PACIFIC MANUSCRIPTS BUREAU Room 4201, Coombs Building College of Asia and the Pacific The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia Telephone: (612) 6125 2521 Fax: (612) 6125 0198 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu REEL LIST PMB 1177 LOSUIA DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Archives, 1920s-1974. Microfilms made by Jerry Leach. Reels 1-2. (Available for reference.) Reel/ Description Date Range Frame No. Reel 1 1-3 File No. 56/24/36. Beryl Coulson, Annual Medical Report, Infant Welfare 1950-51 Work, Trobriand Islands, 1950-1951, Ts., c.6pp. 4-6 Further Trobriands medical reports and correspondence, 1950 1950 ARM Losuia to Hon. The G.S. re native taxation - Okaiaula Village Census 29 Apr 1936 No.62. Ts., 1p. 7 Trobriands Tax 20/-. Ts., 2pp. 1925 8-15 MJ Denehy ADC Milne Bay to Director Department of Lands, Surveys & 1966-68 Mines, Konedobu re demarcation process Losuia Sub-District, & associated docs. Ts., including: • DJ Kelliher, Land Titles Commission, Lae, ‘Fundamental Mechanics of the Demarcation Process’, 16 Oct 1967 • WB Giles, Commissioner, to ADC, Losuia, re Membership Demarcation Committees, 30 Aug 1966 • RO Mill, ADC Losuia, to Commissioner Giles, Land Titles Commission, Port Moresby, re Membership demarcation committees, 24 Aug 1966 16-19 Withdrawal of equipment from Natives at Kiriwina, 25-26 Jul 1944. Ts., Jul 1944 4pp. Inclu confiscation of US Army Equipment 20- File 7-3-2. Customs and Chiefs, Kiriwina, including: 1955-1969 • ARM Losuia to GS re song of BWITENI, 3 Nov 1955. Ts., 4pp. • Trobriand Islands interference of Land & Title. Ts., 1p. • C.V. Single ADO Losuia to Education Officer, Losuia, re Isoa Gumadobuguvau - Teacher at Mendi, 30 Oct 1969. Ts., 1p. • M.L. MacKellar ADO Losuia to DC Alotau, re Hereditary Chieftainship Recognition Rule, Kiriwina LGC, and appendices, 12 Sep 1968. Ts., c.8pp. • Appendices to R. Lawton, "Class Systems", n.d. Ts., c.8pp. • Ralph Bulmer UPNG Anthropology Department to M.L. MacKellar ADO Losuia, on Trobriands Chieftainship, 2 Aug 1968. Ts., 2pp. • M.L. MacKellar to Bulmer re Trobriands Chieftainship, 22 Jul 1968. Ts., 4pp. • CFW Julius, Minute re …Local Government to Losuia Sub-District, 25 Oct 1965, Ts., 2pp. 48 File 1-3-1. R. Orwin to District Officer, Samarai. Re death of Paramount 14 Mar 1961 Chief Mitakata of Omarakana. Ts., 1p. Reel List. PMB 1177. Losuia District Administration, Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, PNG: Archives, 1920s-1974. 49 File 7-3-4. A.A. Roberts, Director, to D.O. Milne Bay re Trobriand 24 Mar 1959 Chieftainship – Research in Kiriwina, 24 Mar 1959, Ts/. 1p. Proposed visit of C.J. Julius for research at Omarakana.. 50 File 35-28-1. R.C. Hill, ADC Losuia, to D.C. Samarai, re Deputy 6 Jun 1967 Commissioners. Ts., 1p. 51 File 35-28-1. R.C. Hill, ADC Losuia, to Commissioner Giles, Land Titles 28 Jun 1967 Commissioner, Port Moresby, ref. Commissioner’s letter dated 8 Jun 1967, Ts., 1p. 52 File 7-3-2/37-8.2. KL MacKellar to DC Alotau. Report of Meeting of Chiefs 20 Aug 1968 Attended by Mr Lepani Watson MHA. Ts., 1p. 53 File 1-5-1. RG Owen to Manager, Salvation Army Hostel, Koki, re 19 Sep 1962 accommodation for Waibadi of Charaka, 19 Sep 1962, Ts., 1p. 54-60 File cover 7-3-2. "Customs and Chiefs – Kiriwina", as follows: • Telegram re Chief Vanoi represent Trobriands at Royal Visit. Ms, nd. 1p. • F.E. Williams, Sydney, to Govt. Secretary, re canoe making in Trobriands, 5 Mar 1927. Ts., 2pp. • ARM, Losuia, to Govt. Secretary, re The Song of Bwitani, 3 Nov 1933, Ts., 3pp. • Local Government Ordinance 1963. Rule relating to Hereditary Chieftainship, Kiriwina, 10 Jan 1968. Ts., 2pp. 61 40-8-33. K.R. Williamson, Commissioner for local Government, to DC 20 Jun 1968 Milne Bay, re Kiriwina Council. Ts., 1p. 62 R.C. Hill, Losuia, to DC Samarai, re Adjudication – Land Disputes, 3 Sep 3 Sep 1966 1966, Ts., 1p. 63-64 7-3-2. R.C. Hill, ADC, Losuia, to DC Samarai, re Relation of traditional 31 Aug 1966 chiefs, local government, central government and member House of Assembly with each other and towards development work, Ts., 2pp. 65-74 7-3-2. ARM, Losuia, to Government Secretary, re Coronation Service 1934-1937 Omarakaha and other correspondence re Chief Mitakata, 1934-37, Ts.,10pp. 75-76 Tabalu Chiefs [list], Ms., 25 Jan 1951 (?), 2pp. 1951? 77-83 7-3-2 RM, SE Div. to ARM, Trobriands, re Chieftainship & Betelnuts, 12 Jun-Oct 1933 Sep 1933, and related correspondence from Leo Austen and others. 84 Government Secretary to ARM Losuia re Toulu – Paramount Chief of Mar 1929 Omarakana, S.E.D. [tobacco allowance], 25 Mar 1929, Ts., 1p. 85 7-3-2. ARM, Losuia, to Commissioner for Native Affairs, Port Moresby, re 6 Dec 1928 Toulu - Paramount Chief of Omarakana S.E.D, 6 Dec 1928, Ts., 1p. 86 ARM Losuia to Government Secretary, re use of term ‘headman’, 25 Jun 25 Jun 1929 1929, Ts., 1p. 87 J.H.P.M.[?], Memo to Government Secretary, 12 Oct 1927, Ts., 1p. 12 Oct 1927 88-89 Anon. ‘Losuia Trobriands S.E.D.’, Paper on Government and customs policy n.d. (1927) in Trobriands [response by ARM to memo above]. Ts., 2pp. 90-92 File 7-3-2. ‘Report on incidents directly affecting the ruling classes in the 1928 Trobriands Group (S.E.D.)’. Ts., 3pp. 93 Government Secretary to ARM, Losuia, re Toulu’s food house. Ts., 1p. 12 Jul 1927 94 File 7-3-2, ARM Losuia to Government Secretary, re Toulu's Food House, 1 1 Sep 1927 Sep 1927, Ts., 1p. 95 File 7-3-2. Govt. Secretary to ARM, Losuia, re Paramount Chief of 10 Oct 1932 Kiriwina. Ts., 1p. 96 File 7-3-2. RM, Losuia, to Govt. Secretary, re The Paramount Chief of 28 Aug? Kiriwina, Ts., 1p. 1932 97 File 7-3-2. ARM Losuia to Rev.[?] re Tukwaukwa. Ts., 1p. 23 May 1955 98-100 Part untitled document, n.d., Ts., pp.6, 7 & 8 only. 2 Reel List. PMB 1177. Losuia District Administration, Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, PNG: Archives, 1920s-1974. 101 Part untitled document, Ts., p.2 only. 102 File 7-3-2. ARM Losuia to Govt. Secretary, re Village Constables. Ts., 2pp 15 Jan 1928 + Ms., 1p. 103 File 7-3-2. Govt. Secretary to ARM Losuia re Village Constables, Ts., 1p. 18 Jan 1928(?) 104 Untitled list [of Village Constables], n.d., Ms. 1p. 105 File 7-3-2. Government Secretary to ARM, Losuia, re Village Constables, 17 17 Oct 1927 Oct 1927. Ts., 1p 106-110 File 14-4-1. Statistics-General: Notable Events – Milne Bay District, Losuia 1971 Sub-District [chronology of Administration, Catholic and Methodist Missions], 1891-1973. Ts., 5pp. 111-130 File 72-1-1. Losuia Sub-District, Half Yearly & Annual Report: extracts 1970-1973 only. Includes • Kiriwina Census Statistics. Ts., 1p. 1969-70 • ADC Losuia, to DC Alotau, Review of Subsistence Production, 9 Jul 1973, Ts., 1p. • Village Officials & Councillors, Losuia Sub-District: List, n.d., Ms., 1p. • Annual Report Losuia Sub-District, 1971-1972, 6 Jul 1972, Ts., 9pp., and appendices 131-133 Extracts from unspecified document(s), on ‘Land and Agriculture’ (p.10), on n.d. ‘Economic and political Development Potential’ (pp.12-13), n.d., Ts. [Possibly a continuation of Patrol Report 4/61-62 below.] 134-140 Patrol Report No.4/1961-62, Kitava Census Division, Ts., pp.1-9. n.d. 141-144 Patrol Report No.6/1961-62, Kilivila, Ts., pp.1-3, 7. 26 Mar 1962 145-163 Losuia Sub District Patrol Report No.7/1961-62, extracts only, and c.Jul 1962 appendix, ‘Land Availability Survey’, Ts., 19pp. 164 E. Whitehouse, ADO, Losuia, memo re destruction of betel nut palms. Ts., 30 Mar 1944 1p. 165 E. Whitehouse, ADO Losuia, Memo re negro troops & natives. Ts., 1p. 24 Jan 1944 166 E. Whitehouse, ADO Losuia, to Provost Marshall, Kiriwina Task Force, 19 Nov 1943 enquiry re attempted rape, Ts., 1p. 167-168 E. Whitehouse, ADO Losuia, to Commanding Officer RAAF, re ‘disposition 28 Aug 1943 towards natives their customs and general usage’, Ts., 2pp. 169-170 E. Whitehouse, ADO Losuia, to Prisons & Provost Marshall, Kiriwina Task 5 Aug 1943 Force, List of Taboos regarding native life, Ts., 2pp. 171 Production list of bags (of copra?) by area, and value. Ms., 1p. Jul 1967-Jun 1968 172-196 RC Hill, ADC, Losuia Sub-District Annual Report – 1966/67, 11 Jul 1967, 1967 Ts., pp.1-16, and Appendices. 197 Photograph, untitled, village scene. n.d. 198 Schedule of Wage Levels by Occupations, 1p. Sep 1965 199 Merari Henry, Jukueaukva(?) Village via Losuia, to Jerry Leach, re 20 Aug 1974 compensation for his assistance given to Leach’s anthropological work, 20 Aug 1974, Ms., 1p. [cf frames 421-425.] 200 Patrol Report No.1 of 1950/51, Ts., p.5 only. Sep 1950 201-205 File 67-1-1. Losuia Sub-District. Patrol Reports and various other 1964-1972 documents, Ts., 4pp. Includes: • TW Ellis, Secretary, Dept of the Administrator, to DC Alotau, re Patrolling – Relationships with the People, 31 May 1972, Ts., 1p • DC Alotau to all Stations, re Patrolling – Contract with the People, 16 Jul 1973, Ts., 1p. 206-231 File 67-6-1. Losuia Sub District. Patrol Reports: 1970-1971 3 Reel List. PMB 1177. Losuia District Administration, Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, PNG: Archives, 1920s-1974. • No.4. of 1970/71, Ts., 8pp. • No.4. of 1970/71, Area Study, Ts., 2pp.