IDNO
OA2/4/1
Description
Document - Two foolscap size slip cases containing mss. in Fijian vernacular with English translation. Comprised of Fijian legends, songs, folklore, etc. The cases are both marked on the outside "Stanmore", ie they belonged to Sir A. H. Gordon, Governor of Fiji Sept. 1875-Jan. 1880. However the mss. are numbered and initialled "E im T", probably Sir Everard im Thurn, Governor of Fiji June 1904-February 1911. Both cases contain typescript pt lists of mss no 1-20, Z 4155 containing mss. no-44-74. (Z 4154 is missing: a note describes its contents as having been redistributed between the other two cases but this has clearly not occurred).
Acc. Z 4153, Z 4155.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji
Source
Date
circa 1875 - 1911
Keywords
Anthropology; Correspondence; Notes; Lists
Author
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Two foolscap size slip cases cont. mss. in Fijian vernacular with English translation. Comprised of Fijian legends, songs, folklore, etc. The cases are both marked on the outside "Stanmore", ie they belonged to Sir A. H. Gordon, Governor of Fiji Sept. 1875-Jan. 1880. However the mss. are numbered and initialled "E im T", probably Sir Everard im Thurn, Governor of Fiji June 1904-February 1911. Both cases contain typescript pt lists of mss no 1-20, Z 4155 cont. mss. no-44-74. (Z 4154 is missing: a note describes its contents as having been redistributed between the other two cases but this has clearly not occurred).
Acc. Z 4153, Z 4155.
01/06/1998
Created by: maa on 01/06/1998
FM:139087
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