Methodist Church

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Swanston Collection on the Ra and Ba military campaigns, 1873; Circuit reports submitted to Fiji District Synod, 1878-1898; annual reports, school reports and accounts of the Somosomo (Cakaudrove) Circuit; the Bua Circuit (formerly part of the Rewa and Bau Circuit), 1848-1859; the Nadi Circuit, 1848-1856; the Lau Circuit, Lakemba Branch, 1835-1845; the Viwa Circuit, 1840- 1858.

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Research materials compiled for a history of the Methodist mission in the Solomon Islands which was not published. Includes research notes on Polynesian Methodist missionaries, biographical essays on Solomon Islanders, and notes on Solomon Island languages. Series 3 contains some significant original material gathered by Carter as part of his research: a translation of the diary of Ishmael Ngatu; papers of the Reverend John R. Metcalfe; and a diary of A.E. Stanford.

Scope and Contents This collection contains papers relating to the lives of two members of the Jones family, Albert Henry Jones and Lina Maud Jones, organised into two series. The first series comprises letters, photographs, postcards, publications, pamphlets and other ephemera created or collected by Albert Jones while a civilian internee in the Ruhleben prison camp near Spandau, Germany during the First World War. Prior to the war, Ruhleben had been a harness racing track, but from...

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Reel. 1 Mission Board minutes, 1865-1897; Reels 2-19. Minutes of Mission District meetings, 1855-1914; Reels 20-22. Executive Committee minutes, 1898-1939.