Papers of Camilla Wedgwood, 1928-1954 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2245818
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1928-1954]
- 4.48 m. (32 boxes)
- Summary:
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The collection includes the following: 1. Personal items such as correspondence (1928-1954) passport, diary, etc. 2. Items dealing with education and teaching of various disciplines such as history, social studies and so on; mass literacy; education in Papua New Guinea (government policy, organization of schools); training of nurses, teachers, midwives, etc. 3. Lecture notes on anthropology, Baganda, Chukchee, funeral rites and kinship. 4. Various papers to do with people living in the Pacific area. 5. Six volumes of photographs, Dec. 1932 to 1954, of life in Manam Island, Territory of New Guinea and in Nauru Island. Typescript drafts, with manuscript interpolations of Miss Wedgwood's work titled "A background documentary survey on the education of women and girls in the Pacific". Five typescript papers by other authors concerning theories and problems of native education in New Guinea.
- Biography/History:
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Anthropologist and lecturer in Native Education at the Australian School of Pacific Administration, Sydney.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no.: MS 483.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; A410.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Finding aid available online.
- Subject:
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- Wedgwood, Camilla H. (Camilla Hildegarde), 1901-1955 -- Archives
- Anthropologists -- Australia -- Archives
- Indigenous peoples -- Education -- Papua New Guinea
- Women -- Education -- Oceania
- Education -- Papua New Guinea
- Manam Island (Papua New Guinea) -- Social life and customs
- Nauru -- Social life and customs
- Time Coverage:
- 1928-1954
- Occupation:
- Anthropologists
- Copyright:
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Copyright Undetermined
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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