John R. Metcalfe - Diaries, 1938-1946

PMB 77

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

441101

Microfilm : PMB 77

microfilm reel 35 mm

The Rev. John R. Metcalfe, a Methodist missionary in the Solomon Islands for 37 years, was born in Yorkshire in 1889. He served as a home missionary in Great Britain before moving to Victoria in 1914. He became a candidate for the Methodist ministry in 1916, and after being ordained was appointed to the Solomon Islands in 1920. After a brief period at Roviana, he was appointed to Choiseul as assistant to the Rev. V. LeC. Binet. Apart from your years at Teop, he remained on Choiseul (with a break during the war) until 1951. He was then appointed chairman of the Methodist Mission in the Solomons. He retired in 1957, but continued to take an active interest in the mission until his death on January 1, 1970

The diaries span Metcalfe's career as a churchman and are of especial historical interest for his years in the Solomons

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 77
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of originals held by Department of Pacific History, the Australian National University, Canberra