Guide to the Papers of George Kingsley Roth (as filmed by AJCP)

Note on papers deposited [where?] by G.K. Roth, June 1937 (Item)

Scripts of two legends from Samoa and Rotuma, probably by A.P. Maudsley, 1880s., c.1880s (Item)

Papers re Englishmen in Barkley Prison [possibly] Mauritius, 1872 (Item)

Notes on Maafu's account of British annexation of Fiji, by C.R. Swayne, undated (Item)

Notes [? by C.R. Swayne] On early Fijian history and Maafu, 6 September 1880 (Item)

Travelling notes [? of C.R. Swayne], Leketa, 5 February 1880 (Item)

Memorandum by C.R. Swayne, 20 November 1890 (Item)

Re Vunisewa and Lakeba, early history...

Annotated printed list of dates of principal occurrences in Fiji, 1817 - 1874 (Item)

Papers re Royal Commission and legal affairs in Fiji, including letter 6 January 1872 from R.W. Hamilton (Levuka) to R.S. Swanston, 1872 - 1873 (Item)

Papers, including affidavit and declaration by E.H. Turpin concerning native affairs and Sir J.B. Thurston, 1895 (35p.), 1895 (Item)

Notes on pre-European history of Fiji, probably by E.J. Turpin, 1796 - 1867 (Item)

Brief account of instructions given by Sir Hercules Robinson to R.S. Swanston on Board H.M.S. Pearl when leaving Fiji for Sydney, after annexation [? by E.J. Turpin] (Item)

Notes on Fijian chiefs, by E.J. Turpin (Item)

Pencil note re natives working on government plantations, with note by J. Roth 'I think this is in Sir Arthur Gordon's handwriting', undated (Item)

Museum label for war club from Fawn Harbour, Vanua Levu, 1862 (Item)

2 Letters 20 February 1894 and undated, from J.B. Thurston, Government House (Fiji) to E.J. Turpin re Turpin's request for information for publication of a book on Fijian pioneers (Item)

Autobiographical account of life of R.S. Swanston, undated [? for Turpin's book on Fijian pioneers] (Item)

Autobiographical account of life of [? G.R. Burt], for Turpin's book on Fijian pioneers, October 1894 (Item)

Letter from G. Gerrish (Lakeba) to C.R. Swayne re Fijian affairs since Swayne left., 12 February 1914 (Item)

Account in Fijian by Solomon Islanders of their kidnapping on the Carl, undated (Item)

Letter from R.S. Swanston (Sydney) to Langham re his actions in Fiji, 14 April 1875 (Item)

Legend of the hot springs at Nasarusavu Vanua Levu script by William Sutherland, 2 March 1887 (Item)

2 Declarations in Fijian, 1876 - 1877 (Item)

Account of Diamond Jubilee of Fiji Times by A.B. Brewster (2 copies), 1930 (Item)

Account of Chatsworth and the Fijian Islands, by A.B. Brewster, undated (Item)

Legend, 'Tabiria's Family' (2 copies) (Item)

Account of Easter at Nadarivatu hill station, by Jay Bird, undated (Item)

'Island Reminiscences' by G.E.L. Westbrook, undated (Item)

Opening speech of the Administrator at the Annual Meeting of Chiefs at Tavuki, Kadavu, 4 May 1885, Suva Times, 9 May 1885 (Item)

Notes from statement by Henry Miller (Maafu's assistant and interpreter) at Court House Levua Levua, 18 June 1913 (Item)

Papers on Nanga rites, including folder entitled 'Papers handed to me by A.B. Brewster in 1937. G.K.R.' (Item)

Off-print 'The Nauga of Viti-Levu', Internationales Archiv fur Ethnographie, Bd. II, 1889. With letter and copy 5 January 1895 from Lorimer Fison (Melbourne, Victoria) to Baron von Hugel, commenting on the article (Item)

Papers on Lau in folder endorsed 'Mostly from Swayne, a former stipendiary magistrate in Lau (via A.B.B.) (Item)

2 Letters from Aborigines Protection Society (London) to E.J. Turpin re threats by Turpin, 18 September 1896; 14 October 1896 (Item)

3 Letters from Robert Swanston to E.J. Turpin and his wife re various local affairs, 15 March, 10 April, 10 June 1896 (Item)

6 Letters from William Tillingham Parr (London) to Turpin, his wife and Swanston re native policy in Fiji, January 1890 - August 1896 (Item)

Various accounts of events and anecdotes, probably collected by E.J. Turpin, for his proposed book on pioneers in Fiji, 5 April 1882; 1857; 1840; 1924 (Item)

Includes: Swayne's account, 5 April 1882, of an incident at Naivuki c. 1857; notes [? by A.B. Brewster] on Captain Bully Hayes, killed on board the Lenora, undated; notes on Jimmy the Devil, escaped convict in Fiji and Tonga, who led the Tongan attack on H.M.S. Favourite in 1840, undated; draft article, 'The Obsequies of a Dynasty - the Tui Kamba' by B. Glanville Cornay, February 1924

Part of letter from [? Baron von Hugel] to Maudslay (Fiji) re his work and journey from Samoa, 10 September 1922 (Item)

Correspondence between A.B. Brewster (Torquay), Mrs Lock (Cambridge) and University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (8 letters), February 1931 (Item)

Extracts from Museum Committee Minutes, 1928-1934, 1928 (Item)

Travelling notes on Cicia, by [? A.B. Brewster], 10 August 1878 (Item)

Notes on turtle fishing by C.R. Swayne, 28 September 1882 (Item)

Particulars of Ono obtained from Bali Oni at Lakeba [? A.B. Brewster], 30 March 1893 (Item)

Miscellaneous notes on Fijian, Samoan and Tongan peoples (Item)

5 Government Gazettes, 1874 - 1875 (Item)

Vocabulary from Funafuti Island, undated (Item)