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TANGU, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (1952)

 

Research and Fieldnotes

Box 1, Folder 1-2

Field diaries

General note

Includes index at back of text.
Box 1, Folder 3

Research index and appendix

Box 1, Folder 4

Summary notes (various topics)

Box 1, Folder 5

Artwork

Box 1, Folder 6

Culture

Box 1, Folder 7

Disputes

Box 1, Folder 8

Dreams and stories

Box 1, Folder 9

Family/genealogy diagramming

Box 1, Folder 10

Food

Box 2, Folder 1

Gardens and bush

Box 2, Folder 2

Government and mission

Box 2, Folder 3

History

Box 2, Folder 4-6

Kinship

Box 2, Folder 7

Linguistics notebooks

Box 2, Folder 8

Maps

General note

Hand-drawn maps of villages and settlements in the Tangu area.
Oversize MC-006, Folder 07

Maps

General note

Bismarck Achipelago map (German) with handrawn Tangu area map on verso (1934) | Handrawn map of area surrounding Mangigum (undated) | Sketchs of Tangu area settlements (1952) | Annotated maps of Papua New Guinea (1952), including where other anthropologists had done research.
Oversize MC-006, Folder 08

Maps

General note

Australian New Guinea (Ministry of Post-war Reconstruction Regional Planning Division) | Map of Lae, New Guinea (Aust. Survey Corps, 1943) | Combined topographical map of Bogia and Madang (1944) | Markham and Sag Sag, New Guinea (Aust. Survey Corps, 1943) | Headwaters of the Purari and Yuat Rivers (Royal Geographical Society, 1933) | Karkar Island (US War Dept., 1944) | Maps of Bogia East, Malala West, Uvo West, and Tamol East in Northeast New Guinea (US War Dept., 1943-44)
Box 3, Folder 1-4

M.1-M.4 notes

General note

Topics include: Garamb, bamboo shoots, evil and moral order, theft and shame, bush mystique, Ranguma lore, birth, sickness, death, spirits, gods, ancestors, archetypes, etc.
Box 3, Folder 5

Personal histories

Box 3, Folder 6

Settlements

General note

Notes on settlement histories (who lives where and why); includes Wanatzir, Mangigum, and Riekitzer.
Box 3, Folder 7

Shame - Writing drafts

Box 3, Folder 8

Sketches

Box 3, Folder 9

Sorcery - Writing drafts

Box 3, Folder 10-18

Stories and myths (notes numbered N.1-N.31)

Box 3, Folder 19

Work

 

Photographs

Box 4, Folder 1-2

Negatives

Box 4, Folder 3

Negatives and contact sheets, with notes and index

Box 4, Folder 4-5

Prints

Box 4, Folder 6

Photograph album

 

MALAYA (1954-1956)

Box 5, Folder 1

Correspondence and itineraries

Box 5, Folder 2

Report on fieldwork in Batu Pahat, Jahore

Box 5, Folder 3

The story of Batu Pahat - Typescript

Box 5, Folder 4

Research reports and summaries

General note

Includes diary from July 5-16, the very beginning of Malaya work (where Burridge selects Minyak Beku as his place to study) as well as some additional notes.
Box 5, Folder 5

Field diary (Minyak Bekua and Batu Pahat)

General note

Index at page 270.
Box 5, Folder 6

Research notebook - Settlements

General note

Notes on Kuda Kepang, the district of Batu Pahat and Minyak Beku.
Box 6, Folder 1-2

Notes - Property and land

General note

Tables with data (owner, dates of ownership, usage of property, etc.) of properties in Minyak Beku, Bindu and Parit Sulong.
Box 6, Folder 3-8

Minyak Beku notes

General note

Extensive notes; topics include: economy, offices held, indigenous population, genealogies, values, Islam, race relations, kinship.
Box 6, Folder 9

Notes - Penghulus

Box 6, Folder 10

Notes - Local councils in Minyak Beku and Parit Sulong

Box 6, Folder 11

Notebooks

Box 7, Folder 1-2

Govt English School, Batu Pahat - Student essays

Box 7, Folder 3

Notes - Genealogy/family

Box 7, Folder 4

Notes - Islam and Malay values

Box 7, Folder 5

Material from Office of the British Advisor, Jahore

Box 7, Folder 6-8

Photographs and negatives

Box 7, Folder 9-10

Maps

Box 7, Folder 11

Malaya history typescripts and short articles

Box 7, Folder 12

Malacca souvenir handbook

 

MISSIONS - NORTHWEST AUSTRALIA AND PNG

Box 8, Folder 1

Diary 1968

Box 8, Folder 2

Field notebooks 1-4 1968

General note

Describes Burridge's time in Broome, La Grange, Lombadina, Beagle Bay.
Box 8, Folder 3

Background material 1968

Box 8, Folder 4

Report on field reconnaissance in Broome and neighboring parts 1967-1968

Box 8, Folder 5

Travel diary - Mission research (multiple locations) 1972

Box 8, Folder 6

Travel diary - Missions and missionaries, Australia 1972-1973

Box 8, Folder 7

Universal Brotherhood Mission, West Australia 1974

Box 8, Folder 8

Notes/observations from La Grange mission 1976-1977

General note

Includes Manala (Mangala) language guide.
Box 9, Folder 1

Photographs, NW Australia ca. 1972

Box 9, Folder 2

Travel diary including Tangu, with correspondence and prints 1970-1972

Box 9, Folder 3

Photographs, PNG ca. 1972

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Box 9, Folder 4

Kenneth Burridge interview with Sjoerd Jaarsma 1995 April 3

General note

Interview touches on work and relationships between Burridge, New Guineans, and missionaries; Burridge's life leading up to his time in New Guinea. Interview dates from approx. 1995; transcript produced in 2005.
Box 9, Folder 5

Notes on Canada and California missions 1980-1981

Box 9, Folder 6-7

Travel journals - India 1980, 1992

Box 9, Folder 8

Unidentified sound recording - 3 reel-to-reel tapes undated

General note

Notes on tape include "Lombadina songs," frogs, and "Butcher Joe."