A letter of condolence to Ellis from the office of the Resident Commissioner on the Gilbert Islands on the death of Florence, his first wife, who was the first white woman to live on Ocean Island. Ellis subsequently married her sister Box 20 Unit ID: 3
Also dealing with the postwar period but in this case with relations between the Phosphate Commissioners and the Nauruans; the Commissioners and the fertiliser industry; shipping matters and postwar reconstruction Box 31-32
Also drafts of letters from MW, 1988-1989, to Margaret Greene and Sharman Pretty on the NMCA Articles of Association Box 68 Unit ID: 91
An account (1937) by Head Chief Detudano of how Christianity came to Nauru (Item 8) Box 13 Unit ID: 86
An account of the negotiations between the Company and the governments of Australia, New Zealand and the UK for the acquisition of the Nauru mining rights Box 27 Unit ID: 7
'An article on Damien Parer' - Notes and drafts for Eureka Street article, 'My Friend Parer', October 1994 (published November 1994). MW comments on the image of Parer presented in biographies by Neil McDonald and Niall Brennan. Drafts and notes on points to be inserted Box 66 Unit ID: 80
An autobiographical sketch of pp 11 tracing Ellis's 64 years in the phosphate industry written just before he died (at the time he had not finally decided to retire, hoping to stay on long enough to become the first Christmas Island Commissioner.) Box 20 Unit ID: 12
An early typescript of the instructions left for his assistant when Ellis went on from Ocean Island to Nauru to complete his prospecting trip Box 20 Unit ID: 2