Guide to the Papers of Gerald Verner Maxwell
MS 6221
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Gerald Verner Maxwell
- Title
- Papers of Gerald Verner Maxwell
- Date Range
- 1898-1959
- Collection Number
- MS 6221
- Extent
- 1.62 metres (4 archive boxes + 1 large folio box + 1 small folio box)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2618872) for the access conditions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Gerald Verner Maxwell, National Library of Australia, MS 6221, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Item Descriptions
Series 1. Correspondence
Small quantity of correspondence. Including letters from A. B. Brewater, J. Britton, Douglas Erumage, J.A. Cable, A.M. Champion, Vernon G. Coles, W.F.G. Campbell, Sir Edward Crowe, W.A. Harrison, Walter Hess, Alex Holm, Sir Herbert Henniker Heaton, Rupert Henested, J.O.W. Rope, Lord Jellicoe, S.H. La Fontaine, Enid Linton, Frederick C. Linfield, Lord Lugard, W. McGregor Ross, Ronald Maclean, John Murphy, J. Maxwell, T.D. Maxwell, V.T. McEusty, Sir Jack Merrick, Sir Geoffrey Northcote, Sir Cosmo Parkinson, Lora Passfield, George Pitcher, Sir Cecil Rodwell, Robert Shaw, Sir Bickham Sweet-Scott, T. Drummond Shiels, R.G. Stone, F. Traill, A. de V. Wade, E. MoI. Ward (File 1)
Series 2. Fiji
Personal file (File 2)
21/2/1898 Probationary appointment as Colonial Cadet Fiji.
23/11/1900 S.M. for colony of Fiji
11/12/1903 Assistant Native Commissioner
8/1/1906 Native Lands Commissioner
23/7/1907 Stipendiary Magistrate and Inspector of Native Taxes
28/12/1909 Commissioner of Customs
19/5/1910 Provisional appointment to Legislative Council
22/6/1910 Appointment as Member of Committee to Inquire Into Liquor Laws
27/3/1912 Appt. as Native Lands Commissioner
30/3/1912 Chairman of Native Lands Commissioner
20/7/1916 Appt. to Legislative Council
Subject files (File 3-4)
(i) Folklore: Manuscript and typescript notes on Fijian folklore including songs, notes or native ceremonies, many in Maxwell's handwriting.
(ii) And Notebooks (in Maxwell's hand) dealing with Fijian vocabulary
(iii) Native Lands Commission Reports. 1914-1917.
Photographs (File 5)
Including a few photographs of Fijian subjects including The Tutuvi-i-Randimban, War Club of Thakomban, King of Fiji and Mace of Fiji, 1871-1874. The Native Lands Commission, 1915.