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Extracts from diaries

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  • Description

    Contains photocopied material. Typed extracts from Ernest Leadley's diaries relating to Solomon Island (Western Provence) customs and beliefs. Topics include such things as native medicines, superstitions, legends of the Roviana District (Central Western Provence) and of Bougainville Island, plus an account of a Northern Solomons war canoe (Tomoko) built on Choiseul Island and transported to the Canterbury Museum in the late 1960s.

    (22 leaves, including several photocopied images)

  • Other Id

    2222 (Presto content ID)

    MS-1142 (Reference Number)

    22503 (DBTextworks system ID)

    81/37 (Registration number)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Extracts from diaries
  • Primary Maker

     Rev Leadley

  • Date
    1934-1942
  • Physical Description

    1 folder

  • Level of Current Record
    Parent
  • Provenance Details
    Provenance: This collection forms part of material Leadley gathered during his residence in the Western Solomons from 1934 to 1942 and later translated and transcribed in 1980 and 1981. [Ref. MA-2003-79, Library Correspondence, "I-Mac", 1950 - 1986]
  • Credit Line
    Presented by Rev. E.C. [Ernest Clarence] Leadley on 21 July 1980.
  • Last Update
    07 Jul 2023
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