondence is in six files:

  1. Bemana, 1923-30
  2. Sigatoka, 1920-26
  3. Joan of Arc School, Sigatoka (Nadroga), 1920-30
  4. Namoli, 1922-24
  5. Miscellaneous (Sigatoka), 1916-23
  6. Solevu, 1926-30

Roman Catholic Mission Fiji

Correspondence with various missionaries

  • AU PMB MS 947
  • Collection
  • 1929 - 1969

Correspondence between the general secretary of foreign missions of the Methodist Church of New Zealand and missionaries - deaconesses, teachers and nurses - as follows:<BR>Coralie Murray, 1929-31<BR>Eva Saunders, 1947-55<BR>Murial G. Stewart, 1922-32<BR>Joy Thompson, 1954-58<BR>Edna White, 1939-53, 1962-63<BR>Joy Whitehouse, 1937-48<BR>Rewa Williamson, 1959-60<BR>Beverley Withers, 1963-69

Methodist Church of New Zealand, Solomon Islands District

Correspondence with various missionaries

  • AU PMB MS 943
  • Collection
  • 1929 - 1959

Correspondence between missionaries in the field and the general secretary of foreign missions of the Methodist Church of New Zealand. Correspondence of:<BR>Rev. Clifford J. Keightley, 1953-58 (New Guinea Highlands)<BR>Rev. A.C. Watson, 1954-59 (Roviana, Vella Lavella, Honiara)<BR>Belshazzar Gina, 1932-50<BR>Rev. Gordon D. Brough, 1958 (Teop)<BR>Philip F. Taylor, 1951-54<BR>Rev. Philip F. Taylor, 1957-58 (Tonu)<BR>Dr E.G. Sayers, 1922-34 (Medical missionary)<BR>Dr C. James, 1926-33 (Medical missionary)<BR>Dr A.G. Rutter, 1941-48 (Medical missionary).

Methodist Church of New Zealand, Solomon Islands District

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