Reverend Henry Nisbet papers, 1835-1876

MLMSS 3093

fonds

1835-1876

422723

Microfilm : Diaries, 1835-1858).
Microfilm : Diaries, 1858-1876).

10 volumes and 3 boxes of textual material - manuscript, printed

Rev. Henry Nisbet, 1818-1876, was born in Glasgow and served as a missionary for the London Missionary Society in Samoa, arriving there in 1841. From 1868 to 1870 he travelled to England, Scotland and Canada and it was during this trip that his first wife Sarah, nee Crook, died and he remarried Lydie Lantaret in 1870, returning with her to Samoa

Volume 1
Guide and index to correspondents compiled in the Mitchell Library 39 ff.

Volumes 2-10
a. Correspondence, 1836-1876
Includes reports to London Missionary Society, family letters and correspondence with other missionaries, including Rev. A. W. Murray, Rev. George Pratt, Rev. J. P. Sunderland and Rev. George Turner

Boxes 11-12
b. Diaries, 1835-1876: Include accounts of voyages from London to Sydney aboard William Lushington, 1840-1841, from Sydney to London aboard Parramatta, 1868, and from London back to Sydney aboard Zemindar, 1870. Also included are accounts of several voyages aboard the London Missionary Society barque John Williams I, a list of her voyages, 1860-1865, the voyages after May 1864 referring to John Williams II, and various other references to the barque's movements
Diary no. 4, MLMSS 3039 / Item 5 includes a record of letters sent and received, 1840-1867, a list of subscribers to the Reporter and a list of names and addresses
Diary no. 9, MLMSS 3093/12 Item 3, includes an address to various terms and concepts, 1840, and an index t5o sermons
Diary no. 10, MLMSS 3093/12 Item 4 includes a brief list of letters sent and received, 1868.
Diary no. 12, MLMSS 3093/12 Item 6, includes a list of letters sent, 1871-1876

Box 13
c. Sermons, talks relating to missionary work, 1835-1875
MLMSS 3093/13 Item 107, originally titled "Sermon or talk in Samoan", is actually written in the Kwamera language (local name "Nafe") of SE Tanna Island in Vanuatu, where Nisbet was located in 1842
d. Miscellaneous papers, 1836-1870, including language notes

This collection includes pictorial material. For location and description of this see Pic.Acc.4137 in Pic.Source file

English, Austronesian languages

Kwamera language used in MLMSS 3093/13/Item 107 was identified by Alessandro Duranti, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, UCLA, August 2017
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-666 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011