Miscellaneous printed documents relating to Charles Morris Woodford
- AU ANUA 481-299
- Item
- 1911 - 2008
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Miscellaneous printed documents relating to Charles Morris Woodford
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Papers relating to life of C E M Woodford [Woodford's son]
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
The Story of the Solomons by C. E. Fox
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Issues of 'The Geographical Journal', March 1926 - May 1927
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Collection of miscellaneous printed documents and newsclippings, mostly about Samoa
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Miscellaneous printed material, some concerned with farming.
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
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;
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
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
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Includes letter from D Prain (Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) to Woodford, 26 July 1913, identifying sample of gum ; Letter from Woodford to J Scott Keltie (Royal Geographical Society), Tulagi, 28 December 1913, enclosing note on a visit to Vanikoro and relics collected there. Typescript copy ; Letter from Woodford to J H Maiden (Director, Botanic Gardens Sydney), Tulagi, 10 May 1914, about a copy of C Moore's Journal relating to his trip to the Solomons aboard 'Savannah', 1850; Letter from J H Maiden to Woodford, 16 April 1914 enclosing extracts of Charles Moore's diary of his 1850 trip to the Solomons aboard the 'Savannah' [Charles Moore,1820 - 1905, was formerly Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney]. Extracts cover period in Solomons ; Letter from Arthur W Hill (Assistant Director Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) to Woodford, 10 December 1915, acknowledging receipt of copy of Moore's diary ; Letter from J S Keltie to Woodford, Royal Geographical Society, 16 February 1916, requesting revision of a paper submitted for publication ; Draft manuscript of concluding part of the paper dealing with La Perouse and Vanikoro vocabularly ; Note of Prout's massacre 1859.
Pencilled notes on Mendana's voyage
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Notes; Jottings regarding the population of Gilberts
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Notes; References to Pacific voyages about the labour trade, Peruvian slaves
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
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.
Notes; References to work on the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Manuscript notes on Woodford's trip to the Gilbert Islands, no date
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Newspaper clipping; 'Christianising the Islands', Return of Bishop Broyer
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Notes; References to passages in Cook's first and second voyages
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Correspondence and "Native" story from Clara Austen, with Who's Who Entry for Woodford
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Miscellaneous documents concerning the Woodfords domestic life.
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
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.
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Correspondence to and from C. M. Woodford, June 1910 - September 1914.
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Includes one sepia photograph with no identifying text, showing three Europeans in white (one of them Woodford?), a line of standing Solomon Islanders in uniform ( police?) and other Solomon Islanders, men and women, seated. Among the letters is correspondence between Woodford and Charmian Kittredge London (the wife of the American writer Jack London).
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Miscellaneous documents and letters to and from Woodford.
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Includes:
(a) Letter dated 21 April 1864 from Henry Pack Woodford to his son 'Charley'; (b) letter dated 3 October 1890 from William MacGregor, Government House, British New Guinea, to Woodford; (c) letter dated 5 August 1893 from Walter Rothschild to Charles M. Woodford; (d) letter dated 3 October 1921, identity of signatory uncertain (e … Oswalds …?) to Woodford; (e) letter (in Samoan?) dated 1894 addressed to 'Le Ali’i Konesula Peritania'; (f) Draft [in Woodford’s hand?] of letter to Admiral Wharton about problems with charts, 4p ; (g) letter dated 23 July 1895 from Wharton, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, to Woodford, thanking him for his report; (h) letter dated 17 October 1895 from Foreign Office to Woodford expressing approval of Woodford's performance while in charge of Apia consulate.
Collection of miscellaneous printed documents
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Press cuttings from c1909 - 1913
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Folder entitled 'Lord Howe's Group'.
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Includes correspondence between Clements R. Markham and Woodford, dated '1907' dealing with Tasman's 'Onthon Java' and Woodford's reply dated 17 January 1908 ; Letters 19 January 1908, 19 January 1908 ; Letter from Dr Sarfert to Woodford, Leipzig, 17 May 1911, about the publication of his book on Lord Howe as 1913 (includes translation from German and Woodford's reply 5 September 1911 ; Handwritten manuscript on the 'Lord Howe's Group', written in 1886 ; Typescript of 'Notes on Leuneuva or Lord Howe's Group', 'written c1906 or 7' ; Handwritten notes on 'Lord Howe's Group, Turtle, cooking stones', November 1909 ; various handwritten notes by Woodford ; Photograph of a 'Cemetery at Lord Howe's group showing tombstone erected to memory of late chief Biba? c1903 (Photo by F. J. Barnett) ; Photograph of two groups of natives of the Lord Howe's Group (Photo by F. J. Barnet) ; Manuscript of notes made by Woodford of an interview with Shackell into the cause of complaints against him, 1910(?), related press clippings and a clipped copy of an article written by Reverend Dr Brown, 'Notes of a visit to the Solomon Islands and Ontong Java', published in The Missionary Review in 1911.
Western Pacific Herald (Suva, Fiji) 23 June 1911, pp. 1-8
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Five journal articles on natural history.
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Proof copy of 'Coral Islands and Savage Myths', by H.B. Guppy, a paper for presentation to a meeting of the Victoria Institute, 19 March1888, 16pp ; Reprint of Woodford, C M, 'Exploration of the Solomon Islands', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, June, 1888, 26pp ; Mason, George E, 'On an extinct undescribed fruit-bat of the genus Pteropus from the Mascarenes', Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, Vol XX, September 1907, pp 220 - 222 ; Bernays, Claude L, 'The British Solomon Islands, Read before the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Queensland, 27 May 1909 ; Thurnwald, Richard, 'Im Bismarckarchipel und auf den Salomoinseln 1906 - 1909', Reprint from Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie, book 1, 1910, pp98 - 147.
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Folder entitled 'Historical Notes'.
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Includes a letter from N. Amherst to Woodford, London, 5 July 1888, enclosing sketches to compare with Gallego's Sesarga (Guadalcanal) ; W. R. H. Rivers to Woodford, Cambridge, 10 July 1907 requesting help during his proposed trip to the Solomons in 1908 ; Henry Welchman to Woodford, Mara Na Tabu, 30 March1908 ; J. Edge-Partington to Woodford, nd, with extracts from Dalrymple of Mendana's discovery of the Solomons ; Proclamations and Instructions, Western Pacific High Commission, 1899-1903 (Extension of Protectorate, 28 January 1899 and 6 October 1900 ; Revocation of Protectorate over Tasman Group, 8 January 1902, and others) ; Booklet, 'Australia and the New Hebrides', reprinted from Sydney Daily Telegraph of article by Senator Staniforth Smith, 1904 ; Press clippings ; Article by Robert Louis Stevenson, 'The late Dr Hyde, R.L. Stevenson's noble vindication of Damien', The Austral Light, January 1900, pp61 - 4 ; Typescript of article by Senator Pulsford ‘The Western Pacific’, Melbourne, The Senate, 28 November 1905, 6pp ; plus various handwritten notes by Woodford mainly about ships, Betel nut, kava, toddy.
Western Pacific High Commission, Proclamations, 1894 - 1908
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
There were many political issues going on at that time including the ending of the Pacific Labour Trade and Woodford's health was also poor. This is a significant document.
Newspaper clippings; Three clippings about German New Guinea, 1903 - 4
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Correspondence about the vessel, the Albatross.
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
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.
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Colonial Office, Reports on the British Solomon Islands, 1896 - 1899
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Twelve reprinted articles from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1884 - 1897
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
C M Woodford ; Diary 6 July 1886 - 3 August 1886
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Handbook of the Fijian Lanuage
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Published photograph: Group of Rennell Island lads, ANUA 481-81, circa 1909
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries
Note: 'Saccolabium Woodfordii Rolfe Sept 1906'
Part of Charles Morris Woodford papers on the Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries