Guide to the Papers of Reverend John Walcot Blencowe (as filmed by the AJCP), 1908-1932

Summary

Collection number:

M824

Creator:

Blencowe, John Walcot, Reverend

Extent:

48 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-987654321)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Includes: correspondence comprising 24 letters 1909-11 from Blencowe to his parents five letters 1908-13 to Blencowe and his father, 16 letters 1910-15 in the Melanesian language; Two notebooks containing brief entries May-October 1910 arranged by village and a Mota-English vocabulary arranged alphabetically; miscellaneous documents including a list of the voyages made by Blencowe 1909-18, a printed list of Melanesian Mission personnel 1911, a report headed 'Conversations with J.W. Blencowe 26 June 1932', six drafts for speeches and letters, printed map of the Santa Cruz group of islands and newspaper cuttings about HMS Torch and HMS Mongolia; printed material comprising: Thoughts We All Share by the Rev. John Walcot Blencowe (99 p.); Home Letters by Guy F. Bury, addendum by J.W. Blencowe; My Last Voyage by Bishop Cecil Wilson, describing a journey in 1911 around the islands of Melanesia; photographs, mainly by J.W. Beattie of Hobart, of Melanesian Mission personnel, islanders and their dwellings, boats, churches, in the New Hebrides, Solomon, Torres and Banks Islands, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz and Norfolk Island.

Biographical / Historical:

(1886-1964) Missionary and schoolteacher, attached to the Melanesian Mission 1909-12. Ordained in 1913 and was an army chaplain during World War I. Guy F. Bury went to Norfolk Island in 1911 to work as a missionary, but died shortly after his arrival.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn653000] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

The private residence of Mrs Monica Blencowe, Sussex, England.

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-987654321)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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