Finding Aids for Collections in the Melanesian Archive

Akin, David Audiorecordings, 1979-1997. MSS 448. 206 audiocassettes, printed index, 19 videos.
Primarily field recordings made during anthropological fieldwork with the Kwaio people, Malaita, Solomon Islands. In Kwaio or Pidgin.

Ashton, C. P. M. (Christopher Philip Mackenzie). Audiorecordings, 1972-1975. MSS 149. 23 audiocassettes.
Radio interviews and documentaries made in Papua New Guinea (PNG) just prior to independence, by journalist. Notable interviewees include Margaret Mead and James Sinclair. Newspaper clippings on Papua New Guinea politics, 1970-1981

Ayres, Mary Clifton. Papers, 1979-1981. MSS 113. 1 linear foot. (1 box).
Field notes and tape recordings from ethnological research in the Morehead River Region, Western Province, PNG.

Bergmann, Wilhelm. Vierzig jahre in Neuguinea : diaries, 10 volumes, between 1970-1972. DU740.42.B47.
Diaries, dating from 1920‑1970, pertaining to the author's experiences as a Lutheran missionary in the Highlands of PNG.
Die Kamanuku, 4 volumes. DU740.42.C45.
Bergmann's unpublished ethno­gra­phy of the Kamanuku people of Chimbu Province, PNG. (See also: The Kamanuku, 4 volumes. DU740.42.C4513. English translation.)

Bruce, James Stuart and Bruce, Stevey. Papers, photographs, and videos, 1957-1980. MSS 673. 2.0 linear feet.
Collection of photographs, videos, slides, audiorecordings, essays, and scrapbooks, documenting the authors' trips to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, 1957-1980.

Cantrell, Eileen (see Knauft, Bruce)

Chowning, Ann. Fieldnotes and essays, 1966-1987. MSS 242. 1 linear foot.
Photocopy typescript of materials relating to Chowning's anthropological fieldwork in PNG, 1957-1968, including work with the Sengseng and Kove people of West New Britain, and the Molima people of Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province. Later unpublished conference papers also included.

Colebatch, Hal K. and Colebatch, Peta. Papers, 1967-1976. MSS 040. 6.2 cubic feet.
Principally subject files and unpublished writings by others, documenting many aspects of PNG's transition from territorial status to independent statehood. Includes Hal Colebatch's diaries of 1968, which describe the election process in the Western Highlands, as well as diaries of candidates in the 1968 PNG elections. Writings of others primarily on PNG politics, social issues, and constitutional development.

Cook, Edwin A. and Pflanz-Cook, Susan. Papers, 1966-1980. MSS 187. 8.9 linear feet, plus recently received unprocessed addition ca. 4 linear feet.
Includes manuscripts, subject files, photographs, genealogy charts, notecards, computer punchcards, maps, and audiorecordings documenting Cook's anthropological research with the Manga people of Western Highlands Province, PNG.

Counts, Dorothy and Counts, David. New Britain journal and films, 1985. MSS 576. 2.6 linear feet.
Field journal (1985) and 16 mm film documenting ethnographic research with the Kaliai people, West New Britain, PNG.

Epstein, Arnold Leonard and Epstein, T. Scarlett. Papers, 1949-1995. MSS 022. 11.40 linear feet.
Fieldnotes and other materials documenting anthropological fieldwork with the Tolai people of Matupit Island, East New Britain Province, PNG in the 1960's, documentation of the 1968 election in PNG, market studies, materials documenting the authors' work in Zambia in the 1950's, correspondence, and other materials. Also includes an unpublished monograph-length typescript by A.L. Epstein, Melanesian Masquerade: The Male Cult Among the Tolai of the Gazelle Peninsula.

Fitzpatrick, Phil. Papua and New Guinea patrol reports, 1968-1972. MSS 181. Photocopies of 17 patrol reports composed by Phil Fitzpatrick.
Regions patrolled include Western Highlands and Mt. Hagen. The patrols were conducted for the purposes of road construction and repair, vote collecting, tax collection, annual census, assessment of health and education requirements, and investigation of criminal behavior. Many of the reports are accompanied by a map showing the path of the patrol.

Forge, Anthony. Papers, 1960-1990. MSS 411. 16.2 linear feet, plus oversize materials.
Notes journals and notes, photoprints, and original artwork from Forge's fieldwork with the Abelam people, East Sepik Province, PNG during the period 1958-1963, correspondence, scholarly writings, photographs, audiorecordings, and films. Manuscripts of others, including a holograph journal by Gregory Bateson. It includes 363 original paintings and drawings by Abelam artists, commissioned by Forge on his second trip to PNG, 1962-1963.

Fox, Charles Elliot. Papers, ca. 1924. MSS 018. 0.6 linear feet.
Photostat copies of Fox's manuscript for a dictionary, grammar, and transcribed tales of the Arosi language of San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands; a dictionary and grammar of the Lau language of Malaita.

Freeman, Derek. Papers, 1940-2000. MSS 522. 60 linear feet.
Collection documenting Freeman's research in Samoa in the 40s and 60s, his intellectual development from British social anthropology to psychoanalytical and ethological interests, and his studies and critiques of the Samoan field research of Margaret Mead. Contains original field notes and research instruments from Samoa, and an index to the fieldnotes, as well as abundant collection of intellectual and personal correspondence.

Gajdusek, D. Carleton. Journals, reprints, video recordings, 1954-1996. MSS 421. 2.4 linear feet.
Materials relating to Gajdusek's career, particularly medical expeditions in PNG and research on kuru disease. Some restrictions.

Goodale, Jane. Papers. 1948-1997. MSS 643. 15.7 linear feet.
Materials pertaining to fieldwork with the Kaulong speaking people of West New Britain of PNG conducted in 1960 and 1970s. Goodale examined Kaulong language, the nature of gender and sexuality, mortuary rituals, and singing in ritual contexts. Includes manuscripts, articles, conference papers, slides, and audiorecordings of music. Extensive correspondence including letters to and from collaborator and co-author, Ann Chowning.

Hoffmeister, J. Edward (John Edward). Papers, 1925-1982. MSS 231. 4 linear feet.
Correspondence, field notebooks, diaries, and visual images documenting Hoffmeister's geological investigations in Fiji and Tonga during the 1920s and 1930s. Besides pertaining to his interest in coral reefs, the documents also contain numerous accounts and images of native life in Tonga and Fiji captured on 16 mm. film.

Keesing, Roger. Papers, 1962-1993. MSS 427. 41.90 linear feet.
Collection documenting Keesing's career, including extensive materials from his fieldwork from 1962-1989 with the Kwaio people, Malaita, Solomon Islands. Includes fieldnotes, journals, correspondence, photographs, audiorecordings, published writings, teaching materials, and writings of others. The papers reflect Keesing's interest in Melanesian languages, kinship and social structure, traditional Kwaio religion, and cultural effects of colonialism. The collection also includes extensive unpublished writings of Kwaio people such as observational notes of Jonathan Fifi'i, books of genealogies and political writings.

Knauft, Bruce M. and Cantrell, Eileen M. Papers, 1980-1985. MSS 031. 0.6 linear feet.
Carbon copies of anthropological field notes concerning the Gebusi people of Western Province, PNG. Knauft's materials document the social structure and ethos of the Gebusi, with a special emphasis on witchcraft and spirit beliefs. Cantrell's research documents climate, food availability and subsistence patterns. Some restrictions.

Lambert, Sylvester. Sylvester Lambert papers, 1920-1942. MSS 682. 6 linear feet.
Manuscript drafts of reports, writings, photographs, and lantern slides related to Lambert's public health work conducted in the Pacific Islands for the Rockefeller Foundation.

Layard, John. Papers, 1897‑1974, bulk 1940‑1970. MSS 84. 48.8 linear feet.
Includes many research materials and writings relating to his fieldwork in Vanuatu on the islands of Vao, Atchin, and Malekula, 1914-1915. An extensive unpublished typescript (written as part of a projected trilogy of which only the first volume, Stone Men of Malekula, was published) and Layard's unpublished autobiography are included. Also of note are Vanuatu photographs and materials related to Layard's career as a psychoanalyst.

Leavitt, Stephen Christopher. Fieldnotes and recordings, 1984-1986. MSS 027. 2.4 linear feet.
Ethnographic fieldnotes and 177 cassette audiorecordings documenting research with the Bumbita Arapesh people of East Sepik Province, PNG.

Lindstrom, Lamont, James Gwero, et al. Transcripts of oral history interviews, World War II experiences in Vanuatu. In process. 1 linear foot.
Typescript transcripts of interviews with ni-Vanuatu people, regarding World War II. These interviews were the basis for the 1998 book, "Big Wok, Storian blong Wol Wo Tu long Vanuatu" (edited by Lamont Lindstrom and James Gwero). Primarily in Bislama language.

Melanesia Archive Manuscript Collection. Miscellaneous manuscript collection. MSS 181. 7.1 linear feet. (16 archives boxes).
Original manuscripts, typescripts, and other documentary materials concerning Melanesia. Materials are written in English and, to a lesser extent, Dutch, French and German. Although mostly anthropological, it includes materials on education, linguistics, politics, economics, and medicine.

New Guinea Religions Cross-Cultural files. Watson, James B. and Read, Kenneth E. MSS 424. 12 linear feet.
Excerpts from pre-1961 publications written by a variety of authors. Publications concerning traditional religious practices in New Guinea. Arranged by ethnolinguistic group, and subarranged by codes from the Outline of Cultural Materials. Cultures include: Arapesh, Buka, Busama, Dobu, Gururumba, Iatmul, Keraki, Kiwai, Kuma, Kutubu, Manam, Orokaiva, Orokolo (Lemea), Tanga, Waropen, and Wogeo.

Norwood, Hugh. Port Moresby research materials, 1971-1979. MSS 169. 6.7 linear feet.
Aerial photographs, notes, maps, and survey forms documenting urban growth in communities in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, and used in the production of the book Port Moresby urban villages and squatter areas. Accession M-2006.012 contains 1 linear foot. of additional aerial photographs.

Rappaport, Roy A. Papers, 1961-1985. MSS 516. 13.5 linear feet.
Fieldnotes, linguistic materials, photographs and audiorecordings documenting fieldwork with the Tsembaga Maring people of Madang Province, PNG, 1962-1963, and 1981-1982. Collection also includes some Maring linguistic materials collected by Ann Rappaport. Correspondence, writings of others, and subject background files also included.

Roheim, Geza. Papers, ca. 1929-ca. 1953. MSS 046. 0.8 cubic feet.
Drafts of writings and research materials, including transcriptions of dreams and stories of Indigenous Australians, and a notebook containing a vocabulary of the Duau language of Normandy Island, PNG. Additional materials based on work with Navajo in Arizona. The collection probably comprises only a small fraction of the papers Roheim created. Most materials are in English.

Scheffler, Harold W. Papers, 1926-1981. MSS 481. 6.90 linear feet. Correspondence, diaries, fieldnotes, genealogies, photographs, and audiorecordings documenting anthropological research in Solomon Islands, particularly among Varisi people of Choiseul Island between 1958-1961, Baniata people of Rendova Island in 1967-1968, as well as Simbo Islanders in 1960. Also includes linguistic materials on the Varisi and Baniata languages, and writings by others. The latter includes, notably, a handwritten copy of Bernard Deacon's fieldnotes about Malekula.

Stewart, Pamela (see Strathern, Andrew)

Strathern, Andrew. Photographs and Audiorecordings, 1967-1984. MSS 477. 0.4 linear feet.
Photographs taken among the Melpa-speaking people of Hagen, Papua New Guinea and photographs and audiorecordings of the Wiru-speaking people of Pangia, Papua New Guinea.

Townsend, Patricia. Traditional Birth Attendants in Papua New Guinea: Project Materials, 1980-1991. MSS 442. 0.8 linear feet.
Survey form responses, correspondence, and report drafts for the Papua New Guinea Institute of Applied Social and Economic Research (IASER) project entitled "Survey of Traditional Birth Attendants in Papua New Guinea." Also included are prepublication articles and papers by anthropologists and researchers.

Tuzin, Donald. Papers, 1969-2007. MSS 690. 35 linear feet. In process.
Black-and-white photoprints, color slides, reel-to-reel audiorecordings, field notebooks, notes, and reprints of others related to research conducted with the Arapesh in the Papua New Guinea village of Ilahita.