Diaries, 1897-1898 [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 2142170
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Banks, Charles W., 1839-1915
- Online Version:
- Also available online
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- Description:
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- Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
- 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Series:
- PMB ; 1068.
- Summary:
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Four diaries with handwritten notes describing Banks' life and work as a trader in the Cook Islands.
- Biography/History:
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Born 1839 near Birmingham, England, Banks spent some years in the United States where he fought in the Civil War and was also an employee of Wells Fargo, whose employment he left while under a charge of embezzlement. He settled in the Cook Islands (Atiu) in 1881. He became a trader and lived in Arorangi until his death in 1915. For a period of his life Banks adopted the pseudonym John Scard.
- Notes:
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- Banks' diaries for 1897 and 1898 are on PMB 1067. Banks' diary for 1903 can be found on PMB 1069-1070.
- Also available online: https://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/catalogue/index.php/diaries-36
- Microfilm copy of original held by Cook Islands Library and Museum Society, Rarotonga (MS 51).
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1897-1898
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
- Copyright:
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- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1915
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 9999
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