Heinrich Neffgen was Government Interpreter in Samoa in 1916. At that time, Samoa was under New Zealand military occupation.

The papers comprise two documents:

1. An English translation of a report on Samoa by Dr W.H. Solf, the first Governor of German Samoa. The report contains general notes, notes on the Protestant and Roman Catholic missions, and notes on the advisability of not attempting to colonise Samoa with small people from Germany. The report was written for the Imperial Colonial Office in Berlin, but, according to a note by Neffgen, it was not forwarded, as a result of an order dated November 21, 1907
2. Six Samoan sketches by Neffgen entitled: 1. The Samoan race; 2. Fa'asamoa; 3. The Prescriptive Law of the Samoans; 4. On invectives - Upu Palauvale; 5. Samoan High Titles and the Distribution of Fine Mats; 6. On Aitus.

The English summaries of papers relating to the German administration of Western Samoa were made by Mrs Trudi Newbury for the then Department of Pacific History, to assist the late Mr R.P. Gilson in preparing a Ph.D. thesis on the administration of Samoa. A book by Gilson, entitled 'Samoa: 1830-1900', was published posthumously by Oxford University Press in 1970.

A brief description of the contents appears at the beginning of the microfilm. See also PMB MS 1003 and 1009 which contain Gilson's drafts and research materials.

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 following priests are represented in the correspondence: Fathers Edouard Bellwald, Paul Biton, ? Boltz, Pierre-Jean Broyer, Pierre Chauvel, August Chouvier, Joseph Darnand, Theophile Estibal, ? Etienne, Alphonse Faugle, Joseph Forestier, Karl Flaus, Joseph Garnier J.L. Gavet, ? Ginsbach, ? Guyavarch, Xavier Haller, ? Huberty, Francois-Regis Jaboulay, Louis Laroche, Louis Lezer, Pierre Meinadier, Constant Mennel, Peter Meyer, Alex Pesneau, ? Petelo, Jules Remy, Jacques Roche and ? Terpezat.

William A. Moody was a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Samoa in 1894-98 and 1908-10.

The diary contains an account of Moody's work in Samoa from October 1894 to May 1898 and from April 1908 to August 1910. In the interim years there is an account of his life in Arizona. The diary also contains some information on Fiji in 1908.

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)

Ogden (1873-1948) was a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

The journal and papers relate to Ogden's missionary work in Samoa. The papers include: missionary call, certificate of ordination, missionary certificate and blessing, letters from Samoan mission president.