See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Correspondence from New Caledonia, Wallis, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Moruroa (Tuamotu archipelago), Sydney, New Zealand, France, Belgium, Naples.

Captain Fowler went to the Pacific in 1868 as captain of the London Missionary Society vessel JOHN WILLIAMS III. He was dismissed in 1871 because of his treatment of Pacific Islanders. The logbook begins on 12 November 1868 when Captain Fowler left London. It continues to 25 February 1869 when the JOHN WILLIAMS III passed Jervis Bay, NSW. It resumes on 30 March 1869 when the JOHN WILLIAMS III left Sydney for a cruise to the Pacific Islands, which extended to Tahiti, back to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) and then to Raiatea before returning to Sydney on 31 December 1869. The cruise took in Raiatea, Tahaa, Huahine, Tahiti, Mangaia, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Niue, Pago Pago, Apia, Aneityum, Mare, Lifu, Uvea, Tubuai and Savai'i. The logbook resumes again on 4 April 1870 when the JOHN WILLIAMS III was at Huahine. Subsequent calls were made at Raiatea, Tahiti, Mangaia, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Manihiki, Rakahanga, Pukapuka, Mitiaro, Mauke, Atiu, Tutuila, Niue, the Tokelau, Ellice (Tuvalu) and Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), the southern New Hebrides and the Loyalty Islands. The JOHN WILLIAMS III returned to Sydney on 20 December 1870. Captain Fowler returned to England in 1871 in the ship BUCKLEY CASTLE.

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.

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Papers from cabinet APM III ONC comprising:

• letters, reports and newspaper clippings on the Pouebo massacres, 1867-68
• Papers on the Affaire de 'de Fenoyl' (i.e. Father Jean de Fenoyl) 1901-07
• 'Contes Missionaires'; scientific reports by Father Xavier Montrouzier; reports on schools
• Letters and notes on the Loyalty Islands; papers on the 'Affaire du R.P. (Pierre) Lambert, 1845-1867'; and papers on 'La Bagne'.
  NOTE: The first item on this reel is the continuation of a letter to Rougeyron (7 Nov. 1867) the beginning of which will be found on reel PMB MS 183 (item 9).

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Papers from cabinet APM III ONC comprising:

1. Dossier entitled '1862-1916 Relations' Internal Folder 'N.C. Reports'; Account by Fr Rougeyron, SM of a missionary journey (June-August 1858) and general missionary activity in New Caledonia; Correspondence between Fr Rougeyron, SM and Fr Yardin, SM, Procureur of the Society of Mary in Lyon, 12 December 1868 and 22 October 1869; Typed, edited copy of the Annual Report of the Vicariate of New Caledonia for 1869 by Fr Rougeyron, SM, including extracts from priests' letters dated 10 June 1870 and 23 November 1870; Reports to the Superior General of the Society of Mary from Fr Rougeyron, SM dated 28 June 1870 and 26 December 1870, the latter dealing with the mission at Paita; Annual reports of the Vicariate of New Caledonia for 1870 and 1872 by Fr Rougeyron, SM; Summary of Marist missionary achievements in New Caledonia from 1860 to 1872 by Fr Rougeyron, SM; Extract of a report from Fr Villard, SM to Fr Rougeyron, SM dated 16 November 1867 (29 pages)
2. Dossier entitled 'N.C. Reports II 1900'; Report of a tour of Marist missions in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides dated 5 July 1900 by A. Aubry, SM; Reports on New Caledonia missions, 3 December 1902 (A. Oliez) and 1905 (A. Marion, SM); First four pages of a typed report on New Caledonia missions by Fr Provincial, dated 16 October 1913

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Papers from cabinet APM III ONC comprising:

• Accounts, 1907-19
• Lettres Etrangeres - some letters of 'Labord' and 'Ballande'
• An ms labelled 'Etude sur la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances, par A. Gradon, 1888'
• Correspondence with the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 1871, 1905
• Financial and other reports of the Mission, 1875-1920
• Unsorted letters, 1857-1900
• Ms 'Directoire pour les Missionaires du Vicariat de la Nouvelle-Caledonie, 1870
• Reports, 1862-74

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Papers from cabinets APM II ONC and APM III ONC comprising:

• Miscellaneous letters including a 30 pp. typescript entitled 'Historique des Rapports entre M. Feillet et le Conseuil-General de la Nouvelle Caledonie'
• Miscellaneous religious and population statistics
• Journal of Fr Prosper Goujon on the Isle of Pines, October 1866-February 1867; and journal of Fr Francois Palazy on the Isle of Pines, January 1865-September 1866
• Documents on mission properties
• Documents relating to Governor Charles Guillain
• Documents relating to the 'affaire des fusils' by Fr Pierre Rougeyron, 1864.

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

These papers from cabinet APM II ONC comprise:

• Correspondence of Mgr Hilarion Fraysse, 1904-05. Many of the letters are signed H. Alphonse
• Correspondence of Claude-Marie Chanrion, 1888-1919
• Correspondence of Fr Benoit Forestier, 1864-67
• List of publications on New Caledonia and dependencies
• Sketch maps of parts of New Caledonia
• Miscellaneous papers on various subjects including extracts from a letter of Bro. Jean-Pierre Dubreuil of 26 April 1847

These papers comprise part of the records of the Vicariate of New Caledonia which are designated Oceania Nova Caledonia (ONC) in the Marist Archives. The ONC material fills four large filing cabinets which are listed as APM I ONC, APM II ONC, APM III ONC and AMP IV ONC. The ONC files are not as well organized as the other Pacific vicariates and they contain many unclassified and unnamed sections. Please also see PMB MS 161.

Papers from cabinet APM II ONC. Correspondence of Mgr Hilarion Fraysse. Many of the letters are signed H. Alphonse.