Papers re Papua and New Guinea 1888-1914 [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 343673
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
- 2 microfilm reels 35 mm.
- Summary:
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The papers appearing on these microfilms represent only a fraction of the total Haddon collection. Details of them, with their envelope numbers at Cambridge, are: 1006 - Correspondence with Robert Bruce in Torres Strait; 1013 - Rev. W. H. MacFarlane's notes on Torres Strait; 1029 - Journal kept on Torres Strait Expedition, 1888-1889; 1039 -Private journal of second Torres Strait Exp., 1898; 1052 -Correspondence with R. Bruce, J. S. Bruce, Chalmers; 2011 - Immigrations - New Guinea coast, inc. notes by Haddon on Ms. by the Rev. J. H. Holmes re Melanesia; 2015 - Holmes Ms. `Distribution history and migration of the Naman people and Ipi tribe'; notes on Gulf Dist.; 2021 - Notes by Rev. Copland King and Haddon on Massim area; 2068 - Holmes' notes and mss. on Gulf of Papua, with an introduction by Haddon; 3078 -Correspondence with London Missionary Society; 4067 -Literature on the teaching of anthropology to missionaries, inc. original letters and a paper, `The Study of Native Culture in Relation to Administration', which Haddon read in Sydney in 1914.
- Biography/History:
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Haddon, who was born in 1855, was appointed Professor of Zoology at the Royal College of Science in Dublin after obtaining a first in natural sciences at Cambridge. In 1889, he went to Torres Strait and became interested in recording native custom before it was affect by European contact. After his return to Britain, he accepted a part-time lectureship in physical anthropology at Cambridge and in 1898 he organised the famous Cambridge University Expedition to Torres Strait, which brought him to Papua (then called British New Guinea). He became Reader in Ethnology at Cambridge in 1909 and remained there until his retirement in 1925. After his death, his numerous papers became part of Cambridge University Library.
- Notes:
- Microfilm copy of original documents held by Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge, England, CB3 9DR.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1888, 1914
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
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