[Culturetalk] Letters received from Oceania

Wed Sep 16 00:19:05 EDT 2009

Colleagues

Apologies for cross posting, please see below

From: pasifika-information-management-bounces at list.auckland.ac.nz [mailto:pasifika-information-management-bounces at list.auckland.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Judy McFall
From: Philip D. Abela 
Subject: Letters received from Oceania

Thought you might like to know about this new publication which was recently added to the NZ&P collection of the University of Auckland Library. It’s a 9-volume collection of letters from 19th Century Marist missionaries in the Pacific. There will eventually be a 10th volume with the indexes.

This is a really valuable* primary source for Maori and Pacific history.

They have been transcribed by Charles Girard who did lots of work on the project in the small hours! The letters are written in French, and some are available in English on this website http://www.mariststudies.org/docs/Main_Page 

Title:

Lettres reçues d’Océanie par l’administration générale des pères maristes pendant le généralat de Jean-Claude Colin / [réunies par] Charles Girard.

Edition:

Édition critique.

Published:

Paris : Karthala ; Rome : Société de Marie (Pères Maristes), 2009.

Description:

10 v. ; 25 cm.

Table of Contents:

v.1. 1836-1841 -- v.2.1842-1843 -- v.3. 1844-1845 -- v.4. 1846 -- v.5. 1847 -- v.6. 1848-1849 -- v.7. 1850 -- v.8. 1851-1852 -- v.9. 1853-1854 -- v.10 Index.

Summary:

Written by the first Catholic missionaries to work in the western Pacific, the letters, were sent by the Marist missionaries back to the general administration of the Marist Fathers, based in Lyons, France. Transcribed by Charles Girard, a Marist Catholic priest, the records offer insights into the daily lives, cultures and beliefs of indigenous islanders, as well as the attitudes, challenges and experiences of the missionaries. The letters describe in extensive detail the way people lived and worked in New Zealand, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia ,Wallis, Futuna, Tonga, Fiji and Samoa.

Note(s):

Includes index.

LC Subject Heading(s):

 <http://voyager.auckland.ac.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Subject&SEQ=20090916144539&PID=5yVhFKcZyGB_upWQCa5tomvL61cz&SA=Marist+Fathers+Missions+Oceania+Correspondence.> Marist Fathers Missions Oceania Correspondence.

 <http://voyager.auckland.ac.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Subject&SEQ=20090916144539&PID=5yVhFKcZyGB_upWQCa5tomvL61cz&SA=Marist+Fathers+Missions+New+Zealand+Correspondence.> Marist Fathers Missions New Zealand Correspondence.

 <http://voyager.auckland.ac.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Subject&SEQ=20090916144539&PID=5yVhFKcZyGB_upWQCa5tomvL61cz&SA=Missionaries+Oceania+Correspondence.> Missionaries Oceania Correspondence.

 <http://voyager.auckland.ac.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Subject&SEQ=20090916144539&PID=5yVhFKcZyGB_upWQCa5tomvL61cz&SA=Missionaries+New+Zealand+Correspondence.> Missionaries New Zealand Correspondence.

 <http://voyager.auckland.ac.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Subject&SEQ=20090916144539&PID=5yVhFKcZyGB_upWQCa5tomvL61cz&SA=New+Zealand+History+To+1840+Sources.> New Zealand History To 1840 Sources.

 <http://voyager.auckland.ac.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Subject&SEQ=20090916144539&PID=5yVhFKcZyGB_upWQCa5tomvL61cz&SA=New+Zealand+History+1840-1853+Sources.> New Zealand History 1840-1853 Sources.

 <http://voyager.auckland.ac.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Subject&SEQ=20090916144539&PID=5yVhFKcZyGB_upWQCa5tomvL61cz&SA=Oceania+History+19th+century+Sources.> Oceania History 19th century Sources.

Other Author(s):

 <http://voyager.auckland.ac.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Author&SEQ=20090916144539&PID=5yVhFKcZyGB_upWQCa5tomvL61cz&SA=Girard,+Charles.> Girard, Charles.

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Location:

GENERAL LIBRARY New Zealand & Pacific Level G

Notes:

Index on order

Call Number:

266.29 G51

Library Has:

v.1-9

Philip Abela
Classics & Ancient History, History, Sociology Subject Librarian
Arts Information Services, Room 120, Level 1, General Library
The University of Auckland Library/Te Tumu Herenga
Private Bag 92019,
Auckland Mail Centre,
Auckland 1142,
New Zealand.
Phone: (649)3737599 ext 83912
Email: p.abela at auckland.ac.nz  
http://blogs.library.auckland.ac.nz/arts/ 
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/about/genlib/arts_home.htm 

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