- AU PMB MS 1214-29
- Item
- 1 April 1882
Part of High Commission, Fiji, pamphlets
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Part of High Commission, Fiji, pamphlets
The papers in the collection relate to the Paton family and their missionary service in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) from 1858-2011. The papers include correspondence, journals, reports, lectures, circulars and photographs from that describe the early missions and the Paton family's involvement in establishing the Presbyterian Church in the New Hebrides. The papers describe and include information on family and personal life, finances, the work of the mission such as the education of local Ni-Vanuatu at the Tangoa Teachers' Training Institute and the establishment of Constitution of Synod. Also included in this collection is a slideshow of mission work most likely used to garner general and financial support for the mission work. Isobel Paton filed these papers by person and continued to add to these collections with newspaper clippings and other articles related to the work of the Paton family in Vanuatu.
Some local information included in this collection are: a local legend on the origin of yam, volcanic eruption on Lopevi Island on November 1, 1939 and some correspondence from Wilfred Paton to David Bule in local language.
Paton, John Gibson
Reel 2, Part I, Diary of Rev William Gray, 1 August 1893 - 11 March 1898
Reel 3, Part II, Certificate of marriage of William Gray and Elizabeth McEwen
Reel 3, Part II, An article by Rev R. J. Scrimgeour on William Gray
Reel 3, Part II, Letters to William Watt Erskine Gray
Reel 3, Part II, Some notes on the Tannese
Reel 3, Part II, Draft of 'William and Elizabeth Gray: Life on Tanna'
Various documents on labour traffic
Part of Manuscripts, pamphlets and press cuttings relating to Rev. William Gray