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AU PMB MS 88
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- 1918 - 1968 (Creation)
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1 reel; 35mm microfilm
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The Rev. John R. Metcalfe (1889-1970) was born in Yorkshire and served as a Methodist missionary in the Solomon Islands for 37 years. He served as a home missionary in Great Britain before moving to Victoria in 1914. He became a candidate for the Methodist ministry in 1916, and after being ordained was appointed to the Solomon Islands in 1920. After a brief period at Roviana, he was appointed to Choiseul (Lauru island) as assistant to the Rev. V. LeC. Binet. Apart from four years at Teop, he remained on Choiseul (with a break during the war) until 1951. He was then appointed chairman of the Methodist Mission in the Solomons. He retired in 1957, but continued to take an active interest in the mission until his death.
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The clippings were gathered by the Rev. J.R. Metcalfe (1889-1970), a Methodist missionary in the Solomon Islands, mainly on Choiseul Island, from 1920 to 1957.
The clippings relate to Solomon Islands mission matters and affairs in the Solomons generally.See also PMB MS 67/68; 74-80 and 82.
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Institution: State Library of New South Wales
Address: 1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney NSW 2000
Country: Australia
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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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Papers formerly held: Division of Pacific and Asian History, RSPAS, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200