Title
Wallis Island papers, [ca.1900-ca.1960] [microform] / Georges Renaud.
Published
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
Physical Description
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilm copy of original held in private ownership.
Biographical / Historical Note
Dr Georges J. L. Renaud was born in France in about 1900. His medical and administrative career in the French Government service took him to French colonies in Africa, the Antilles, Guiana and the Pacific. In about 1930 he was chief medical officer and surgeon at the Gastor Bourret hospital in Noumea, New Caledonia and between 1931-33,resident and medical officer in Wallis and Futuna.
Summary
1. Preface: by Pacific Manuscripts Bureau; 2. "Elements de grammaire Wallisienne" n.d., n.p., discovered by Dr. Renaud and possibly written by Dr. Maxim Viala in the early 1900s (76 p.); 3. Black and white photograph of Dr. Renaud; 4. "Les iles Wallis et Futuna" (1960?), a lecture given in Paris by Dr Renaud (11 p.).
Format
Books / Microforms
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Also listed under
Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau.