MS 2004-23 Description and photographs of the Wagi Valley, Papua New Guinea
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2004-23
name: label: Collector
content: Coffee, Richard J.
place: label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs
topic: label: Topic
content: Indigenous peoples -- Papua New Guinea
creator: label: Collector
content: Coffee, Richard J.
culture: label: Culture
content: Papuans
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Prior to World War II, the territories of Papua and New Guinea were administered by the Commonwealth of Australia under mandates from both the British government and the League of Nations. The Japanese invasion in December 1941 brought an end to civil administration and much of the territory of New Guinea was occupied by Japanese forces before being recaptured by Australian and American forces during the final months of the war. In his manuscript, Carney describes visiting a government settlement that had been re-established by the Australians in early 1944.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Pages (11 x 8.5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 2 Items (photographic prints , black & white, 3.5 x 4.5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (photographic print , black & white, 5 x 3.5 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1945
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was donated by Barbara Coffee, wife of Richard Coffee.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2004-23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Typescripts
label: Type
content: Photocopies
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Typescripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Photocopies
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection is comprised of materials concerning Papua, New Guinea, collected by Richard J. Coffee of the United States Air Force. The collection contains a 19-page copy of a typed manuscript entitled "Daily Jottings On a Weeks Visit" by Herschel W. Carney. The manuscript details Carney's visit to the Wagi Valley during his service in the Air Corps. Carney spent a week in the interior of Papua New Guinea during July 1945 and describes the people and environment. The collection also includes three black-and-white photographic prints depicting indigneous men, women and children.