Odds 'n' Ends
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Sir Arthur Grimble wrote Pattern of Islands.
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Conversation with Joan Teiawa
Joan recommends contacting Gordon Groves, who is now in Virginia. He was an oceanographer from U. Hawaii who has written books about the Kiribati language. "A very interesting man." Married to Taribata by Vaskess. Tried contacting him via e-mail. No reply.
Joan will try to find Ashley Wickham's e-mail for me, too. He is a Kiribati journalist who stays in touch with Groves. Worked with him
on a newsletter in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands.
He may have an e-mail address for Gordon Grove (no joy).
We should talk with Peter Emberson, a journalist and student at USP. He edits a newsletter and was a student of her daughter at USP.
- Bernadette Rounds Ganilau ('nganilau' or 'gnanilau'?). She is a knowledgeable media personality.
- Try to find Paddy MacDonald's daughters? Veronica ("Ronnie")? In England? Hillary? Sally?
- Write an article for PABICA about the search?
- Jimi Samisoni, one of Gilchrist's students.
- Michael Field, Auckland reporter.
- Contact Gilchrist's nephew?
- Michael Benefield
- Claringbold, who has published three volumes on the lost warbirds of Papua New Guinea
- Dr. George and Shirley Hennings in Auckland. He was in private practice, but knew all the doctors in the colonial service.
- Get an introduction to the British Ambassador through the Parkinsons.
- Prof Ron Crocombe at Auckland.
- Has anyone ever tried to locate Sir Harry's full diary? From a South Seas Diary.
- Bruce T. Burne:
Have we checked the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau?
Hewitt? The file lists for Kiribati may have
been microfilmed. [I seem to remember that there
was a microfilm machine listed in the discussion of
the Central Archives.]Some records may even be in Vanuatu. Paddy wanted
to share the wealth.Richard Overy
Wellington
Nat'l Archives?
He is an archivist and should be known by the
folks in Auckland.
1228414 WPHC 4/IV 4192/40-4510/40
Bones file.
Ballpoint pen under "Other Connected Papers":
R39
B946
Looks careless. But who knows?
Steve Innes doesn't recognize it as a call number.
Natalie says the last note from Sir Harry
looks like: "Seen. Pa." That matches the
instruction from 1945 to use B.U. and P.A.
for "bring up" and "put away."
Hanlon's Razor:
"Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by ignorance."