Papers of Ernest William Pearson Chinnery, 1897-1971 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 461080
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Chinnery, E. W. Pearson (Ernest William Pearson), 1887-1972
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1897-1971
- 8.43 m. (61 boxes) + 8 folio items.
- Summary:
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Papers comprise official, personal & academic correspondence, diaries, photos, patrol reports, field notebooks, conference papers, lectures, broadcasts, articles, anthropological writings & research material, administration handbooks & ordinances, publications on anthropology, language, education & United Nations. Papers relate to Chinnery's career in Papua & New Guinea as Patrol Officer, Government Anthropologist, Director Dept of District Services & Native Affairs, Director Native Affairs & Commonwealth Adviser on Native Affairs in Aust. Papers relating to Chinnery's association with Far Eastern Liaison Office during World War II, South Seas Commission Conference 1947, United Nations missions to Africa & aspects of PNG including history, exploration, anthropology, genealogy, language, education, health, missions, crimes & discipline, native rights, mining, trade & pre-war wartime & post-war administration. Correspondents include: Staniforth Smith, John Taylor, C.L.A. Abbott, Bill Harney, A.P. Elkin, Theodor Strehlow, Camilla Wedgwood, Olive Pink, Baldwin Spencer, A.C. Haddon, Margaret Mead.b
- Biography/History:
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Patrol Officer, Papua, 1910; Gov Anthropologist, New Guinea, 1924-32; Director, Dept. of District Services & Native Affairs, New Guinea, 1932-38; Director, Native Affairs Branch, Northern Territory, 1938-46.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: NLA MS 766.
- Associated materials: Diaries of Sarah Chinnery, 1920-1937 MS 8974, MS Acc03.145.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-299883205
- Related Material:
- Diaries of Sarah Chinnery, maps and photograph negatives are held in National Library of Australia.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Finding aid available online.
- Subject:
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- Harney, W. E. (William Edward), 1895-1962 -- Correspondence
- Smith, Staniforth, 1869-1934 -- Correspondence
- Chinnery, E. W. Pearson (Ernest William Pearson), 1887-1972 -- Archives
- Abbott, C. L. A. (Charles Lydiard Aubrey), 1886-1975 -- Correspondence
- Anthropologists -- Papua New Guinea -- Archives
- Peace officers -- Papua New Guinea -- Archives
- Public officers -- Archives
- Colonial administrators -- Papua New Guinea -- Archives
- Time Coverage:
- 1897-1971
- Occupation:
- Copyright:
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