Francis Edgar Williams papers, 1921-1943, with related material, 1908-1915

MAV/FM4/4348-4361

fonds

1908-1943

938133

14 microfilm reels of textual material - positive

Francis Edgar Williams, 1893-1943, was Assistant Anthropologist, Papua, and in 1928 became Government Anthropologist, a position he held until the outbreak of war in the Pacific. During this period much of his research into native life in Papua and New Guinea was published in governmental reports and journal articles

MAV/FM4/4348 Items 1-9 (Formerly at BOX ML MSS 5/1)
Guide to the collection compiled in Mitchell Library 10ff.
A map of the Territory of Papua indicating divisional boundaries in existence when Williams was Government Anthropologist is in this guide
Item 1

Series 01: Articles and addresses by F. E. Williams, 193- -1943
MS. and typescript. Includes both published and unpublished material
Items 2-3

Series 02: Correspondence, 1929-1941, chiefly relating to anthropological matters. Correspondents include Leo Austen, 1929-1935, and the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, 1932-1940. MS., typescript and carbon typescript
Items 4-7

Formerly at BOX ML MSS 5/2
Series 03: Reviews of published works with related correspondence and papers, 1928-1940. MS. typescript, carbon typescript and printed material
Item 8

Series 04: Papers relating to collective anthropological investigations, Papua, 1921-1922, including correspondence, 1922, and reports on firemaking and houses, 1921-1922. MS. and typescript
Items 9-11

MAV/FM4/4349 (Items 10-41)
Series 05: Miscellaneous papers, 1924-1941, and incidental papers, 1915-1941, including census of Delta division, 1924, report on air raid precautions, Port Moresby, 1941, lists and indexes of photographs in the Williams collection and MS. copy of Natives of Mailu by Bronislaw Malinowski. MS., typescript, carbon typescript and printed material
Items 12-21

MAV/FM4/4349 (Formerly at BOX ML MSS 5/3-16)
Continuation of the above
Items 22-25
Series 06: Anthropological research papers, ca. 1922-ca. 1941
A. Notes of subject interest and with reference to several areas. MS. and typescript
Items 26-35

B. Anthropological notes relating to administrative divisions of Papua and New Guinea. See map in Guide and at M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 5/Maps 1-2. Includes material on Dauan Island, 1928, the Upper Fly and Trans Fly, 1926-1930, Setavi district 1927, Lake Kutubu, 1937-1939, Wage and Wela valleys, report of the Lake Kutubu-Mobi River patrol, 1937, Kutubu vocabulary, Augu and Tari languages, Purari delta notes, Bamu-Purari patrol, 1936-1937, Orokolo notes relating to legends and vocabulary, Elema notes, Vailala madness, Auma Berepa, Keuru, Kerema, Opau, Silo, Koaru, Motumotu, 1931-1935, Poreporena, Hanuabada, Sogeri, Laloki, Motu notes and letters in Motu, 1908-1910, Mekeo, Abau district, Keveri valley Nemea, Suau Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Trobriand Islands, Orokaiva, Wasida, Sangara, Huhurundi, Dobuduru and Mt. Hagen, 1936. MS., typescript and carbon typescript
This collection includes maps at M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 5/Maps 3-18 (MAV/FM4/4361)
Items 36-153
MAV/FM4/4350 (Items 42-49)
MAV/FM4/4351 (Items 50-70)
MAV/FM4/4352 (Items 71-82)
MAV/FM4/4353 (Items 83-92)
MAV/FM4/4354 (Items 93-107)
MAV/FM4/4355 (Items 108-137)
MAV/FM4/4356 (Items 138-154)

Series 07: Bibliographies concerning the Papua and New Guinea area compiled by F. E. Williams, ca. 1940
A. List of books and journal articles arranged alphabetically by author. Typescript
Item 154 (MAV/FM4/4356)

MAV/FM4/4357 Items 155-159
MAV/FM4/4358 Items 160-162
(Formerly at Boxes ML MSS 5/17-18)
B. Classified subject index to, and abstracts of, published references of anthropological interest. MS., typescript and carbon typescript
Items 155-162

Pictorial material (8 albums): MAV/FM4/4359

Pictorial material (2 albums and photographs): MAV/FM4/4360

Pictorial material (illustrations and photographs): MAV/FM4/4361
This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.1139

See also MAV/FM3/157, MLDOC 1420

Originals in the possession of the National Archives of Papua New Guinea

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-305B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

These papers, formerly held by the Mitchell Library, were transferred to the Archives of the Administration, Territory of Papua New Guinea, 1969