Pacific, 1929; 1972

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Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 36

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Comprises:

folder 1 (fols. 1-21) voyage from San Francisco to Pago Pago, revised typescript, 18-31 Aug 1929
folder 2 (fols. 1-54) journey from Hawai'i to Pago Pago, typescript and manuscript fragments; also, the revised version of her arrival in Pago Pago and the visit to Ava's village, 1929
folder 3 (fols. 1-81) account of her visit to Apia, revised manuscript with fragments of a typescript version; also, notes taken from the report to the Permanent Mandates Commission on the administration of Samoa by the mandatory power, headed by a reminder to herself to be careful, when revising the diary, not to include anything she could not have known at the time of her visit, 1929
folder 4 (fols. 1-42) account of her visit to Western Samoa, rough draft of revision, manuscript and typescript fragments, Aug 1929
folder 5 (fols. 1-99) account of her visit to Western Samoa and Fiji, manuscript and the version typed in May 1972, with manuscript corrections, Aug 1929
folder 6 (fols. 1-42) account of the visit to Fiji, manuscript version, manuscript revision and typescript of the first version, Aug 1929
folder 7 (fols. 1-96) fragments of the Samoan diary, much cannibalised and rewritten for the broadcast series Travelling on Trust, 1929 (see MSS. Perham 353).

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7 folders

MSS. Perham 36

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