Other Contents

• For translations of Lettres reçues d’Océanie by Fr Charles Girard SM click here.
• For Letters from Oceania collected and translated by Br Edward Clisby FMS click here.
• For a book of texts: for the study of marist spirituality compiled by edwin keel sm click here.
• For A Piety Able to Cope by Fr Jan Snijders SM click here.

Other Primary Historical Documents

Letters of Jean François Yvert

Biographical information about Jean Yvert

• 01 to Colin, Caen, 10 Sep 1839
• 02 to Colin, Caen, 2 Jan 1840
• 03 to Poupinel, Caen, 1 Jun 1840
• 04 to Poupinel, Caen, 6 Sep 1840
• 05 to Poupinel, Caen, 20 Sep 1840
• 06 to Poupinel, Caen, 29 Sep 1840
• 07 to the Bishop of Angoulême, Lyon, 15 Oct 1840
• 08 to Colin, Paris, 27 Oct 1840 (1)
• 09 to Colin, Paris, 27 Oct 1840 (2)
• 10 to Colin, Paris, 27 Oct 1840 (3)
• 11 to Poupinel, Paris, 27 Oct 1840
• 12 to Colin, Paris, 31 Oct 1840
• 13 to Colin, London, 17 Nov 1840
• 14 to Poupinel and Colin, London, 24 Nov 1840
• 15 to Fr Jean-Claude Colin, New Zealand, 22 Jan 1842
• 16 Observations on the NZ Mission to Jean Forest, c. 8 May 1842
• 17 to Fr Jean-Claude Colin, 22 May 1842
• 18* to Poupinel, Kororareka, 7 Jan 1843
• 19 to Fr Victor Poupinel, Kororareka, 4 Nov 1843
• 20 to Fr Victor Poupinel, Wellington, 2 Oct 1856

Marist Archives Wellington

Letters from Oceania not in LRO

• Fr Antoine Garin to his parents, on a world map, NZ, 1840-1

Letters to Oceania

Copies from APM translated in Wellington

• Fr Poupinel to Fr Petit, Lyons, 3 Nov 1840
• Fr Poupinel to Fr Petit, Lyons, 8 Nov 1850

Letters within New Zealand

Copies from APM translated in Wellington

• 06 Dec 1841 - Fr Jean Pezant to Fr Jean-Baptiste Épalle (extract), Tauranga
• 19 Dec 1841 - Fr Claude-André Baty to Fr Jean-Baptiste Épalle, Wairoa
• 15 Jan 1842 - Fr Servant to Fr Garin, Purakau
• 26 Mar 1842 - Fr Rozet to Fr Garin, Opotiki
• 06 Aug 1842 - Fr Forest to Fr Garin, Auckland
• 12 Oct 1842 - Fr Antoine Garin to Marists on New Zealand mission
• 18 Oct 1842 - Fr Antoine Garin to Br Florentin, Kororareka
• 18 Oct 1842 - Fr Antoine Garin to Fr Tripe, Kororareka
• 02 Aug 1843 – Fr Antoine Garin to Fr Louis-Maxime Petit, Kororareka
• 28 Nov 1844 - Fr Claude-André Baty to Br Claude-Marie, Kororareka,

Letters between New Zealand and Australia

Copies from APM translated in Wellington

• Fr Forest to Fr Dubreuil, Auckland, 7 August 1845

'Historical Documents' Series

• HD1
  • HD1:001-9
  • HD1:003-9
  • HD1:010,11,11i Fr Perret to Fr Colin, Sydney, 3 Aug 1841
  • HD1:031-32 Fr Favre to Grimes, Lyon, 5 Dec 1875
  • HD1:036-37 Couloigner to a Marist Father, Lyon, 10 Nov 1879
  • HD1:043-44 Fr J Favre to a Marist Father, Lyon, 29 Mar 1880
  • HD1:047-48 Fr J Darnand(?) to ??, Sainte Foy-en-Lyon, 28 July YEAR??
  • HD1:050-51 Fr JFR Pestre to Fr C Cognet, Wellington, 4 Mar 1895
  • HD1:052-53 Fr JFR Pestre to Fr C Cognet, Wellington, 20 Mar 1895
  • HD1:054 Fr JFR Pestre to Fr C Cognet, Christchurch, 5 Apr 1895
  • HD1:055-56 Fr JFR Pestre to Fr C Cognet, Wellington, 21 Jun 1895
  • HD1:57-58 Fr JFR Pestre to Fr C Cognet, Wellington, 10 Jun 1895
  • HD1:59 Fr JFR Pestre to Fr C Cognet, Wellington, 18 Aug1895
  • HD1:60-61 Fr JFR Pestre to Fr C Cognet, 1 Oct 1895
  • HD1:62-63 Fr JFR Pestre to Fr C Cognet, Wellington, 24 October 1895
  • HD1:064-65 Fr JFR Pestre to Fr C Cognet, Meanee, 12 November 1895
  • HD1:066-67 Fr JFR Pestre to Fr C Cognet, Meanee, 17 December 1895
  • HD1:068-69 Fr JFR Pestre to Fr C Cognet, Meanee, 6 April 1896
  • HD1:70 Fr JFR Pestre to Fr C Cognet, Meanee, 10 June 1898
  • HD1:86 Fr Forest (official visitor of the Society of Mary) to Colin, Bay of Islands, June 1842
  • HD1:89-92 Fr Walter McDonald to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Rome, 2 Feb 1860
  • HD1:118 Fr Baty to Fr Maitrepierre, Bay of Islands, 18 January 1843

• HD2
  • HD2:001 Fr Colin to ??, Lyons, 3 Nov 1845
  • HD2:002-3 Fr Colin to the Fathers of the Society of Mary in New Zealand, Lyons, 21 Jan 1850
  • HD2:004 Fr Colin to all the Priests of the Society, ??, 1847
  • HD2:017 French Marists(?) to departing Missionaries
  • HD2:028 Fr Seon to Fr O'Reily, Wellington, 16 Aug 1865
  • HD2:031-32 Bp Pompallier to Fr J J P O’Reily, Auckland, 13 May 1845
  • HD2:059 Bp Pompallier to Fr Reignier, Auckland, 27 Feb 1851
  • HD2:060 Bp G Douarre to Fr Petit-Jean, Ile des Pins, New Caledonia, 25 May 1850

• HD3
  • HD3:009 Secretary Minister of Justice & Religion to Archbishop of Amasie, Paris, 6 Sep 1839
  • HD3:010 Duc de Dalmatie to Colin, Attorney General of NZ Missions, Paris, 16 Dec 1839
  • HD3:012 Duperre to Archbishop of Amasie, Paris, 9 Oct 1839
  • HD3:013 Colin to ??, Lyons, 9 Nov 1839
  • HD3:016 Poupinel to Mr Emile Franque, Ship Broker, 10 Nov 1839
  • HD3:017 Fr Colin to Inter-Nuncio Apostolic, Lyons, 22 November 1839
  • HD3:021 Fr Colin to Marshal Duc de Dalmatie, Lyons, 22 November 1839

• HD5

• HD6
  • HD6:137 19 April 1850 – Father Antoine Garin to his Mother (by way of Fr Colin), Cook Strait

Other English-language Primary Sources

• WWilliams184110 Extract from the Journal of William Williams 26 Sep - 16 Oct, 1841, Wairoa