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Thirty-four small prints, black and white, Tonga, 6x6cm. Fourty-three negatives of these prints. Includes photos of a woman and baby (E.J.S?) not in the print series. Contained in brown envelope Caine's Studios, Suva, Fiji. Send to Captain Fisher, c/-Aoniu 12 April 1960. Addressed to Mrs. E. Spillius. , 1960 - 1960

 Item — Folder: 10, Box: 20
Identifier: MSS. Archives. A-265. Series Section 3. Sub-Series T. Sub-Series 6

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

The photographs are mainly a record of field work and complement the field notebooks. In general they have been ordered chronologically, with the enlargements being located with the contact print sheets. The earlier contact print sheets (1958) had been cut into sections and stapled onto sheets of paper with some description of each, usually location and date. These have suffered damage from staple marks. Many of the contact print sheets have the prints numbered, probably the ones chosen for enlargement.

Most of these photographs were taken by J.S. or E.J.S. J.S. took photographs of the taumafa kavas filmed to assist with recording seating and serving sequences for the film transcript.

David Attenborough sent 33 enlargements from London from the film but it is uncertain which these are or if they are part of the collection.

All the photographs are black and white. Two postcards are included in the miscellaneous section at the end of the photograph series.

Dates

  • 1960 - 1960

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

PARTLY RESTRICTED. Access to Box 26, folder 5; Box 26, folder 6; Box 26, folder 7 requires the permission of the Special Collections Manager.

Extent

From the Collection: 2 metres (26 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository

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