Papers of William Halse Rivers Rivers (as filmed by the AJCP) [microform] : [M2619-2625], 1898-1954 (bulk 1898-1922)

Bib ID:
2589500
Format:
Manuscript and Microform
Author:
Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922
Online Version:
National Library of Australia digitised item
Related Online Resources:
Finding aid at National Library of Australia
Access Conditions:
Available for reference.
Description:
  • Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
  • 7 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Summary:

Correspondence, notes, kinship tables, vocabularies, articles, photographs, drawings by Torres Strait Islanders, press cuttings, sketch maps and other papers relating to the Torres Strait Expedition, the 1914 New Hebrides Expedition and the ethnology and anthropology of the New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Torres Strait and elsewhere in Melanesia.

Biography/History:

Doctor and lecturer on psychology. In 1898 he took part in the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Strait. In 1908 he made his first expeditions to Melanesia where he worked with A.M. Hocart in Western Solomons, returning to Melanesia in 1914.

Notes:
  • Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
  • National Library of Australia holds microfilm master.
  • The Rivers papers are part of the Haddon Papers at Cambridge University Library. The Haddon Papers have been listed separately and should be consulted for further material relating to Rivers and the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Strait.
  • Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M2619-2625.
  • Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-761641256
  • Microfilm copy of originals held by Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge.
Index/Finding Aid Note:
Descriptive list available (17 p.)
Subject:
Time Coverage:
1898-1954
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Related Records:
two-level-child

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