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Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries

  • AU ANUA 481
  • Series
  • 1886 - 1918

The collection was compiled by Charles Morris Woodford, naturalist and First Resident Commissioner of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate from 1896 - 1915. The collection includes diaries, photographs, correspondence, sketches and research notes related to the natural history, geography and ethnography of the Solomon Islands and other Pacific Islands from 1884 - 1915, as well as family papers and documents related to the administration of Solomon Islands Protectorate. There are documents about relations between the missionaries and the traders, matters associated with labour and the alienation of land, economic activity and tourism. The collection includes Woodford's 'Journal of a voyage from Suva Fiji to the Gilbert Group' from 4 March 1884 - 22 June 1884 ; Woodford's diaries from 1886 - 1889 ; 140 photographs taken on the voyage to and residence in the Solomon Islands in 1886 ; photographs of Rennell Island and inhabitants signed by Northcote Deck c1909. Of significance are ten large photographs of various scenes of the Solomon Islands, c1901, some published in The discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro de Mendana in 1568, by Lord Amherst of Hackney and Basil Thomson (1901).

ANUA 481 is a consolidated collection of all four parts of the Woodford donation:
ANUA 481/1 is a photograph album containing 140 photographs taken in from April - October 1886 ;
ANUA 481/1 - 282 are items from 'bundles 1 - 30' ;
ANUA 481/ 283 - 317 relate to the second donation (ie PMB 1381) ;
ANUA 481/318 - 322 and 324 - 327 are eight large format photographs c1884 ;
ANUA 481/323 is a presentation plaque given to Woodford in 1905 ;
ANUA 481/329 is a collection of 126 photographs [ie PMB Photo 58]

Woodford, Charles Morris

Seven photographs of Tulagi, Gizo, and Rubiana

One photograph of Charles Morris Woodford reading the Proclamation of King George V on 27 June 1910 to a crowd of local Pacific Islanders and Europeans.
Photographs taken by Tillotson:
'Old Government House Tulagi'
'Native house at Gizo showing plaited bamboo work'
'C M W at Gizo' (with bird)
'Rubiana canoe' (2 photographs, different views of the canoe)
'3 natives at Tulagi. Sulakava of Guadalcanal in centre Photo Tillotson'.

Miscellaneous printed material, some concerned with farming.

Includes:
'The crimes of Germany' (being the Special Supplement issued by The Field newspaper revised and brought up to date with extra illustrations) ; advertising material on plants, including lupins and perennial pyrethrums, West Drayton, Middlesex: Reamsbottom ; City of Oxford High School for Boys, Proceedings at the unveiling of the memorial to Lawrence of Arabia 3 October 1936, Oxford: Thornton, 1937 ; Report of the Executive Committee of the Godman Memorial Fund [Woodford’s name appears among the subscribers]. The Journal of the Central Landowners' Association, vol, 10 part 4, Dec 1929; pamphlet on Bookplates and Heraldry, published by Cartier; pamphlet: How Landowners can Help in Saving British Agriculture; Report of the Agricultural Organization Society, 1922; Report of the Executive Committee of the Godman Memorial Fund, 1923; pamphlet: George V: the Sailor King; The 'W.E.P.' Series of Philatelic Handbooks- Falkland Islands by Bertram W. H. Poole; Gravesend Magazine, Sept 1912; pamphlet: Iodine for Livestock by Frank Ewart Corrie;

Lucas, T P, 'Cries from Fiji and Sighings from the South Seas Crush out the British Slave Trade'. Being a review of the social, political and religious relations of the Fijians; a consideration of the policy of the English government; the prospects of white settlers; the labour traffic; and the position and duties of England to the islands of the Pacific. Melbourne: Dunn & Collins, nd

Miscellaneous documents concerning the Woodfords domestic life.

Includes a printed description of The Grinstead (freehold property in West Sussex), auctioned on 29 April 1914 on instructions of trustees of late J. A. Mack [and presumably purchased by Woodford]; insurance of Woodford effects in 1915 and (principally) 1923; a set of letters and other documents in 'Stolzenberg' patent file relating to Woodford insurance policies and other financial matters, including purchase of The Grinstead, 1912 -1915.

Correspondence about the vessel, the Albatross.

Letter dated 16 June 1897 to Woodford from the Austro-Hungarian ambassador in London expressing gratitude for Woodford’s help to the vessel Albatross while it was engaged in scientific pursuits in Solomon Islands; a second letter to Woodford dated 23 October 1902 from Albert Mensdorff, Austro-Hungarian Charge d’Affaires, on the same matter; and a calling card of Le Chevalier Joseph Mauler d’Elisenau, Capitaine de Corvette, Commandant S M cannon ere, Albatross.

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)

Correspondence and unpublished manuscripts of Sione Latukefu

  • AU ANUA 523
  • Series
  • 1962 - 1995

Correspondence, reports, press cuttings, research materials, contracts and employment documents, lecture notes and student essays, conference programs, manuscripts and publications, and interview tapes. Also includes records related to the Tongan History Association.

Latukefu, Sione

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

Marie Reay anthropology collection

  • AU ANUA 440
  • Series
  • 1940 - 2006

Research papers and notes on PNG elections, Kuma, Aboriginal Australians and gender relations; fieldwork notebooks, correspondence, draft manuscripts and completed MA thesis, sketches of kinship diagrams, reports and publications, financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, maps, sound cassettes and reel tapes. Includes material from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS).

Reay, Marie Olive

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