Kenneth H. Thomas - Patrol reports and other papers relating to the Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 1928-1934

PMB 1197

fonds

441542

Microfilm : PMB 1197

microfilm reels 35 mm

In 1927, Kenneth Hewitson Thomas was appointed as Cadet Patrol Officer in Rabaul, New Guinea. Thomas spent most of 1929 at the University of Sydney. He married Constance Taylor in Adelaide in January 1930 before returning to to Vanimo in March 1930. He was stationed at Aitape from October 1930 till March 1932 and in July 1932 was posted to Marienberg. In February 1933 Thomas was transferred back to Aitape and one month later was appointed Acting Assistant District Officer in Wewak where he remained for the next 15 months. From Barry Craig 'Stranger in a Strange Land : Kenneth Thomas in the North Sepik Region of PNG', in Robert L Welsch (ed.), 'Proceedings of a Special Session of the Pacific Arts Association, Working Papers', 1999

General records books, notes on customs, barter and weapons, notes on legends and folklore, 1927-30; diaries and patrol notes, 1932-35; anthropology and other course notes & essays, 1929 & 1931; New Guinea notes and articles, 1927-1940; correspondence, 1926-34, 1940; File 1, Patrols: Coast Road, Aitape-Wewak, 1928-33; File 2, Inland Sissano, n.d.; File 3, Aitape Inland, 1928-31; File 6, Inland Yakamal, 1931-32; File 8, Wewak West, 1933-34; File 9, Wewak East, 1933; File 10, Maps and route maps; further patrol reports and related documents, 1927-34; Vanimo Village Book, May 1930; Boik vocabulary; photograph album; wedding photograph. See Reel List for details

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1197
"March 2002"
Title on reel and container differ
Available for reference
Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T. : Produced for the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University. 4 microfilm reels
Mrs Helen Inglis, Victor Harbor, S. Aust
Printed reel list available (5 p.) and on the internet through http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu
Patrol officers