William Washington Bolton papers, being partly his own work and partly copies of other manuscripts and of printed material, sometimes with annotations, 1913-1942

A 3357-A 3377

fonds

1913-1942

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Cartographic Materials

918521

Partially Microfilmed : Refer to Contents for location numbers

0.50 metres of textual material (21 volumes) - manuscript, typescript

A 3357
Vol. 1 'Tales of roaming" 1913, manuscript. Contents include Japan, Siberia, San Francisco, Alaska, Moorea Tahiti, French Oceania
Issue microfilm: CY 4990, frames 1-145

A 3358
Vol. 2 'After thirty years. Two months at home' 1913, manuscript.
Issue microfilm: CY 4990, frames 146-237

A 3359-A 3360
Vols. 3-4 'Tahitian vignettes' 1922?-42, manuscript. Mainly reminiscences of people. Includes copy of a letter from National Maritime Museum 1938 regarding authenticity of Bounty anchor at Papaoa
Issue microfilm: CY 4992, frames 1-119

A 3361
Vol. 5 'Roamings in the Great South Sea' 1926, manuscript. Contents include The Taupou's grave, The exile's return (Samoa), Gambier Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Pitcairn Island, Tahiti, Îles sous le Vent
Issue microfilm: CY 4992, frames 120-243

A 3362
Vol. 6 'En voyage', manuscript. Contents include Oahu, New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa

A 3363-A 3364
Vols. 7-8 'Roaming the Pacific waters' 1926, typescript. Partly rewritten from A 3359 and A 3360. Contents include Oahu, Fiji, New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, Kermadecs, Tasmania, Australia, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Hebrides, Caledonia, Singapore
Issue microfilm: CY 4990, frames 238-713

A 3365
Vol. 9 'Chronicles of Savage Island' 1927 1v., manuscript. Contents include 'The Island in general', 'Tales of today' (the village of Alofi)

A 3366
Vol. 10 'Chronicles of Savage Island' 1927 1v., manuscript. Contents include 'The village of Hakupu'

A 3367
Vol. 11 'Chronicles of Savage Island' 1927 1v., manuscript. Contents include 'The village of Tuapa', 'The village of Makefu', 'The village of Avatele', 'Tales of yesterday', 'Tales of romance'. With bibliography

A 3368
Vol. 12 'Chronicles of Savage Island' 1927 1v., manuscript. Contents include 'Tales of yesterday', 'Tales of romance', 'Folklore'. With bibliography
Issue microfilm : CY 1145, frames 1-173

A 3369
Vol. 13, 'Chronicles of Savage Island' 1931, manuscript. Foreword written in 1931. Contents include 'The Island in general', Tales of today', 'Tales of yesterday', 'Tales of romance', 'Folklore'. Some chapters continued in other volumes. Includes hand drawn map of Nuie. With bibliography
Issue microfilm : CY 1145, frames 174-280

A 3370
Vol. 14, 'Chronicles of Savage Island' 1931, manuscript. Foreword written in 1931. Contents include 'Continuation of the Villages of Hakupu, also the villages of Tuapa and Hikutavake'.
Issue microfilm : CY 1145, frames 281-385

A 3371
Vol. 15, 'Chronicles of Savage Island' 1931, manuscript. Foreword written in 1931. Contents include 'The Villages continued .. Makefu, Mutalau, Liku, Fatiau, Avatele'.
Issue microfilm : CY 1145, frames 386-409

A 3372
Vol. 16 Young, J. L. 'Atimaono, an account of the rise and fall of the Tahiti Cotton and Coffee Plantation Co Ltd, 1863-73' written by J. L. Young 1928 and copied by W. W. Bolton

A 3373
Vol. 17 'Old time Tahiti'
Issue microfilm: CY 4976, frames 1-196

A 3374
Vol. 18 'Old time Tahiti'. Appendix and Index
Issue microfilm: CY 4976, frames 197-489

A 3375
Vol. 19 'Addenda to manuscript of Old time Tahiti'
Issue microfilm: CY 4977, frames 1-99

A 3376
Vol. 20 'Pioneer missionaries of Tahiti: transcriptions of extracts from printed books 1815-24 and from manuscript journals kept by L. M. S. missionaries 1796-1820
Issue microfilm: CY 4977, frames 100-292

A 3377
Vol. 21 'Inter alia' 1940? Notes and transcriptions of extracts
Issue microfilm: CY 4992, frames 244-368

Typed list of books and manuscripts copied is filed in the Mitchell Library Bibliographic Folder. Title pages or lists of chapter headings are provided by W. W. Bolton with an index to Old Time Tahiti

Copyright status:Public domain: Timothy Lawson, bequeathed the documents in this donation to the public domain. Reference: Library correspondence file

Transcript available online - archive.org/details/wwb20191208

Volumes 13-15 are copies of volumes 9-12
The online transcript includes notes from the papers of Rowland Hassall, 1797-1860 (A 859 - A 860) and from the Thomas Haweis papers, 1757-1820 (B 1176-B1178, A 3023-A 3024)