The collection consists of Sister Merle Carter's diaries and correspondence written while she was stationed in the Solomon Islands at Torokina on Bougainville, then Buka and finally at Keop on Bougainville. Diaries (original), 18 Dec 1946-27 Mar 1947, 28 Jul-5 Oct 1947, 6 Nov-1 Dec 1947, 23 Feb-17 Sept 1948, 1 Dec 1948-4 Jan 1949; (transcripts), 18 Mar 1947-17 Sept 1948, 17 Nov 1948-13 Jan 1949. Correspondence, 1947-1950.
Siser Merle Carter O.M., a cousin of Rev George Carter, was a Methodist Missionary nursing sister in the Solomon Islands from 1946 until 1961.