Correspondence between the general secretary of foreign missions of the Methodist Church of New Zealand and missionaries - mainly lay missionaries or short-term volunteers - in the field. They are:<BR>Dr G.E. Hoult, 1947-58 (Medical missionary)<BR>Bruce Cole, 1946-48<BR>Charles Carter, 1947-49<BR>Brian Sides, 1950-56<BR>Robert A. Mannall, 1952-58<BR>Gordon Dey, 1953-58<BR>William Sharples, 1954-58<BR>W.W. Leonard, 1954-57<BR>R.C. Fleury, 1957-58<BR>John S. Gatman, 1958<BR>Keith Woodley, 1963-68

Correspondence between the general secretary of foreign missions of the Methodist Church of New Zealand and missionaries - deaconesses, teachers and nurses - as follows:<BR>Effie Harkness, 1937-57<BR>Audrey Higham, 1954-58<BR>June Hilder, 1950-58<BR>Edith James, 1954-58<BR>Lina Jones, 1941-48<BR>Ada Lee, 1934-58<BR>Grace McDonald, 1925-48<BR>Ethel McMillan, 1940-44<BR>Lucy Money, 1943-59

For the diaries of Lina Jones, 1924-42, see PMB 594-0599, and for her letters, 1924-42, see PMB 713-0715.

Correspondence between the general secretary of foreign missions of the Methodist Church of New Zealand and missionaries - deaconesses, teachers and nurses - as follows:

Mary Addison, 1955-58
May Barnett, 1921-33
Pamela Beaumont, 1948-58
Lilian Berry, 1920-33
Lesley Bowen, 1953-57
Vera Cannon, 1932-33
Elizabeth Common, 1920-34, 1940-49
Jean Dalziel, 1925
Merle Farland, 1955-57
Lorraine Flowers, 1955-57
Myra Fraser, 1950-58
Jessie Grant, 1949-57
Norma Graves, 1953-58
Audrey Grice, 1953-58

Correspondence between the Foreign Missions Department of the Methodist Church of New Zealand and volunteers for mission service.

Please see PMB MS 184. 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 material in the following files:

1. ON 61 208 Apia Epistolae II, (1857-74)
2. ON 61 220 Apia Domus, (1876)
3. ON 61 208 Falefa Epistolae, (1860-74)
4. ON 61 000 Leone (Printed material - 'Nouvelles diverses de l'archipel des Navigateurs', 'Visite du roi et le grand Tololo', Lettre du P. Didier au R.P. Besson, SM, an account of the discovery of bodies of French sailors killed in 1787)
5. ON 61 208 Leone Epistolae, (1884-5, 1873, 1900)
6. ON 61 208 Leulumoega (1873)
7. ON 61 208 Lotofaga Epistolae (1855, 1863, 1871)
8. ON 61 208 Safotu Epistolae (1872-74)
9. ON 61 208 Lafotulafai Epistolae (1859-62, 1868-74)
10. ON 730 Fratres (1874)
11. ON 910 Administr. Civilis (Notes and newspaper clippings on political events, 1875-1909, bibliography of books on Samoa (ts). List of articles on Samoa in 'Les Mission Catholiques', Copies of Samoan newspapers)

These papers comprise the family records of Andrew Lisle Johnston (1912-1990), Mrs E.M. Johnston and their son Edgar Lisle Johnston (b.1940). The collection includes: letters from native employees, various family papers, and a large collection of photographs including many of plantation life and work from 1935 to 1977

The contents are:<BR>1. 65 letters from native employees to A.L., E.L. or E.M. Johnston (81pp). The letters cover the period 1962 to 1977 and generally refer to employment on sogeri Estate or to problems which needed the assistance of the Johnston family. Many are in Pidgin and some in Motu. All have been individually anotated by E.L. Johnston with explanations and, where possible, identify the writer and circumstances.<BR>2. A.L. Johnston's Autobiographical Memos (11pp) a: a memo by A.L. Johnston on the early years of the plantation compiled c.1985 b: a memo by A.L. Johnston How I spent by 60th Birthday 20th July 1972<BR>3. Johnston Family Certificates (44pp) Birth, Marriage, Death, Medical, Medical Aid and Military Certificates; Commissioner for Declarations Certificates and associates Ordinance; A.L. Johnston's 1945 Demobilization Procedure Book and 1975 passport; E.M. Johnston's 1946 Civilian Identity Card<BR>4. Miscellaneous material (88pp)<BR>a: Newspaper clipping Lismore Couple to Return to New Guinea, The Northern Star, 3 April 1957<BR>b: Newspaper clipping Armidale Girl Weds in Port Moresby Church, South Pacific Post, 22 December 1961<BR>c: Notes on the Sogeri Plantation compiled by students of Sogeri High School<BR>d: Papuan Agricultural Society's Annual Show, Sogeri Prize Schedule, 15 September 1958<BR>e: Anniversary Race Meeting Programme, 4 June 1956, Boroko<BR>f: Letter from Papua Turf Club to E.L. Johnston to appoint him Clerk of Scales, 7 October 1970<BR>g: Airlinle Ticket Folder, 'Air Pacific', containing E.L. Johnston's ticket for his last flight to PNG<BR>5. Sogerinumu: the magazine of the Sogeri High School - 1966 and 1967<BR>6. Johnston Family Photographs and Map of the Environs of Sogeri<BR>Map of Crown Lands and of the Occupation in the Environs of sogeri by T. Jackson Townsend of the Survey Office, Port Moresby, 12 July 1934. The map extends from Rouna Township to the headwaters of Eworogo Creek, and shows the boundaries and ownership of the rubber plantations<BR>7. 480 photographs dating from 1935 to 1990 including many of work and life at Sogeri (128 of them are pre-1941, and some show Port Moresby).

Edward L.G. Thomas, or Gordon Thomas as he was usually known, joined the Methodist Mission in New Guinea as a printer in 1911, and later worked as a planter, trader and oil driller in that territory. He was editor of the Rabaul Times from 1925-1927 and from 1933-1942. He was one of about 300 European civilians captured when the Japanese invaded Rabaul in January 1942 and one of only four who remained in Rabaul throughout the Japanese occupation.

Reel 1:

1. General correspondence, 1946-66
2. Correspondence re disposal of printing plant used to produce Guinea Gold 1946-47
3. Correspondence re Fred Urban's war damage claims, 1947-48
4. Correspondence re Queen Emma (Mrs Emma Kolbe), 1955
5. Diary and other writings while prisoner-of-war, 1942-45
6. Notes and papers collected while prisoner-of-war, 1942-45
7. Articles, 1945-49 (Continued on reel 2)

Reel 2:

7. Articles, 1945-49 (Continued from reel 1)
8. Speeches and articles, undated (c.1946-49)
9. Diary of trip on MV Bulolo to Papua and New Guinea, 1955

The papers comprise: Some correspondence of Bishop John Coleridge Patteson for the years 1855, 1858, 1861, 1863, 1865 and 1871; Rev. John Palmer's journal to his sister in England (1863-1864), describing his voyage to Erromanga, New Hebrides and the mission there; copy of a letter by Mr Welchman (29.11.1891) entitled Voyage of the 'Southern Cross', describing the first voyage of the Southern Cross from England to New Zealand; miscellaneous correspondence (1952-53) including some by Dr C.E. Fox, at that time the longest actively serving member of the Melanesian Mission; music and words of a dance from the Qatnapnei district of Raga, New Hebrides, with English commentary.

Papers from the Roman Catholic Mission to New Hebrides (now Vanuatu):

1. Correspondence of Father J.B. Jamond, S.M. 1897-1926, with calendar.
2. Notes on Wala (Malekula), Melsisi (Pentecost) etc. by Father Casimir Salomon, S.M.
3. Journal of Father Jean-Baptiste Suas, S.M., 1895-1896.
4. Letters from Father Casimir Salomon, S.M. to Bishop Doucere from Wala (Malekula), 1905-1907.