Collection MS 52 - Journals, letters, reports, language study

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AU PMB MS 52

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Journals, letters, reports, language study

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  • 1879 - 1949 (Creation)

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1 reel; 35mm microfilm

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  1. Journal (1898-1900) of Father J.B. Jamond, S.M., founder of the Roman Catholic Mission on Pentecost Island, New Hebrides (Vanuatu), describing the search for suitable sites and the establishment and early history of the mission stations at Wanour, Namaram and Melsisi on the island.
  2. Journal (1902-1904) of Father R.P. Suas at Melsisi, Pentecost.
  3. Official copy (1949) of Father J.P. Jamond's account of the establishment of the Catholic Mission on Pentecost Island.
  4. Extracts from letters by priests at Melsisi mission (1898-1935).
  5. An account of a voyage to Tanna in 1934, with an account of the founding of the Roman Catholic Mission on that island, by Father Laurent Durand-Vaugaron, S.M. (1879-1938).
  6. Les Langues Oceaniennes, by Father Elie Tattevin, S.M. (1883-1949).
  7. Papers on Pentecost by Father Pierre Gonnet, S.M. (1875-1935).
  8. Reports on the Eruptions at Ambrym in 1927 by Father Pierre Bochu, S.M. and in 1929 by Father Louis Clenet, S.M.

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Roman Catholic Mission, Port Vila, (New Hebrides), Vanuatu

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Access this title at PMB Member Libraries or by contacting the Bureau directly: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/accessing.php

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ms52

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