Aesthetic Realism and Anthropology: Papua New Guinea - A Ph.D. dissertation by Arnold Perey on the Oksapmin of West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. At Home in Vanuatu - A photo-exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences showing cultural aspects of Vanuatu. Pioneers of Island Melanesia - Investigates the prehistory of Island Melanesia, from the time of first settlement some 40,000 years ago until the arrival of speakers of Austronesian languages less than 4,000 years ago. Maring Hunters and Traders: Production and Exchange in the Papua New Guinea Highlands - Full text of the book by Christopher Healey. History and Tradition in Melanesian Anthropology - Full text of the 1992 book edited by James G. Carrier. The Heart of the Pearl Shell: The Mythological Dimension of Foi Sociality - Full text of the 1988 book by James F. Weiner. Wage, Trade, and Exchange in Melanesia: A Manus Society in the Modern State - Full text of the 1989 book by James G. Carrier and Achsah H. Carrier. Lecture on the Melanesian Mission - Full text of an 1863 lecture by R. H. Codrington on the status of the Anglican Mission in Melanesia. "A Selection of Fundamentals": The Intellectual Background of the Melanesian Mission of the Church of England, 1850-1914 - Full text of a 1988 Ph.D. dissertation by Sara Harrison Sohmer. The Legacy of Robert Henry Codrington - An article by Allan K. Davidson on Codrington's impact on Melanesia. The Finished Course, Being Recollections of Bishop Patteson on the Anniversary of His Death (1873) - Full text of the 1873 publication, "The Finished Course, Being Recollections of Bishop Patteson on the Anniversary of His Death". Religion and Customs in Melanesia - Full text of a 1949 booklet. Essays on the Depopulation of Melanesia - Full text of a 1922 book, edited by W. H. R. Rivers. Melanesia To-day: A Study Circle Book - Full text of a 1927 book compiled by Arthur Innes Hopkins. MelanesiaGenWeb Project - Genealogy and History from the Islands of Melanesia.