These papers form part of the records of the Vicariate of Tonga which are designated Oceania Tonga (OT) in the Marist Archives.

The papers comprise:

1. 'Conference Avec Projections sur le Vicariat de l'Oceanie Centrale' (ts 13pp)
2. Marine et Colonies, Division Navale de l'Ocean Pacifique, Exercice 1886 (Invoices for missionary travel expenses)
3. 'Explication du blason de Tonga', n.d.
4. 'Kingdom of Tongatabu' (Map)
5. Movement of the Catholic population in the Apostolical Vicariat of Central Oceania (Graph)
6. 'Chronology of the Vicariate Apostolic of Tonga' (ts)
7. 'Traditions Tongiennes' (70pp)
8. 'Pungalototioa et Munimatamabae'
9. 'Government Gazette', Nuku'alofa, 4 November 1876
10. An historical account and chronologies of Tonga, New Zealand, the New Hebrides, Wallis and Futuna (tss) - filed under 'OT 200 Historia'
11. Histories, filed under 'OT 202 Narrationes'
12. Correspondence, 1874-8, 1852-3, 1869, 1859, 1845, 1842-04, filed under 'OT 208 Epistolae variae'
13. List of letters from Tonga

Please see PMB MS 191. These papers form part of the records of the Vicariate of Tonga which are designated Oceania Tonga (OT) in the Marist Archives.

Correspondence - 1870 - 1883 - filed under 'OT 208 Epistolae 1865-72' (SIC).

The 'Whalemen's Shipping List' was a New Bedford weekly publication containing the names of ships operating out of New Bedford, their masters, agents, dates of departure and return, where bound, date and place of last report, and catch. Many of the ships operated in the Pacific Ocean. Please see also PMB MS 411.
13 Feb. 1883-2 - 2 Feb. 1886/24 Feb. 1874 - 15 Feb. 1876

A note in the D.S. Marshall’s, Polynesian Journal 1951-1953, (p.183) states that Marshall borrowed the Dictionary from Rev. Murphy in May 1952. (PMB 1335)
There is a Ms. note on the title page of the Dictionary as follows:
“Note:– This MSS. is the property of the Compiler. (Rev G.H. Eastman, London Mission, Beru, Gilbert Islands.)
“It is placed on loan in the Library of the London Missionary Society, Rarotonga, for the use of members of the Mission pending completion of the printing of the book.
“It is requested that the MSS. Should not be removed from the Library of the London Missionary Society, Rarotonga, without the author having first been consulted.
G.H. Eastman, July 1918
”Hurstmere”
Takapuna
Auckland, N.Z.

A Rarotongan—English Dictionary, with which are included numerous words of the dialects in use in other parts of the Cook Islands, South Pacific, with introductory notes and appendices. Compiled by Rev. G.H. Eastman of the London Missionary Society. (To be) Published by The Cook islands Administration, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 1918, Ts., annotated, 323pp.
See also PMB 478 for another copy of the Dictionary microfilmed by the Bureau in Dorset in 1974. It is considered that the annotations make it worth while microfilming this second copy of the Dictionary.

The Danish Consul at the time was C. Hedemann.

Diplomatic correspondence including some material on Danish residents in Hawaii and their wartime status. The correspondence is itemized at the beginning of the film.

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

Please see PMB MS 480 for full entry.

Reel 1: John T. Arundel's Diary - 02/011888 - 01/04/1891; Reel 2: Diary - 01/04/1891 - 31/12/1892. During this period, John T. Arundel & Co were involved in guano mining and coconut plantations in Kiribati.

Please see PMB 480 for full entry.

John T. Arundel's diaries as follows: Reel 1: Diary - 02/01/1888 - 01/04/1891; Reel 2: Diary - 01/04/1891 - 31/12/1892. During this period, John T. Arundel & Co were involved in guano mining and coconut plantations in Kiribati.