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Series VAMBRYM - Vanuatu - Ambrym Island - North Ambrym, South East Ambrym, Lonwolwol, Dakaka, Port Vato
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Date Range5 July 1956 - 3 July 1958?, last record is 1958 (summer)
Quantity2.95 cm, 18 items
ProvenanceCapell, Arthur
Description

This series contains material from North Ambrym, South East Ambrym, Lonwolwol, Dakaka, and Port Vato, concentrating on the Lonwolwol and Baiap languages. It includes biblical extracts in Lonwolwol, grammatical notes on Lonwolwol, Sulul, and Ambrymese, notes on the phonetics of Lonwolwol and Olal, comparative lists of sentences in local languages, typed papers on anthropological aspects of Ambrym, and correspondence between Capell and G.B. Milner, Harland Kerr, and W.F. Paton.

Located at 16.20° S and 168.20° E in the Pacific Ocean, Ambrym is an island in Vanuatu's archipelago of the New Hebrides, known for its highly active volcanic activity that includes lava lake formation. With 677.7 km˛ of surface area, is the fifth largest island in the country.

With the neighbour island of Malakula forms the province of Malampa. It's [sic] largest settlement is the village of Eas. The population of 10.000 inhabitants lives mainly of [sic] coconut plantations.

For more information: External site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrym

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Inventory Listing

AC2-VAMBRYM11 Luke 15:11-32 in Lonwolwol, Ambrym
Ambrym, Vanuatu.
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Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM11
Date range no date    Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier AMBRYM11 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM12 Phonetics and the Alphabet (about Lonwolwol, Ambrym)
Ambrym, Vanuatu.
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Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM12
Date range no date    Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier AMBRYM12 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM13 Elicitation sheet (English only). Responses (?) handwritten.
Ambrym, Vanuatu.
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Typescript/manuscript.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM13
Date range no date    Quantity 0.03 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier AMBRYM13 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM14 Revised Melanesian Word List filled in, in boht pencil (Baiap) and pen, Langue d'Olal'
Ambrym, Vanuatu.
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Typescript.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM14
Date range no date    Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier AMBRYM14 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM15 Sentences
Ambrym, Vanuatu.
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Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM15
Date range no date    Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier AMBRYM15 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM1A Bound dissertation (draft). W. F. Paton, The language and life of Ambrym, and Island in the New Hebrides.
Ambrym, Vanuatu.
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Typescript (carbon). (Paton's PhD thesis). In addition to introducing material, the work is in independent sections, each with self-contained page numbering, viz.
Tales of Ambrym pp 1-50
Customs of Ambrym pp 1-72
Ambrym Grammar pp 1-74
Dictionaries
English-Ambrym (2 dialects) pp 1-63
Ambrym-English pp 1-207

Note: Sections of Paton's thesis have been published in revised form (cf Pacific Linguistics). It is too large to copy into the computerised database, but will be lodged at the National Library of Australia's archive as part of the Capell Papers. It was originally submitted for the award of D. Litt at an unspecified British university. The correspondence is copied and cross-referenced. Peter J.F. Newton.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM1A
Date range 195?    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier AMBRYM1A Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM1B1 Correspondence from author and referees (copies). 1) A Capell. Dr Capell's report on thesis by W.F. Paton…
Ambrym, Vanuatu.
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Typescript. Inside front cover of thesis.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM1B1
Date range ca 1957    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier AMBRYM1B1 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM1B2 Correspondence from author and referees (copies). 2) G.B. Milner. Dr G.B. Milner's report on thesis presented by W.F. Paton.
Ambrym, Vanuatu.
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Typescript. Inside front cover ot thesis.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM1B2
Date range ca 1957    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier AMBRYM1B2 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM1B3 Correspondence from author and referees (copies). 3) Dr Harland Kerr to W.F. Paton with critical comments on thesis.
Ambrym, Vanuatu.
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Typescript. Inside front cover of thesis.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM1B3
Date range 27 March 1957    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier AMBRYM1B3 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM1B4 Correspondence from author and referees (copies). 4) 2 notes from Paton to Capell re encouragement and criticism.
Ambrym, Vanuatu.
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Manuscript. Inside front cover of thesis.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM1B4
Date range 5 July 1956 - 3 July 1958    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier AMBRYM1B4 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM21 Notes on the Sulul dialect of Ambrym.
North Ambrym, S.E. Ambrym, Lonwolwol, Dakaka, Port Vato, Ambrym Island, Central Vanuatu.
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Manuscript/typescript. From map in folio 2, this is a Lonwolwol dialect, probably spoken north of Craig Cove. Unknown author.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM21
Date range no date    Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier MBRYM21 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM22 Ambrymese notes.
North Ambrym, S.E. Ambrym, Lonwolwol, Dakaka, Port Vato, Ambrym Island, Central Vanuatu.
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Manuscript (both sides of some sheets). In Capell's hand. Written in pencil (need for salvage work). Grammatical notes on Lonwolwol & N. Ambrym. Map of sites of Lonwolwol dialects. Also some Malekula comparisons.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM22
Date range no date    Quantity 0.03 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier MBRYM22 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM23 Ambrym R6 class system.
North Ambrym, S.E. Ambrym, Lonwolwol, Dakaka, Port Vato, Ambrym Island, Central Vanuatu.
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Manuscript. Notes based on Layard's Men of Malekula or Atchin texts. Misty[?] chart. In Capell's hand with some short hand.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM23
Date range no date    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier MBRYM23 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM401 Offprint, Robert & Barbara Lane, The evolution of Ambrym kinship.
Ambrym (Lonwolwol, North Ambrym, Dakaka), Vanuatu, Ambrym Island.
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Typescript. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, 14(2) 107-135. Contains as acknowledgement to Capell. Also an added reference in Capell's hand. Rich source of comparative kinship terms derived from historical sources.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM401
Date range 1958 (summer)    Quantity 0.15 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier MBRYM401 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM402 Notes on Sulol (Ambrim) possessive, from typescript of late W.H. Rivers, correlated with mss notes by an unknown commentator.
Ambrym (Lonwolwol, North Ambrym, Dakaka), Vanuatu, Ambrym Island.
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Typescript. Collated by Capell. A note by him states that some of the words exemplified seem to belong to the Fanting Dialect (i.e. Lonwolwol in S.W. Ambrym).

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM402
Date range no date    Quantity 0.03 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier MBRYM402 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM403 Handwritten text in Ambrym language. Title may be "Dal…ge mu:utin mijin ge St. John terhu."
Ambrym (Lonwolwol, North Ambrym, Dakaka), Vanuatu, Ambrym Island.
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Manuscript. Contains a comparative word list Ranon-Barap-Lon (=North Ambrym-Dakaka-Lonwolwol) but no English translation. In Capell's hand.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM403
Date range no date    Quantity 0.04 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier MBRYM403 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM404 List of words showing affixes in an Ambrym language (thought to be Barap (Dakaka).
Ambrym (Lonwolwol, North Ambrym, Dakaka), Vanuatu, Ambrym Island.
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Manuscript. In Capell's hand, based on notes by the missionary Deacon.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM404
Date range no date    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier MBRYM404 Series VAMBRYM
AC2-VAMBRYM405 Note on Olal vowel system (North Ambrym).
Ambrym (Lonwolwol, North Ambrym, Dakaka), Vanuatu, Ambrym Island.
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Manuscript. Capell's hand.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-VAMBRYM405
Date range no date    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier MBRYM405 Series VAMBRYM
Published by the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures,
Listed by Peter Newton, Austehc and PARADISEC
HTML edition Nicholas Thieberger
Updated 11 October 2006
http://paradisec.org.au/fieldnotes/VAMBRYM.htm

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