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The fullest account we have of the materials found on Nikumaroro is the file in the [[WPHC Archives]] (1228414 WPHC 4/IV 4192/40-4510/40). | The fullest account we have of the materials found on Nikumaroro is the file in the [[WPHC Archives]] (1228414 WPHC 4/IV 4192/40-4510/40). | ||
* Title: "Skeleton, human: remains of -- found on Gardner Island." | |||
* In ballpoint pen on the file itself under "Other Connected Papers", it reads: | * In ballpoint pen on the file itself under "Other Connected Papers", it reads: | ||
:::R39 | :::R39 | ||
:::B946 | :::B946 | ||
:The handwriting looks careless. Steve Innes, the director of the Special Collection that houses the WPHC Archives didn't recognize it as a call number. | :The handwriting looks careless. Steve Innes, the director of the Special Collection that houses the WPHC Archives didn't recognize it as a call number. | ||
* The last note from Sir Harry--and the last entry in the file--looks like: "Seen. Pa." That matches the instruction from 1945 to use B.U. and P.A. for "bring up" and "put away." When the box of bones and the sextant box left the custody of the WPHC, the person or persons who made a decision of what to do with them evidently were unwilling or unable to reopen the file and make a note of where the boxes and their contents went. | * The last note from Sir Harry--and the last entry in the file--looks like: "Seen. Pa." That matches the [[WPHC Numbering System| instruction from 1945]] to use B.U. and P.A. for "bring up" and "put away." When the box of bones and the sextant box left the custody of the WPHC, the person or persons who made a decision of what to do with them evidently were unwilling or unable to reopen the file and make a note of where the boxes and their contents went. | ||
Revision as of 00:17, 17 February 2009
The fullest account we have of the materials found on Nikumaroro is the file in the WPHC Archives (1228414 WPHC 4/IV 4192/40-4510/40).
- Title: "Skeleton, human: remains of -- found on Gardner Island."
- In ballpoint pen on the file itself under "Other Connected Papers", it reads:
- R39
- B946
- The handwriting looks careless. Steve Innes, the director of the Special Collection that houses the WPHC Archives didn't recognize it as a call number.
- The last note from Sir Harry--and the last entry in the file--looks like: "Seen. Pa." That matches the instruction from 1945 to use B.U. and P.A. for "bring up" and "put away." When the box of bones and the sextant box left the custody of the WPHC, the person or persons who made a decision of what to do with them evidently were unwilling or unable to reopen the file and make a note of where the boxes and their contents went.