Reverend George Hunn Nobbs, papers, 1829-1885, with related papers, 1937-1941

A 2881

fonds

1829-1941

940074

Microfilm : CY 346, frames 1-1231 (vols. 1-5)
Microfilm : CY 349, frames 1-428 (vol. 6)
Microfilm : CY 350, frames 1-1029 (vols. 7-8)
Microfilm : CY 351, frames 1-952 (vols. 9-10)
Microfilm : CY 352, frames 1-540 (vols. 11-13)

13 volumes of textual material

G. H. Nobbs, 1799-1884, arrived at Pitcairn Island in 1828, where he became teacher, and
conducted religious services. He went to England and was ordained by the Anglican Church in 1852, returning to Pitcairn in 1853. Nobbs accompanied the Pitcairn Islanders in 1856 and lived there until his death. He married Sarah Christian, granddaughter of Fletcher Christian, in 1829 and they had ten children

Vol. 1
Guide compiled in the Mitchell Library (21 pages). An alphabetical index is in the guide

Series 01: Nobbs family papers, 1851-1881
Vol. 2
Includes correspondence between G. H. Nobbs and other members of the Nobbs family, and a journal, 1851-1853, kept at Pitcairn Island by one of the Rev. G .H. Nobb's children

Series 02: Rev. George Hunn Nobbs, 1829-1881
Vols. 3-10
A. Manuscripts and personal papers, 1829-1876. Includes agreement between Nobbs and the Pitcairn Islanders relating to his duties as pastor and schoolmaster, 1829, deeds of gifts of land to Nobbs by the islanders, 1832-1847, poems by Nobbs and drafts of his sermons, with various accounts of the history of Pitcairn Island in the handwriting of G. H. Nobbs and others
B. Correspondence, 1831-1881. Correspondents include Sir T. D. Acland, 1852-1870, Rev. W. Armstrong, 1846-1853, lady D. Belcher, 1852-1858, Lord Belmore, 1868-1872, G. Boddington, 1854-1879, B. Brancker, 1868?-1881, Rev. S. C. Damon, 1848-1868, A. Denison, 1857-1859, Sir W. Denison, 1856-1860, J. D. Glennie, 1861-1871, F. Heywood, 1852-1856, B. Hill, 1853-1859, Sir W. J. Hooker, 1852, Sir R. H. Inglis, 1852-1855, A. L. Mills, 1857-1879, A. Mills, 1847-1878, Sir F. Moresby, 1851-1870, M. F. Moresby, 1851-1859, Rev. T. B. Murray, 1852-1860, Rev. J. C. Patteson, 1856-1868, A. A. Robinson, 1856-1863, Rev. G. A. Selwyn, 1859?-1867, Rev. J. R. Selwyn, 1878-1880, Baron de Thiery, 1851-1862, F. B. Toulmin, 1868-1869, F. F. Turville, 1862-1867, Rev. J. B. Wilcocks, 1859-1880 and Sir J. Young, 1861?-1868

Vols. 11-12
C. Papers, 1840-1875, including correspondence between various persons relating to Pitcairn Islanders, copy of statement by Sir Francis Moresby, 1867, and lists of provisions and donations to the islanders, 1852-ca. 1878

Series 03: Correspondence, 1847-1941
Concerns the origin of the G. H. Nobbs collection and concerning the constitutional powers of the Norfolk Island administration. Xerox copies. With typescript contents list of the Nobbs collection compiled by J. D. McComish, 1938-1939

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-406B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012