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Documents related to Woodford's honours and appointments - military, professional and official appointments,

Documents include: Letter from John Bates Thurston, Consul General, Fiji, dated 24 December 1894 appointing Charles M. Woodford to be the acting British Consul at Samoa ; Handwritten letter From John B. Thurston, dated 28 December 1894, informing him of his appointment as Deputy Commissioner for the Western Pacific, for the district comprising the Samoan and Union Groups (plus amendment letter dated 1 February 1895), together with the sealed commission document, 29 December 1894 ; Letter dated 15 February 1896 from Acting Colonial Secretary (Fiji) to Woodford appointing him as temorary Stipendiary Magistrate in the Province of Nadroga ; Commission dated 17 February 1897 as British Resident in the Protectorate established by Her Majesty in the Solomon Islands ; Letter dated 13 June 1912 informing Woodford of his apointment to the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, together with Woodford's replies dated 10 August 1912 ; Annual Service in St Paul's Cathedral, 23 April 1928 ; Woodford's Commission as an Officer (Lieutenant) in the Volunteer Forces from 7 January 1874 (Kent Artillery Corp, 21 September 1875) ; Commission as an Officer (Sub-Lieutenant) in the Volunteer Forces from 7 January 1874 (Kent Artillery Corp, 6 January 1874) ; Letter from the Director, American Geographical Society requesting Woodford's acceptance as a Fellow of the Society ; Letter from L. Harcourt, Downing Street, dated 15 June 1912, congratulating Woodford on his C.M.G. ; Certificate from the Zoological Society of London, electing Charles M. Woodford as a corresponding member of the Society, dated 21 November 1889 ; Certificate of Proficiency for Captains, Subalterns in Infantry and Artillery Drill, dated 27 October 1874 ; Letter from Henry Lambert, Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, January 1915 accepting Woodford's resignation of the 28 ultimo ; Newspaper clipping from the Morning Post, 23 June 1909, The King's Levee.

Woodford, C M, 'The canoes of the British Solomon Islands', Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol XXXIX, July - Dec 1909, pp 506 - 516

One copy of the reprint has been edited in Woodford's hand in red. The island of Ysabel should read New Georgia:
Plate XLI - Head-hunting canoe from Ysabel (New Georgia)
Plate XLII - Head-hunting canoe from Ysabel (New Georgia)
Plate XLIII - Head-hunting canoe from Ysabel (New Georgia)
Plate XLIV - Head-hunting canoe from Ysabel (New Georgia)

Early version of Kuma women book. Entitled. "Waburamp -Sketches of a Male-Dominated Society" by Marie Reay Contents: Chpt 1 Introduction; Chpt 2 Carrying Leg; Chpt 3 A Girl is Marked; Chpt 4 A Rubbish Man Takes a Wife; Chpt 5 Lothario Gains a Bride; Chpt 6 The Amazonian Mood; Chpt 7 Wandering Wives; Chpt 8 The Story of Muru; Chpt 9 "Wandering Women" and "Good Women" Copies of complete 9 chapters plus title and contents page; additional copy of chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 & 9

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