Guide to the Papers of George Kingsley Roth (as filmed by the AJCP), 1872-1959

Summary

Collection number:

M2780-M2793

Creator:

Roth, George Kingsley

Extent:

110 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Correspondence 1872-1959, notes, photographs, off-prints, book reviews relating to society and culture, including language, administration, totemism, ceremonies, housing, kava ceremonies, music and art. Correspondents include A.B. Brewstar, Lorimer Fison, Edward W. Gifford, Harry Wright, J.B. Thurston and Robert Swanston.

The material is roughly sorted by subject. In addition to subject title, name files carry a reference to G.K. Roth's copy of British Association, Notes and Queries in Anthropology, 1874; these are omitted in this list. Some of the material is in Fijian.

Box 11 contains papers collected by Adolph B. Brewster (1854-1937), son of Paul and Ellen Lowe Joske (nee Brewster) of Suva, Fiji, member of the Fijian Colonial Service, and author of The Hill Tribes of Fiji, 1922.

Biographical / Historical:

George Kingsley Roth (1903-1960). Anthropologist and administrator in Fiji 1920s and 1930s. Secretary for Fijian Affairs, 1954-1957. Hon. Keeper of Fijian Collection, Cambridge University Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology, 1958-1960. Author, Fijian Way of Life, Melbourne, 1953 (2nd ed., 1973). For a bibliography of G.K. Roth's writings, see P.A. Snow, A Bibliography of Fiji, Tonga and Rotuma, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1969. G.K. Roth's thesis 'Modern Fiji - changes in Native Custom' (M.Sc. Cantab., 1937) is available in the University Library.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1539108] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Cambridge University Library. West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR, England.

Collection Reference: ADD 8780. For further information, see Cambridge University Library (https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0012%2FMS%20Add.8780).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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