Papers of and about Gerald Camden Wheeler (as filmed by the AJCP) [microform] : [M599], 1943-1954
- Bib ID:
- 725561
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Wheeler, Gerald C. (Gerald Clair), 1872-1943
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference.
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
- 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Summary:
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Incomplete typescript draft of the Mono-Alu people of Bougainville Strait containing detailed descriptions of various aspects of their culture such as kinship, religion marriage, ownership and death rites. Many of Wheeler's statements are supported by verbatim quotations in the vernacular language together with translations. Includes a contents list and glossary of the Mono-Alu language. Notes and correspondence 1953-54 of George B. Milner of the University of London with Mrs Wheeler and the Royal Anthropological Institute relating to his work on the Wheeler papers.
- Biography/History:
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Anthropologist. In 1908 and 1909 he undertook research work in the Solomon Island. He spent much of the latter part of his life working on a comprehensive account of the culture of the Mono-Alu people. Mono and Alu are islands of the Bougainville Strait, Western Solomon Islands.
- Notes:
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- Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
- National Library of Australia holds microfilm master.
- Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M599.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1379744343
- Microfilm copy of originals held by the School of Oriental and African Studies, Malet Street, London.
- In English with some Mono
- Cited In:
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- Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 163, p. 76.
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; B381.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1943-1954
- Other authors/contributors:
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This belongs to the Miscellaneous Series (Australian Joint Copying Project)..
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