Diaries, correspondence and related papers, 1938-1978 [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 1987255
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Farland, Merle, Sister
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference.
- Description:
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- 1938-1978
- vols.
- Series:
- PMB ; 1106.
- Summary:
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Sister Merle Farland: diary 1938-1940, 1941-Feb 1943 (photocopy of original); index to diary; 'The gizo scuttle', by Rev. J. R. Metcalfe; press cuttings 1942-1978; correspondence, 1942-1944.
- Biography/History:
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Siser Merle Farland (1906?-1988) trained at Auckland Hospital. In 1938 she was appointed to a nursing position at New Zealand Methodist Mission's Helena Goldie Hospital at Bilua, Vella Lavella. When the missionaries left the Solomon Islands during the war in Jan 1942, Farland remained. From Bilua she visited New Georgia, Simbo and Choiseul which were under Japanese occupation. Farland ran a coast watch station for a time. She was eventually evacuated from Sege, New Georgia. After the war she was tutor sister at Lautoka Hospital where she was presented with an MBE for her services on 12 May 1947. ('Fiji Times', 14 May 1947.
- Notes:
- Originals held in the Methodist Church of New Zealand Connexional Archives, Auckland.
- Reproduction:
- Microfilm. Balgowlah : W.& F. Pascoe Pty Ltd for Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University : 1998. 1 microform reel : positive, 35 mm.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Descriptive list available (1 p.)
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1938-1978
- Occupation:
- Missionaries
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
- Copyright:
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