Correspondence re the Solomon Islands [microform] : 1919-1968 / Rev. John R. Metcalfe
- Bib ID:
- 2090323
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Metcalfe, John R., 1889-1970
- Description:
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- Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--]
- 1 microfilm reel 35 mm.
- Series:
- PMB document (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 82.
- Summary:
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The correspondence deals almost exclusively with the Methodist Mission in the Solomon Islands. Metcalfe's main correspondents were: the Revs. H. Voyce, J. F. Goldie, S. G. Andrews, Sister Lucy Money, and Stephen Gadepeta. A detailed inventory of the correspondence is included at the start of the microfilm.
- Biography/History:
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The Rev. John R. Metcalfe, a Methodist missionary in the Solomon Islands for 37 years, was born in Yorkshire in 1889. He served as a home missionary in Great Britain before moving to Victoria in 1914. He became a candidate for the Methodist ministry in 1916, and after being ordained was appointed to the Solomon Islands in 1920. After a brief period at Roviana, he was appointed to Choiseul as assistant to the Rev. V. LeC. Binet. Apart from four years at Teop, he remained on Choiseul until 1951. During the war, he served as a coastwatcher. He became chairman of the Methodist Mission in the Solomons in 1951, a post he held until he retired to Australia in 1957. He continued to take an active interest in the mission until his death on January 1, 1970.
- Notes:
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- Title from first frame.
- Microfilm copy of the original held by Department of Pacific History, The Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1919-1968
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- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1991
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