Papers relating to education in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, 1922-1962 [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 2458608
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Groves, William C., 1898-1967
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference.
- Description:
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- Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [2002]
- 9 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Series:
- PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1164.
- Summary:
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The W C Groves Papers were arranged and calendared by John A. Collier in 1972 in eight parts: 1. Mission education in Melanesia; 2. Papua New Guinea Pre-War; 3. Papua New Guinea Port-War; 4. Nauru; 5. Correspondence and Miscellaneous; 6. South Pacific Commission; 7. Honolulu Conference, 1936; 8. Photographs in the Collection. Parts 1-5 are microfilmed here by the Bureau, together with John Collier's, Guide to the Groves Papers. See Reel List for details.
- Biography/History:
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William Charles Groves (1898-1967) was a Supervisor of Education in Mandated Territory of New Guinea from 1922 till 1926. He carried out anthropological work in the Western Pacific, including New Guinea, from 1931 till 1936, as a Research Fellow with the Australian National Research Council. He was Director of Education in Nauru from 1937 till 1938 and Advisor on Education in the Solomon Islands from 1939 till 1940. After World War II he was appointed director of Education in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea (TPNG) and remained in that post till 1958.
- Notes:
- Original held in W. C. Groves Papers, New Guinea Collection, Michael Somare Library, PO Box 319, University of Papua New Guinea, NCD 134, Papua New Guinea.
- Reproduction:
- Microfilm. Balgowlah : W.& F. Pascoe Pty Ltd for Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University : [2001]. 9 microform reels
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Descriptive list available (9 p.).
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1922-1962
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
- Copyright:
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