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Papers of C. E. Fox
Title
Papers of C. E. Fox, 1942-1963 (inclusive) [microform].
Physical Description
Manuscripts.
Language
English
Notes
Microfilm. Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, 1975. 1 reel ; 35 mm.
Originals located at the Melanesian Church Office, Honiara, Solomon Islands as of 1975.
Biographical / Historical Note
The Rev. Dr. C. E. Fox was born in Dorset, England in 1878, and was educated in New Zealand. He joined the Melanesian Mission from New Zealand and was posted to the Mission's school on Norfolk Island in 1902. After being ordained in 1903, he spent some time in the Banks Group of the New Hebrides before going to San Cristobal, Solomon Islands in 1908 where he began a school and started learning the local languages. He remained in the Solomons throughout the Pacific war, living behind Japanese lines. After the war, he continued as a teacher and remained in the Solomons until well into his eighties.
Summary
The collection contains diaries for the following years: 1942-1950, 1952, 1955-1956, 1958-1959, 1963. During the Japanese occupation of the Solomon Islands, the diaries were kept in the Arosi language of San Cristobal. Also included are some loose letters.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Microforms
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
PMB ; 550
Indexes/Finding aids
Unpublished finding aid in repository.
References
Papers of C. E. Fox. Microfilm. Film Ms.82. Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library.
Cite as
Papers of C. E. Fox. Microfilm. Film Ms.82. Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Also listed under
Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau.
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