Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. CLEONE; Simmons; 1858-62; Continued from reel PMB 269 CLEONE; ?; 1864-68; South Atlantic, Marquesas CLEONE; Martin; 1868-72; Atlantic, Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Tonga, Pitcairn Island EUROPA; Waldron/Baker; 1884-85; South Atlantic, Hawaii AMERICA; ?; 1849-50; Pacific AMERICA; Seabury; 1850-51; Hawaii MATTAPOISETT; ?; 1862-64; Atlantic MATTAPOISETT; Tripp; 1864-66; North Atlantic CHINA; Gifford; 1865-68; South Atlantic, Indian Ocean MILTON; ?; 1869-73; South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Tasmania, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Cook Islands, Samoa, Kermadecs, Tonga CALLAO; Brown; 1865-70; South Atlantic, Juan Fernandez Islands, Hawaii, Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, Fiji, Tasmania, New Zealand

For details see PMB Doc 101

Issues for 1849-50

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. SWIFT; Vincent; 1849-52; Pacific T. TOWNER; Costa; 1908-11; T. TOWNER; Gonsalves/Gibbons; 1911-14; T. TOWNER; Gibbons; 1913-14; ? TAMERLANE; Gray; 1862-65; ? TAMERLANE; Winslow; 1865-69; Pacific THOMAS DICKASON; Stewart; 1860-65; Pacific THOMAS HUNT; Appelman; 1875-76; THOMAS HUNT; Eldred; 1882-84; * - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean, see indexes for details

The Manuscript Mission Histories are, in fact, mainly collections of chronologically arranged newspaper clippings, with some typescript entries, concerning the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Pacific Islands. The histories cover the following territories and periods: French Polynesia (1849-1959), Hawaii (1850-1959), Samoa (1871-1959), Tonga (1891-1959).

The Reverend Shirley Waldemar Baker (1836-1903) was an English Wesleyan missionary who arrived in Tonga from Australia in 1860. During his stay of more than 30 years, Baker became a close adviser to King Tupou I and, like the King, an active promoter of Tonga’s independence in the face of European colonial expansion in the south Pacific. Baker’s many disputes with other Europeans in Tonga, most notably with his fellow missionary James Moulton, and especially with the British government officials in Fiji and elsewhere, generated a degree of controversy unique among 19th-century missionaries working in the Pacific. His metamorphosis into a politician culminated in his appointment as Premier of Tonga. (John Spurway, ‘Baker Papers’, Journal of Pacific History, 38:2, 2003.)

These papers of Rev. Shirley and Beatrice Baker were bequeathed to the Mitchell Library by Dorothy Crozier along with her own research papers. They were transferred from the Mitchell Library to the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau in August 2001. Lillian Baker, a daughter of Shirley Baker who lived in Ha’apai, gave the papers to Dorothy Crozier in 1950 when Ms Crozier was researching culture change in Tonga under the supervision of Professor Raymond Firth. The papers are made up of the following documents:

• Reel 1: SB/1-5 Correspondence-out: press-copies, 1873-80; SB/6-106, Correspondence-in, 1849, 1860-87.
• Reel 2: SB/107-187, Correspondence-in, cont., 1887-1913, 1950; SB/188-214/2, Articles, reports, diaries, notes, texts and other documents, c.1879-1906.
• Reel 3: SB/214/3-226, articles, etc., cont.; SB/228-232, Vocabulary, Words and Meanings, n.d.; SB/233-235, Genealogies, n.d.; SB/236-247, Mission and Church Related Papers, 1874-1890; SB/248-255, Documents relating to Government and Kingdom of Tonga, 1879-1900; SB/266 & 273, Tongan Government Publications.
• Reel 4: SB/274-297, Tonga Govt. publications, cont.; SB/298-307, 309-310, 312-314, Other printed material relating to Tonga, 1863-1951; SB/318-329, Tonga: An Historical Collection from Voyages and Discoveries with Explanatory Remarks, by Beatrice Baker; SB/339, Memoirs of the Rev. Shirley Waldemar Baker, by Beatrice Baker, 1922-51; SB/340-348, Extracts: transcripts of various documents, 1876-85.
• Reel 5: SB/349-370 Press Cuttings, 1879-1911; SB/371-379 Miscellaneous Papers, 1860-1932; SB/380-383 Photographs, n.d.

See Finding aids for details.</b> See also PMB Doc 463 for Tongan Government publications at SB/256-266.

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. PEDRO VARELA; Ricketson; 1881-83; Indian Ocean LOTTIE BEARD; ? PEDRO VARELA; Ricketson; 1885; PETREL; Reed; 1886-90; Pacific PLATINA; Chase; 1871-75; Pacific RAINBOW; Eldridge; 1866-67; RAINBOW; Macomber; 1867-68; RAINBOW; Cannon; 1868; RAINBOW; Cannon; 1869-70; RAMBLER; Willis; 1856-60; Pacific REBECCA SIMS; Willis; 1853-57; Pacific REBECCA SIMS; Gavitt; 1853-57; Pacific NAPOLEON; Fuller; 1864-67; Pacific RICHARD MITCHELL; Huxford; 1856-57; Indian Ocean SOUTH AMERICA; Walker; 1853; Pacific ROMAN 2ND; Tripp; 1850-52; Pacific - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean.

The books are numbered from C101-C118 and C121-C134.<P>Reel 1: Friendly Islands District (F.I.D.), Minutes of Local Preachers' Meetings 1861-1867 C101; Annual District Meetings 1850-1865 & School Reports C102; Annual District Meetings 1865-1881 & School Reports C103<BR>Reel 2: C103 cont. from Reel 1; Quarterly Mtgs, Niuafo'ou 1871-82 with class lists and baptismal register C104; Special District Mtg 23 Aug. 1870 C105; Annual District Mtg 1882 (English) C106; Annual District Mtg 1888 (English) C107; Wesleyan Church (WC) Synod 1921-24 C108; WC Ministers' Mtgs 1901-11 C109<BR>Reel 3: C109 cont. from reel 2; WC Synod 1908-19 (English) C110; Free Church(FC) Quarterly Mtgs & Local Preachers' Mtgs 1885-1901 C112; FC Annual Confs 1885-1905 C113<BR>Reel 4: C113 cont. from reel 3; Quarterly Mtgs, Tongatapu 1901-19 C114<BR>Reel 5: C114 cont. from reel 4; Quarterly & Local Preachers' Mtgs, Vava'u 1901-20 C115; Free Wesleyan Church(FWC) Quarterly & District Mtgs 1909-24/District Mtgs 1925-49, includes Tongatapu, Ha'apai and Vava'u C116<BR>Reel 6: FC, Niuafo'ou, Minutes, Quarterly Mtgs 1901-19; FWC Minutes, Quarterly Mtgs 1924-38 C117; FC Statistics, Registers 1906-24; FWC Minutes, Quarterly & District Mtgs 1941-44; 1929-46 C118; F.I.D. Wesleyan Church(WC) Minutes, Preachers' Mtgs 1868-1908 & Quarterly Mtgs 1888-1908 C122<BR>Reel 7: C122 cont. from reel 6; Minutes, F.I.D. & WC Quarterly Mtgs Tongatapu 1875-87 C123; F.I.D. Financial District Mtgs 1876-96 C124; WC: Zion Church Trustees, Nuku'alofa 1881-96 C125; FC Quarterly Mtgs 1881 C126; WC: Ministers' Mtgs 1913-24 C127<BR>Reel 8: F.I.D. & WC: Minutes, Ministers' Mtgs & Synod 1896-21; Journal of F.I.D. 1850-85 C121; FC: Minutes, Annual Conf. 1901-36 C128; FC: Minutes, Annual Conf. 1937-52 C129Reel 9: C129 cont. from reel 8; C130-131<BR>Reel 10: FC: Minutes, Annual Conf. 1974-82 C132-134<BR>Reel 11: WC: Minutes of Synod 16 Oct. 1896-9 July 1920 C108.<BR>NOTE: Last frame of reel 11 is given in error see PMB 986.

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. LANCER; Lewis; 1882-86; Continued from reel PMB 239 COSSACK: Slocum; 1850-53; Hawaii JOHN CARVER; Shermann/Montross; 1884-85; South Atlantic, Juan Fernandez Islands, North Pacific BERTHA; Jenkins; 1887-91; Galapagos Islands BERTHA; Jenkins; 1891-94; South Atlantic STELLA; Hussey; 1860-64; Galapagos, Juan Fernandez Islands GAZELLE; ?; 1866-68; East Indies OLIVER CROCKER; ?; 1863-64; Atlantic MINNESOTA; ?; 1868-73; Indian Ocean, New Zealand, Fiji, Tasmania