Cambridge University Library - James Hornell - Papers, 1883-1940

M 2626-2631

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432892

Microfilm : M 2626-2631. See contents list (9pp.) at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/277, vol. 16.

microfilm reels 35 mm

Marine biologist. Director of Fisheries Dept, 1918-24. On retirement he was appointed to the St. George Expedition to the Pacific as ethnographer. Reported to the British government on fisheries of various countries including Mauritius, Malta and Fiji

The papers include: papers re the St. George Expedition to South Seas, 1923-25 including letters to his wife; papers re outrigger canoes, c. 1914-20; papers re string figures from Polynesia, ca. 1920-1930; papers re Polynesian canoes, ca. 1920's-30's; working drafts of "Canoes in Micronesia"; photographs of St. George Expedition, and press cuttings, 1925; diaries and journals, 1917-40 including trips to Indonesia, New Guinea, voyage on St. George to the South Seas and Fiji, 1939-40; notebook on fishing boats and temples of Java, 1918; notes on Pacific canoes; articles on Indian ethnology; drawings of outrigger canoes and copy of journal and observations on natural history made in HMS Kingfisher by Commander J.J. Walker, 1883

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
The Hornell papers form part of the Haddan papers at Cambridge University Library
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M2626-2631
Microfilm copy of originals held by Cambridge University Library, Cambridge
Descriptive list available (9 p.)