Guide to the Papers of Reverend John Walcot Blencowe (as filmed by the AJCP)

J.W. Blencowe. Thoughts we all share. Guildford, Seven Corners Press (98pp), n.d. (File)

Guy F. Bury. Home letters, with addendum by J.W. Blencowe (23pp), n.d. (File)

Bishop Cecil Wilson. My last voyage, London, Melanesian Mission (25pp), n.d. (File)

Notebook kept by Blencowe with brief entries arranged by village. (160pp), May 1910 - October 1910 (File)

Notebook of Blencowe comprising a Mota-English vocabulary (24pp) (File)

Blencowe (SS Moldavia) to his mother Sophia Blencowe, 19 Jan. [1909] (File)

Voyage from England; visit to Gibraltar.

Blencowe (Fremantle) to Sophia Blencowe, 15 Feb. [1909] (File)

Voyage; visit to Colombo; lack of news about England.

Blencowe (Adelaide) to Sophia Blencowe, [Feb. 1909] (File)

Visit to Perth; voyage across Great Australian Bight.

Blencowe (Sydney) to Sophia Blencowe, 28 Feb. [1909] (File)

Visit to Melbourne and Sydney; Sydney Harbour; 'Australian children are hideous and very forward'; fondness of Australians for spitting; imminent departure for Norfolk Island.

Blencowe (Norfolk Island) to Sophia Blencowe, 4 April [1909] (File)

Little spare time; learning the language; work with Melanesians on a farm; the heat; fleas; news from England.

Blencowe (Norfolk Island) to his father Canon A.E. Blencowe, [11 April 1909] (File)

Hopes of working at Santa Cruz; lack of translations; hopes of translating Mota Bible; no white men at Santa Cruz; harsh treatment of Islanders by traders; infrequency of posts.

Blencowe (Norfolk Island) to Sophia Blencowe, 30 April [1909] (File)

Departure of Bishop and six others; progress in learning language; his work on Norfolk Island; Bishop J.C. Patteson's old house; a recent crime.

Blencowe (Marseilles) to Canon A.E. Blencowe, 3 February 1910 (File)

Waiting for embarkation on SS Mongolia.

Blencowe (SS Mongolia, Red Sea) to Canon A.E. Blencowe, 13 February 1910 (File)

Heavy seas; friends to visit on his way through Australia.

Blencowe (SS Mongolia) to Sophia Blencowe, 27 Feb. [1910] (File)

Approaching Fremantle; weather; suicide of an Indian prince.

Blencowe (Auckland) to Canon A.E. Blencowe, 22 March 1910 (File)

Proposed posting to Santa Cruz; Bishop Cecil Wilson; resignation of Archdeacon T.C. Cullwick of Norfolk Island.

Blencowe (SS Southern Cross) to Sophia Blencowe, [25 March 1910] (File)

Voyage to Vila and Raga.

J.W. Blencowe (Auckland) to Canon A.E. Blencowe, 7 April [1910] (File)

About to leave for Norfolk Island and then Santa Cruz for six months; H. Drummond to accompany him; financial matters.

Blencowe (Pileni) to Sophia Blencowe, 16 May - 1 June [1910] (File)

Life on Pileni; daily routine; sermon in Mota; most of inhabitants come to Church; only one white man on twenty islands; tour of all Reef Islands. (incomplete)

Blencowe (Santa Cruz) to Canon A.E. Blencowe, 19 June [1910] (File)

Late arrival of Southern Cross; his pessimism concerning large number of islanders who have been trained to teach but who do not practise it after they leave Norfolk Island; limited power of chiefs; cases of immorality by Norfolk Island boys; diocese may be split in two and mission at Norfolk Island closed; hard work; monotonous meals.

Blencowe (Namu, Santa Cruz) to Sophia Blencowe, Sept. [1910] (File)

Illness of C. Turner; progress with schools; killings in Santa Cruz villages; his first attack of malaria; life on the island; scenery; shark fishing.

Blencowe (Namu, Santa Cruz) to Canon A.E. Blencowe, Oct. [1910] (File)

In charge of mission; trouble in the villages; power of evil spirits; optimism of Bishop Wilson; settlement of disputes among islanders.

Blencowe (Norfolk Island) to Sophia Blencowe, 10 Dec. [1910] (File)

Replacement of a drunken doctor; news of Alan Blencowe; attacks of fever; may take Berry [Rev. Guy Bury] to Santa Cruz but Bishop's promise of additional staff will probably not be kept; island mails.

Blencowe (Norfolk Island) to Canon A.E. Blencowe, 2-12 Feb. [1911] (File)

Berry [Bury] on his way to help him; C. Turner will leave; imminent resignation of Bishop Wilson

Blencowe (Norfolk Island) to Sophia Blencowe, 27 Feb. - 13 March [1911] (File)

Improved health; new fellow worker Guy Bury; doctor for new hospital in the Solomon Islands; an attack of fever; thanks for books; R. Freeth called back to England and Drummond staying on.

Blencowe (SS Southern Cross, near Vila) to Canon A.E. Blencowe, 15 April [1911] (File)

Selection of a new bishop.

Blencowe (Nibi, Santa Cruz) to Canon A.E. Blencowe, May 1911 (File)

New schools; situation in his area generally good but his party involved in fighting with Otivi people

Blencowe (Pileni) to Canon A.E. Blencowe, 5 June 1911 - 16 June 1911 (File)

News of his mission; plans to visit Vanikolo; fighting among the islanders in which he had had to fire his gun.

Blencowe (Matema) to Canon A.E. Blencowe, 26 July [1911] (File)

Warship requested to help confront the Otivi did not arrive; new school to be built; assistance of Guy Bury; progress of the mission; hopes to visit England in a year's time.

Bishop Cecil Wilson (Cambridge) to Blencowe, 12 November 1908 (File)

Inquires if Blencowe's father approves of his departure in January 1909.

Bishop Cecil Wilson (Bromley) to Canon A.E. Blencowe, 26 November 1908 (File)

Appointment of John Blencowe to Melanesia; need for university men; passage on Moldavia; arrangements for meeting.

William Sinker (Auckland) to Blencowe, 9 August 1912 (File)

Sinker's illness; his departure for England; Burgess will take command of Southern Cross; visit of Bishop Cecil Wood; memorial for Guy Bury; boat for Santa Cruz.

W.J. Durred (Banks Islands) to Blencowe, 5 October 1912 (File)

News of Santa Cruz and Reef Islands boys; Bishop Cecil Wood; marriage of R. Freeth.

H.V. Adams (Bournemouth) to Blencowe, 16 September 1913 (File)

Thanks for letter; congratulations on passing Bishop's exam; Lucy of Motalva.

Letters to Blencowe in Melanesian languages, (16 letters), 1910 - 1915 (File)

Inina 1911. List of Melanesian Mission personnel (In Mota, 4pp) (File)

Map of Santa Cruz group of islands. (printed) (File)

Typescript list of voyages made by Blencowe, (1p), 1909 - 1918 (File)

Drafts of speeches and letters (9pp) (File)

Report headed 'Conversations with J.W. Blencowe June 16 1932: experiences in Melanesia' (File)

Deed of conveyance of land at Santa Cruz from Nevlau, a Melanesian, to Blencowe and C. Turner for the Melanesian Mission, 21 September 1910 (File)

Photograph of four chiefs who sold land to the Bishop (File)

Invoice of Lever's Pacific Plantations Ltd for food sold to Blencowe, 4 November 1911 (File)

Newspaper cutting on HMS Torch, n.d. (File)

Newspaper cutting on RMS Mongolia, [March 1910] (File)

Page from a letter referring to supplies of food; departure of Drew for Auckland, and the Bishop (File)

Four sheets of paper written in a Melanesian language (File)