Harold Scheffler Papers
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
CORRESPONDENCE
Alexander Turnbull Library 1960 - 1966
B - Miscellaneous
British Solomon Islands Protectorate. Western Pacific High Commission 1966 - 1967
Caughey, John L. 1966
Cooper, Matthew 1966 - 1971
Davenport, William 1959 - 1966
E - Miscellaneous
G - Miscellaneous
Groves, Murray 1963
H - Miscellaneous
Harwood, Frances H. 1966 - 1968
K - L - Miscellaneous
M - N - Miscellaneous
National Science Foundation 1966
O - Miscellaneous
Page, Bill 1966 - 1967
R - S - Miscellaneous
Tippett, Alan R. 1966
Y - Miscellaneous
Yale University 1966 - 1967
Unidentified correspondents
WRITINGS BY SCHEFFLER
Ambilateral Kin Groups - Typescript undated
Baniata Kinship Terminology - Incomplete typescript and handwritten notes undated
Break-Away Churches in the Solomon Islands - Manuscript with typescript notes undated
For Conflict Book - Single handwritten page undated
Fulbright Grant Application material - Includes draft curriculum vitae, statement giving educational background and summary of proposed analysis and write-up of dissertation 1959
Kindred and Kin Groups in Choiseul Island Social Structure
Dissertation, chapters 4 - 7 March 1963
Abstract of dissertation
Kindred and Kin Groups in Simbo Island Social Structure 1962
Political Finance in Melanesia: Big Men and Disks of Shell 1965
Revitalization Movements in the British Solomons
Correspondence 1966 - 1968
Requests for funding to the National Science Foundation 1966 - 1969
Separatist Church in the Solomons
Draft and notes undated
Notes for a talk 1969 May 5
Social Consequences of Peace: Choiseul Island 1963
Solomon Islands: Seeking a New Land Custom - In Land Tenure in the Pacific, edited by Ron Crocombe
Annotated typescript draft and copy. Includes cover letter to Crocombe 1965, 1971
Research notes on land tenure cases in Choiseul, including notecards with manuscript maps 1971
Research maps 1971
Research material includes correspondence, copies of legal documents and reports 1971
Theoretical Implications - Typescript undated
Unidentified comments on papers
Unidentified notes on kinship and languages
CHOISEUL ISLAND FIELDWORK
Diaries
No. 1 1958 October 13 - 1959 April 22
No. 2 1959 April 24 - August 30
No. 3 1959 September 1 - December 1, and 1960 April
No. 4 1959 December 13 - 1960 March 12
Daily journal, Choiseul 1961 February 17 - April 8
Field Notes
Analysis notebook 1960 October 27 - 1962 November 6
Choiseul field notes
Book 1 November 21, 1958 - April 18, 1959
Book 2 April 20 - July 8, 1959
Book 3 July 13 - October 21, 1959
Book 4 - General notes, Varisi side November 5 - November 22, 1959
Book 5 - General notes, Varisi side November 23, 1959 - January 5, 1960
Book 5 - Second trip February 18 - April 5, 1961
Field notes - Choiseul Island, British Solomon Islands Protectorate [Versions 1 & 2] 1958 November - 1960 March
Household census data, Choiseul No. 1 - Notebook undated
Land tenure field notes. Choiseul Island, British Solomon Island Protectorate 1958 - 1960
Native court records - Notebook with cases from Choiseul, British Solomon Islands Protectorate 1950-1960
Notebook no. 1 - Native courts and councils, Western Solomons 1954-1958
Plant names, in local language, with descriptions and how they are used undated
Residential histories, Choiseul - Includes draft introduction and outline of Scheffler's dissertation, with working title "Some Aspects of Choiseul Social Structure: Group Formation and Operation in an Ambilateral Society" undated
Social structure field notes, typed 1958 November - 1960 March
Genealogies and Kinship
Choiseul notebooks
No. 1 1958 November 26 - 1959 March 27
No. 2 1959 April 6 - November 4
No. 3. Varisi Side 1959 November 16 - December 16
No. 4 1959 December 17 - 26
Lineages and genealogies, Choiseul - Charts
Maximal lineages - Genealogies. Varisi Language District, Choiseul
Personal genealogies, Choiseul - Typed sheets. Includes typed list of equipment and handwritten notes 1959 May 5-6
Skeleton genealogies of villages with maps, Choiseul
Varisi Language Material
Choiseul languages: Varisi, Taula, Babatana - Comparative word lists with English translations
Lexicostatistical comparisons - Word lists. Choiseul Island languages and dialects and those of several other islands 1959 - 1960
Lexicostatistical comparisons, Varisi and Babatana with English - Typescript in English with equivalents in Choiseul languages
Linguistic notes, Choiseul undated
Texts, Choiseul - Notebook 1961 February - April
Varisi Dictionary. Book No. 1. Notebook from Varisi Dictionary of William [?] ca. 1953
Varisi language
Grammar - Notebook and notecards undated
Workbook undated
Translated texts - English typescript word lists and typescript Varisi texts with interlineal English translations, dated October 31 - November 29, 1959. Also includes two handwritten texts, Varisi and English 1959 October 31 - November 29
Choiseul - Typescript in English with handwritten Varisi equivalents. Includes word lists and phrases
Choiseul Island, British Solomon Islands Protectorate. Collected by H. Scheffler - Typescript, English and Varisi 1958 - 1961
Notes and worksheets undated
Maps
Choiseul maps - Seven blueprint maps indicating drainage systems, topographical features, villages and trails
RENDOVA ISLAND FIELDWORK
Diaries
No. 1 1967 July 7 - October 29
No. 2 1967 November 9 - 1968 February 20
Field Notes
History of the Succession of Baniata Chiefs (according to John Kari, et al.) 1967
Rendova Census, Baniata side 1967
Rendova Census, Rouro, Book 2 1967
Rendova Notes No. 1 1967 July 26 - November 23
Rendova Notes No. 2 ca. 1967
Genealogies and Kinship
Miscellaneous genealogies 1967
Baniata Language Material
Miscellaneous handwritten word lists and notes undated
Rendova Island, British Solomon Islands - Typescript word lists, English/Baniata 1967 - 1968
Rendova Island, British Solomons. Section 1, Basic Vocabulary (Entire Swadesh Test List) - Typescript, English/Baniata 1967 - 1968
Typescript with enumeration, noun class relationships, pronouns, and simple declarative sentences undated
Word list and paradigms, [Version 2] - Typescript word lists, English/Baniata/Roviana
Baniata language notes 1967 July 15
Baniata language workbook undated
Baniata vocabulary compiled by Arthur Capell undated
Maps
Rendova Island and British Solomon Islands - Annotated by Scheffler 1951 - 1965
Ambryn [Ambrym, Vanuatu], Book 1. Genealogies, etc. 1968 April 28 - May 5
Bibliographic Notes No. 1. Choiseul and Western Solomons undated
Notes on Hocart's M.S. Roviana and Simbo - Notebook with typescript and handwritten notes undated
Simbo Genealogies, No. 1. Simbo Island, British Solomon Islands Protectorate 1960 March 30 - April 5
Simbo Notes No. 1 1960 March 26 - May 5
Solomon Islands Copra Production (No Plantation) - Handwritten notes with production figures 1962-1966
Solomon Islands Notes and Bibliography - Expense notebooks for fieldwork on Choiseul and Rendova. Includes loose handwritten notes
WRITINGS OF OTHERS
Capell, Arthur. "Lexicostatistical Study of the Languages of Choiseul Island, British Solomon Islands" 1968
Christian Fellowship Church. Birth and baptismal records for villages of Baniata and Hopono 1914 - 1964
Harwood, Frances
"The Christian Fellowship Church"
Typescript histories provided by informants ca. 1967 - 1968
Typescript notes, interviews and correspondence 1966 - 1968
"The Christian Fellowship Church: A Revitalization Movement in Melanesia" - Typescript presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Seattle, Washington 1968 November
Tanavalu, Levi. "Voza Village, Tepazaka District, Choiseul Island" - Typescript undated
Tuza, Esau
"The Demolition of Christian Church Buildings by Ancestors: A Personal Observation of ..." 1981
"Life, an Attitude to Living: A Cultural Viewpoint from the Solomon Islands" 1981
"Overseas Church and the Christian Fellowship Church" - Typescript undated
PHOTOGRAPHS
1958-1961
Male musicians, person in white cloth, and spectators
Male musicians, person in white cloth, and spectators
Male musicians, female dancers
Male musicians with mixed group
Male musicians, female dancers
Woman and child by house, in village
Man, woman and child in front of house
Male musicians, spectators
Male musicians, person in white cloth
Male musicians, female dancers
Re-enactment of a men's feast dance
Men during construction of a building
Harold Scheffler seated with two men
Polosokesa at the shrine of his mother's descent group, Nggolunggolu
Vadalo wearing ten ziku above each elbow--the mark of big-man status in the past
Portrait of Harold Scheffler and man
Harold Scheffler and man at construction site
Harold Scheffler and man at Dolo
Men in uniform in front of building
Urada wearing some of the ornaments of big-man status
Kelo kangge, container made of lath and leaf, full of taro and almond pudding for a Christmas feast
Ponge volomo with his cache of kesa in three sets, and ziku kesa in the iron kettle
Men in uniforms on steps of building
Men during construction of a building
People in and around house
Men playing kiu, and women dancing
Group portrait in front of house
Portrait of men, boys, Father Laughman, and canoe on shore
Father Laughman, men, boys, and canoe on shore
Father Laughman, men, boys, and canoe on shore
Man on boat at Choiseul Bay
Man and infant in front of house
Polosokesa at the shrine of his mother's descent group, Nggolunggolu
Man at shore with fishing gear
Ponggevolomo with his cache of kesa in three sets, and ziku kesa in the iron kettle
Man pulling canoe ashore
European man on docked boat, Salve Regina
People at shore with fishing gear
Woman and infant in front of house
Man and infant in front of house
Woman and infant in house
Portrait of a man, Mumagavere
Portrait of a woman, Korunaia
Male musicians, spectators
Choiseul. Artifacts 1959 - 1961
Undecorated, Roviana style wicker shield. Shown with ruler
Undecorated, Roviana style wicker shield
Undecorated, Roviana style wicker shield
Three shell ring valuables, shown with ruler for scale
Man on shrine on top of coral outcropping
Three shell ring valuables, shown with ruler for scale
Man on shrine on top of coral outcropping
Undecorated, Roviana style wicker shield with handle. Shown with ruler
Undecorated, Roviana style wicker shield with handle. Shown with ruler
Undecorated, Roviana style wicker shield. Shown with ruler
Shell valuable. Tridacna gigas clam. Ring with two anthropomorphic figures
Shell valuable. Tridacna gigas clam. Ring with two anthropomorphic figures
Undecorated, Roviana style wicker shield with handle. Shown with ruler
Shell valuable. Tridacna gigas clam. Ring with two anthropomorphic figures
Shell valuable. Tridacna gigas clam. Ring with two anthropomorphic figures
Undecorated, Roviana style wicker shield. Shown with ruler
Man with shell valuable
Shell valuable. Tridacna gigas clam. Ring with two anthropomorphic figures
Shell valuable. Tridacna gigas clam. Ring with two anthropomorphic figures
Three shell ring valuables, shown with ruler for scale
Choiseul. Burial urn (dolo) 1959 November 25
Pauku and Dolo near Ogo
Lola, Anne, and Pauku near Dolo
Pauku and Dolo near Ogo
Pauku and Dolo near Ogo
Choiseul. Canoeing in surf 1958 - 1961
Choiseul. Counting shell money (kesa) 1959 July
Preparation for feast at Voza
Preparation for feast at Voza
Preparing for feast at Voza
Preparation for feast at Voza
Preparing a cooking pit. Feast at Voza
Preparation for Feast at Voza
Preparing for feast at Voza
Choiseul. Group meal, a bird and beach scenes 1958 - 1961
Choiseul. Group portraits, beach scenes with ship, dancing and music making, captured bats 1958 - 1961
Man carving on a piece of wood
Two men holding out captured bats
Portrait of man and woman
Portrait of man woman and child
Portrait of man and woman
Playing sport a on a village field
Man carving on a piece of wood
Portrait of man, woman and child
Portrait of man woman and children
Portrait of two young women
Man and two boys holding captured bats
Portrait of man, woman and child
Playing a sport on a village field
Portrait of elderly man
Choiseul. Miscellaneous 1958 - 1961
Sanggigae Bay, Choiseul
Baukolo, Twin Peaks, from Korasokana
Zinoa Island and Voza coast from Korasokana
Women carrying string bags
Sanggigae Bay, Choiseul
Men and boys walking and carrying objects
Men and women walking and carrying objects
Men and women walking and carrying objects
Choiseul. Mission Hospital (?) 1958 - 1961
European woman wrapping boy's foot
European woman wrapping boy's foot
Boys with European woman in front of building
European woman doctoring foot of boy
Choiseul. Music making 1958 - 1961
Women dancers, male musicians
Women dancing, musicians
Women dancers, male musicians
Women dancers, male musicians
Choiseul. Village (Voza) activities and people
Choiseul. Village scenes, activities and people 1958 - 1961
Portrait of woman and children
Group in front of a house, village
Portrait of boys at the coast
Portrait of boys at the coast
Canoe prow sculpture attached to canoe
Carving a canoe with axes
Packets of leaf wrapped kesa shell money
Man on the edge of the forest
Packets of leaf wrapped kesa shell money
Dancers in grass skirts and matching headdress; some with western dress or tops, and white handkerchiefs tied around head or arm
Dancers in grass skirts and matching headdress; some with western dress or tops
Feast, women and men eating separately
Musicians, and dancers dressed in white
Musicians, and dancers dressed in white
Dancers in grass skirts and matching headdress
Dancers in white dresses with red trim, with musicians in background
Musicians, and dancers dressed in white
Female dancers in white dresses with red trim
Musicians, and dancers dressed in white
Europeans in a boat, Choiseul men on shore
Decoration of white cowrie shells and white feathers, possibly cockatoo, with figurehead on the prow of a canoe
Men mashing up taro root
Men mashing up taro root
Carving a canoe with axes
Boat and people on a reef
Coastal landscape with canoe
Boat and people on a reef
Boat and people on a reef
Packets of leaf wrapped kesa shell money
Coast and ocean landscape
Coastal landscape with canoes
Man climbing coconut palm
Children in canoes with large leaves
Dolo, or burial urn, from behind with landscape
Canoe-prow figurehead sculpture of dark wood with inlay, seated figure
Dolo, or burial urn, from behind with landscape
Harold Scheffler with dolo, burial urn
Dolo or burial urn chiseled from a single block of limestone and set upon a pyramid of coral slab
Anne Scheffler in a house
Anne Scheffler in a house
Anne Scheffler with dolo, burial urn
Dancers in grass skirts and matching headdress, some with western dress or tops
Anne Scheffler on a boat
Anne Scheffler in a house
Dancers in white dresses with red trim; musicians in background
Portrait of Anne Scheffler and Lola Tabatabana
Portrait of Anne Scheffler and Lola Tabatabana, with cat
Dancers in grass skirts and matching headdress; some with western dress or tops
Group of dancers in grass skirts and matching headdress; some with western dress or tops
Farewell to the High Commissioner
Canoe decoration of white cowrie shells and white feathers, possibly cockatoo, with figurehead on the prow
Musicians; one with a guitar, and others with lengths of bamboo to pound on ground
Group of dancers in grass skirts and matching headdress; some with western dress or tops
Two people outside a house
Skull inside of shrine made of coral slabs with shell ring offerings
Shrine with bowl, coral perhaps, with offerings including shell rings
Close-up of a dolo or burial urn chiseled from a single block of limestone and set upon a pyramid of coral slab
Male musicians, some with guitars, and female dancers with grass skirts and headdress
View from behind the burial urn with old coral mound in the foreground
Boys with long white clothing, red sashes, and white flags
Close-up of a dolo or burial urn chiseled from a single block of limestone and set upon a pyramid of coral slab
View from behind the burial urn with old coral mound in the foreground
Dolo or burial urn chiseled from a single block of limestone and set upon a pyramid of coral slab
Dolo or burial urn chiseled from a single block of limestone and set upon a pyramid of coral slab
Burial urn from a distance
Close-up of a dolo or burial urn chiseled from a single block of limestone and set upon a pyramid of coral slab
Close-up of a dolo or burial urn chiseled from a single block of limestone and set upon a pyramid of coral slab
Burial urn from a distance
Close-up of a dolo or burial urn chiseled from a single block of limestone and set upon a pyramid of coral slab
Dolo or burial urn chiseled from a single block of limestone and set upon a pyramid of coral slab
Group walking with European woman
Man sitting on tree base
Choiseul. Village scenes, ceremonies and artifacts 1958 - 1961
Group of men in a village
Shrine with bowl with offerings
Shrine, possibly a fire pit
Man with a bow and arrow
Ceramic pot at a shrine
Sculpture of a female figure
Dancers with shields and spears
Dancers with shields and spears
Dance performance inside a building
Musicians with bamboo instruments
Official gathering, European officer
Woman and infant, with surrounding group
Splintering wood with a tool
Dancers with grass skirts performing in a building
Dancers with shields and spears
Dancers with shields and spears
Official gathering, with dancers
Dancers with shields; large official gathering
Europeans at an official gathering
Europeans at an official gathering
Young girl dancers performing in a building
Procession of female dancers in costume
Musicians with bamboo instruments
Village with male in foreground
Dancers with shields and spears, with women dancers to the right
Official gathering, British flags
Procession of dancers with spears and shields
Dancers performing in a building
Dancers with grass skirts performing in a building
Dancer with shield and spear, and hat
Dancers with shields and spears, with women dancers to the right
Sculpture of a female figure
Portrait of male dancer with spear
Map of southern Solomon Islands
Dancers with shields and spears
Dancers with spears, and some with bamboo pan pipes
Man in grass skirt and boys
Girls, one in grass skirt
Map of southern Solomon Islands
Dancers with shields and spears
Children in canoes with large leaves
Chopping a coconut palm
Chopping a coconut palm
Dancers with shields; large official gathering
Woman and child on beach
Dancers with shields; large official gathering
Official gathering including musicians with large panpipes, and British flag pennants
Man with a knife and stringbag
Group of women and children in a village
Commonwealth Trading Bank
Landscape of the coast and distant mountains
Landscape of the coast and distant mountains
Group of women and children in a village with large leaves
Anne Scheffler at shrine
Coastline landscape with houses
Dancers in white dresses with red trim, white handkerchiefs on head
Shrine with bowl with offerings
Dancers in white dresses with red trim, and musicians with bamboo instruments
Anne Scheffler at shrine
Man with shrine, pointing out skull
Anne Scheffler and artifact
Man with a knife and stringbag
Landscape of the coast and distant mountains
Choiseul. War making at Voza 1959 January 1
Choiseul and Simbo. Portraits, skulls, bones in shrines, and dancers 1958 - 1961
Dancers in white dresses with red trim, and musicians with bamboo instruments
Landscape of sea and coast
Group of people outside a house
Men mashing up taro root
Children on steps of a house
Dancers in white dresses with red trim, and musicians with bamboo instruments
Children in canoes with large leaves
Men posing on top of a pile
Island and sea landscape
Leader with clam and turtle shell ornament
Shrine with skull and ring offerings
Dolo, or burial urn, chiseled from a single block of limestone and set upon a pyramid of coral slab
Sculpture of human figure, and large clam shells with rings
Coastline with coconut palms
Houses and people in a village
Dolo, or burial urn, chiseled from a single block of limestone and set upon a pyramid of coral slab
Shrine with group of skulls
Shrine with shell jewelry, skulls, mortar and pestle
Woman and children next to a structure
People around a pile of coconut halves next to a building
Dancers with spears and shields
Dancers with white handkerchiefs and dresses; male musicians with bamboo instruments in background
Portrait of Anne Scheffler and Lola Tabatabana, with cat
European woman at waterside
Anne Scheffler in house
Coastline landscape from boat
Anne Scheffler at burial urn
Dolo, or burial urn, chiseled from a single block of limestone and set upon a pyramid of coral slab
People at the coastline with shored canoes
Men carrying canoe to sea; matching red skirt and headdress
Offering bowl in a shrine
Man with shrine with shelter, skulls, shell jewelry, mortar and pestle
Group of women dancers; women in front with shield and spear
Man and coast landscape
Man next to low building
New Guinea. Aerial views and views from the ship Tulagi 1960 April
Aerial view of New Guinea
Portraits of various people from the ship Tulagi
Aerial view of New Guinea
Aerial view of New Guinea
Aerial view of New Guinea
Aerial view of New Guinea
View of the sky, outside an airplane
Aerial view of New Guinea
Aerial view of New Guinea
Aerial view of New Guinea
Aerial view from airplane
Aerial view of New Guinea
View from the ship Tulagi
Aerial view of New Guinea
Aerial view of New Guinea
Aerial view of New Guinea
Norfolk Island 1958
Other Islands and Trips. Scenes of the New Hebrides [Vanuatu] and canoes, Harold W. Scheffler at Russels Airfield 1958
Dwelling and garden on the side of the road
Scenes of various islands
Scenes of various islands
Scenes of various islands
Scenes of the New Hebrides and canoes
Woman walking with child
Scenes of various islands
Harold W. Scheffler at Russels Airfield
Scenes of various islands
Canoeing, ornamented canoes
Ceramic bowl on a shrine
Fuel tanks on Norfolk island
Norfolk island, fuel tanks
Canoeing, ornamented canoes
Simbo. Shrines and volcanoes 1958 - 1961
Portrait, aerial scenery
Portrait, man beside shrine
Shrine, shell valuables
Distant view of Simbo island
Group portrait behind shrine
Group portrait, boys on top of shrine
Man gathering eggs out of megapode nest
Aerial view of Simbo island
Distant view of Simbo island
Distant view of Simbo island
Simbo. Skull houses 1959 April
Simbo village from Matindingi
Simbo--looking north to Ranongga
Simbo skull house at Ove
1967-1969
Choiseul. Group portraits
People taking goods to a boat
People on beach taking goods to a boat
People on beach taking goods to a boat
Gathering of shells and wood
Caucasian woman on a boat
Man with branches of bush
Man with branches of bush or tree
Man with branches of bush
Man behind tree branches
Man with branches of bush
Silas Eto, Holy Mama, leader of the Christian Fellowship Church, with followers in a marriage ceremony
Christian Fellowship Church members with flags and music, Caucasians taking pictures
Christian Fellowship Church members with flags and music
Christian Fellowship Church members with flags and music
Band practicing in a school
Christian Fellowship Church members with flags and music
Band practicing in a school
Sunset over a lagoon, with people in a canoe
Group portrait. Two Soloman island women with infant and Caucasian female
Christian Fellowship Church with altar
Christian Fellowship Church members with flags and music
Christian Fellowship Church members holding a flag
Silas Eto, Holy Mama, leader of the Christian Fellowship Church, with followers
Silas Eto, Holy Mama, leader of the Christian Fellowship Church, with followers
Marriage ceremony with Christian Fellowship Church members
Christian Fellowship Church members
Native American pow-wow
Christian Fellowship Church members with flags and music
Christian Fellowship Church member holding a flag
Group of people by the shore
Two members from the Christian Fellowship Church
Christian Fellowship Church members with flags and music
Christian Fellowship Church members, with flags and music
Two Caucasian women inside building
Caucasian woman, and Solomon Islander
Silas Eto, Holy Mama, leader of the Christian Fellowship Church, in church with Christian Fellowship Church members
Christian Fellowship Church members with flags and music
Christian Fellowship Church members with flags and music
Silas Eto, Holy Mama, leader of the Christian Fellowship Church, in church with Christian Fellowship Church members
Group portrait. Several people with red hibiscus flowers in hair, symbolizing membership of Christian Fellowship Church
Men holding up a Christian Fellowship Church flag
Men holding up a Christian Fellowship Church flag
School-age children, with two adult women
Christian Fellowship Church members
Caucasian woman in a cave
People in a canoe, with island in the background
Men with a skull shrine
People with a copra shed
Men with long wooden food bowl, mashing up food
Christian Fellowship Church members with flags and music
Christian Fellowship Church service
Christian Fellowship Church members with flags and music
Men in forest with petroglyph carvings
Man with petroglyph sculpture
Man in forest with petroglyph carvings
Men making petroglyph carving
Men making petroglyph carvings
Men making petroglyph carvings
Men making petroglyph carving
Petroglyph rock drawing
Man figured stone sculpture
Man making petroglyph carving
Men with petroglyph sculpture
Group portrait, boys wearing hibiscus flower on their head
Women in forest on edge of cliff
Men in forest with shrine
Woman sitting beside grave carving
Men making petroglyph carvings
Women in forest on edge of cliff
Caucasian woman standing behind petroglyph carvings
Man pointing at rock drawing
Men drawing on rock carvings
Aerial view of island from airplane
Women bathing on the beach
Five men and Caucasian woman in front of shrine and carving
Men with skull shrine and carving
Men in forest with petroglyph
Distant view of Sydney Opera House in Australia
Caucasian woman looking at the city from across the river
Group portrait on the beach
Caucasian woman drawing, landscape scenery
Caucasian woman with binoculars
Caucasian woman in a cave
Man and young boys in village
Man with branches of bush
Man with branches of tree
Man with branches of bush
Children on canoes, playing on the beach
Men in forest. Possible shrine
Caucasian woman sitting beside grave carving
Man standing beside petroglyph at a shrine
Man in forest. Possible shrine
Man pointing at rock drawing
Man standing beside petroglyph at a shrine
Beach scene in Australia
Caucasian person under waterfall
Distant view of Sydney Opera House in Australia
Caucasian woman admiring city
Old abandoned airplane, men on the side
Man and boy with petroglyph
Caucasian man, swimming in lake
Caucasian man, swimming in lake
Choiseul, New Guinea and Rendova. Part 2 1967 - 1969
Harold Scheffler with cat
Caucasian woman walking on wooden log
Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands
Caucasian woman on beach shore
Woman standing in field landscape
Several boats by the shore
Caucasian woman with cat
Portrait of Caucasian woman with Solomon Island woman
Portrait of woman and infant
Caucasian woman with two Solomon Island women and infant
Portrait of man, woman and girl
Men surrounding stone sculpture
Three men and Caucasian woman standing around a shrine
Men with skull shrine and man figured stone sculpture
Men weaving roof of building
Stone carved petroglyph
Men weaving roof of building
Shell valuables in skull shrine
Portrait of woman with infant boy
Man on top of coconut palm tree
Men mashing food on large wooden bowl
Portrait of man woman and girl
Caucasian woman with Solomon islander on canoe
Aerial view of island from airplane
Distant aerial view of island
Harold Scheffler with cat
Group portrait of women and children
Caucasian swimming in lake
Group portrait. Three men
Aerial view of island from airplane
Aerial view of island from airplane
Caucasian woman in creek
Caucasian woman on boat
Caucasian woman in creek
Caucasian woman in creek
Men with divding wrapped food for feast
Several people in village
Distant view of islands
Man on top of skull shrine
Distant view of small island
Men and women arriving on boat
Portrait of man, woman and infant
Man on top of skull shrine
Holy Mama with large wood carving
Portrait of two men by shore
Portrait of men near birds nest
Two women walking through garden
Building on side of roadway
Caucasian man and woman sitting on boat
Man on side of building
Caucasian woman and Solomon islander in front of building
Portrait of man over-looking island
Men on boat heading towards island
Man figured stone sculpture
Several people approaching canoes
Man and women over-looking island
Two people walking on beach
Man standing on dock near harbor
Christian Fellowship Church service
Men and children group portrait
Feast, coming of the Holy Spirit
Man over-looking island
Christian Fellowship Church members
Feast, celebrating coming of Holy Spirit
Two men carrying plates with food. Women and children in back
Distant view of Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands
Cookery. Women and children standing outside dwelling
Caucasian woman standing in creek
Women and children dancing with Caucasian woman
Caucasian man bathing in lake
Woman by the shore in front of WWII canon
Solomon Islanders gazing at people entering airplane
Old WWII canon by the shore
Caucasian woman standing beside creek
Caucasian woman sitting inside dwelling
Caucasian woman and Solomon Island woman
Woman standing in doorway inside dwelling
Portrait of woman. Solomon Islanders in back with canoe
Portrait of man. Village dwellings in back
Caucasian woman and Solomon Island woman
Portrait of man holding long rod and machete
Two Caucasian females with Solomon Islanders
Solomon Islander gazing at Caucasian woman entering airplane
Man and Caucasian woman on canoe
Caucasian woman with cats
Caucasian woman with cats
Village, and boat on shore
People at river bank, with boats
Gathering at an airplane
People at river bank, with boats
Village, and boat on shore
Ship and boats at a dock
Houses, lawns, and hedges
Two men seated at the shoreline
Frances Harwood with two men and miniature canoes
Musicians in a building, with audience
Frances Harwood and man with miniature canoe
Frances Harwood with two men and miniature canoes
Group with miniature canoe
Harold Scheffler with two men and miniature canoes
Frances Harwood with two men and miniature canoe
Frances Harwood and man with miniature canoe
Frances Harwood and Harold Scheffler in a boat at sea
Group in a field outside a large building
Women and children near a house
Boys in front of church
Houses, lawns, and hedges
Anne Scheffler in church, and next to sculptures
Man with writing on wooden boards
Anne Scheffler in front of a prayer house
Old man and boys group portrait
Coastline with cloud cover
Coastline with cloud cover
Mixed group, formal: people in white dress with headbands and red sashes, assortment of flags, and musicians to their right
Girls dressed in white and holding white flags inside a building
Group of people holding white flags in front of Holy Mama
Crucifixion sculpture, church service
People around a building
Woman and man in front of a chief memorial
Shoreline view from a boat
View of houses on the shoreline from a boat
People at sea in canoes, and on rocky pier
Woman and man in front of a chief memorial
Group and Francis Harwood
Man and Francis Harwood shaking hands
Coconut palms, and a village
People in a clearing near a house
People in a clearing near a house
People in a boat at shore
Men in and around a building
People at sea in canoes, and on rocky pier
Docked boat, and buildings
Europeans on the patio of a building
Father Laughman and boys coming down hillside steps
Men and boys in front of a building
Father Laughman in a chair in front of his house
Father Laughman in a chair in front of his house
Mixed group portrait in front of a house
Woman and man in front of a chief memorial
People swimming at the shore
Anne Scheffler and Francis Harwood wading at the shore
People swimming at the shore
Man in a cave with skulls
Mixed group in a building; woman holding a white flag
Mixed group at night; musician
Frances Harwood with two men and miniature canoe
Anne Scheffler and child on a pier
Boys playing football in a field
Old man and boys group portrait
Father Laughman in a chair, with boy in front of his house
Father Laughman, man, and boy coming down hillside steps
Girls dressed in white and holding white flags inside a building
Men with tractor and lumber
Houses in a village, at the shoreline
Woman and man in front of a chief memorial
Crane on river, and lumber on river bank
Man and sacrificial stone
Woman and man in front of a chief memorial
Mixed group, formal: people in white dress with headbands and red sashes, assortment of flags, and musicians to their right
Men with tractor and lumber
Woman and child on a pier
Group of women in a building: seated, holding plants, and flowers in hair
Mixed group in a building, with white dress, red flowers in hair
Mixed group seated in a building, with Holy Mama standing in center; most are in white dress with red flowers in hair
Holy Mama in a building with flower covered wall in background
Mixed group seated in a building, with Holy Mama in center; most are in white dress with red flowers in hair
New Georgia. Christian Fellowship Church and Paradise Village
Rendova. Hopongo and Paradise Village, Frances Harwood and others
Holy Mama in a church with others
People and boats at the shore
Group holding Christian Fellowship Church flags; band also present
Island from a distance, and people in boats at sea
Man at Christian Fellowship Church
Anne Scheffler by a prayer house
Francis Harwood and two men holding a miniature canoe
Frances Harwood and two men
Holy Mama in a church with others
People and boat at a pier
Halved coconuts on the shore
Man with writing replicas on wooden board
Holy Mama and two girls in front of church
Man with Christian Fellowship Church flag, which is red, white, and blue, with white stars
Christian Fellowship Church flag with green and white stripes, and stars
Girl in white dress on a platform
Holy Mama in church with plant decorations, and sculpture of a winged figure
Holy Mama and women with plants and flowers
Anne Scheffler on the patio of her house
Several people on the floor in trance, in front of spectators, and Holy Mama
Church with seated group; wearing white clothing and red flowers in hair
Man and Christian Fellowship Church flag, with star inside blue and red box
Christian Fellowship Church flag with star, rainbow, flowers
Choiseul
Rendova
Tape 9 -Torres Straits Islands. [Copied from] Jeremy Beckett Recording. Saibai Island 1961
Unidentified transcriptions - Handwritten notes undated