Haddon, who was born in 1855, was appointed Professor of Zoology at the Royal College of Science in Dublin after obtaining a first in natural sciences at Cambridge. In 1889, he went to Torres Strait and became interested in recording native custom before it was affected by European contact. After his return to Britain, he accepted a part-time lectureship in physical anthropology at Cambridge, and in 1898 he organised the famous Cambridge University Expedition to Torres Strait, which brought him to Papua (then called British New Guinea). He became Reader in Ethnology at Cambridge in 1908 and remained there until his retirement in 1925. After his death, his numerous papers became part of Cambridge University Library.

These documents represent only a fraction of the Haddon collection. Their contents, and Cambridge University Library envelope numbers, are as follows:

Reel 1: 1005; Correspondence with J. Chalmers ('Tamate'), 1898, re Torres Strait Expedition
1006; Correspondence of R. Bruce to Haddon, 1892-98 re Torres Strait Expedition
1013; Rev. W.H. MacFarlane's notes on Torres Strait, 1919, 1925, 1927-29
1029; Journal kept on Torres Strait Expedition, 1888-89
1030; Java the Garden of the East, illustrated manuscript by Eliza R. Scidmore, 1898
1039; Private journal of second Torres Strait Expedition, 1898
1052; Correspondence with R. Bruce, J.S. Bruce, J. Chalmers, 1889-92, 1895, 1898, 1905, 1913 (not in chronological order)
2011; Excerpts from the ethnographical and anthropological writings of various observers, including Rev. J.H. Holmes (masks and ceremonies) c. 1892-1925; F.E. Williams, 1923; A.R. Humphries (Man XXI No.165, 1931); G.H. Massy Baker, 1914-15; F.F.S. Baden-Powell (In Savage Isles and Settled Land 1892); J. Chalmers, 1887; and T.T. and D.C. Bevan, 1890
2015; Holmes Ms Distribution history and migration of the Naman people and Ipi tribe.

Reel 2: 2015; Continued - notes on the Gulf district of Papua c.1883-1924, including notes by Haddon
2021; Notes by Rev. Copland King, 1904, and Haddon on Massim area.
2068; Correspondence (1902, 1903, 1906), principally from Holmes re his ethnographic studies; Holmes' notes and manuscript on Gulf of Papua (1903) with comments by Haddon
3078; Two items of correspondence with the London Missionary Society, 1900, 1911
4067; Literature on the teaching of anthropology to missionaries (1910-15), including The Study of Native Culture in Relation to Administration, read by Haddon in Sydney in 1914.

Please see PMB 960 for full entry.

Reel 1:

1. Correspondence with Governors of New Caledonia (1936-1966), dealing principally with mission work and the welfare of the indigenous people.
2. Correspondence with past and present politicians, mainly in Paris (1937-1960).
   Reel 2:
3. Correspondence with French politicians (1960-62).

Jai Ram Reddy (born on 12 May 1937 in Lautoka, Fiji) is an Indo-Fijian statesman who has had a distinguished career in both legislative and judicial branches of the Fijian government. He was admitted to the Bar in New Zealand in 1960 and in Fiji in 1961. Between 1966 and 1970 he was Crown Counsel and Principal Legal Officer in the Attorney-General’s Office. Between 1970 and 1997 he was a senior partner of a law firm.
Reddy entered politics when he was appointed to the Senate in 1972, by the then leader of the opposition Sidiqu Koya. In 1977 he became leader of the National Federation Party (NFP). In this role he was Leader of the Opposition in the Fijian Parliament between 1977 and 1984; and again between 1992 and 1999.
Judge Reddy briefly served as Attorney-General and Minister for Justice in the Bavadra Government until its overthrow in a military coup in 1987. Judge Reddy was a Member of the Constitutional Review Commission which reviewed the 1990 Constitution of Fiji and removed all discriminatory provisions against Indo-Fijians. In 1998 Judge Reddy was made a Companion of the Order of Fiji in recognition of his service to Fiji. In 2000 he was appointed President of the Fiji Court of Appeal but resigned his commission in August that year, following the overthrow of the lawfully elected government. He was re-appointed President of the Fiji Court of Appeal in January 2002, and retains his commission as Justice of Appeal (on leave).

Correspondence, 1989-1999 (reels 1-3)
Subject files (reels 4-6)
Constitution of Fiji (reels 6-9)
Filing systems (gaps) (reels 9-10)
National Federation Party and Elections (reels 10-12)
Speeches (reel 12)
Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act (ALTA) (reels 12-15)
Files on Women's Issues (reels 15-17)
Other files (reels 17)
Printed material (reel 17-18)
Serials (reel 18)
See Finding aids for details.

Please see PMB 532 for full entry.

18208 - 23101 NOTE: the last few records are out of sequence - 22001 to 23101 precede 21202)

Please see PMB 532 for full entry.

Serial Numbers 13301 - 18207

Please see PMB 532 for full entry.

Serial Numbers 08807 - 13003

Please see PMB 532 for full entry.

Serial Numbers 04109 - 08806

The Medical Expedition to Easter Island was sponsored by the World Health Organization and the Canadian Government. Its purpose was to study the relative roles of environment and heredity in the Island's isolated population before an international airport was completed there in 1967. It also carried out pilot studies for the human adaptability section of the International Biological Program. The expedition reached Easter Island on 13 December 1964 and departed on 10 February 1965. For a popular account of the expedition see Helen Evans Reid, 'A World Away: A Canadian Adventure on Easter Island', Toronto, 1965.

The material has been filmed as PMB 532 to 536 inclusive.

Detailed medical records of all Easter Islanders living on the island at the time of the expedition's visit. The records include a photograph of each islander, his/her father's name, mother's name and other vital statistics. A list of the islanders examined, with the serial numbers assigned to them, appears on pp.183-222 of Georges L. Nogrady, ed., Microbiology of Easter Island, vol. 1, Montreal, 1974. The serial numbers are given for each reel of film. On this reel - Serial Numbers 00101 - 04108.