| AT | Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand |
| BM | Bernice Pauhani Bishop Museum, Honolulu |
| ML | Mitchell Library (Public Library of New South Wales) |
| UH | University of Hawaii, Hamilton Library, Honolulu |
| ANUL | Australian National University Library |
| ANL | Australia National Library |
| a. | co-author, co-compiler |
| c. | copy held by, collection of |
| e. | editor |
| f. | forward, introduction, preface by |
| i. | illustrator, photographer, cartographer |
| t. | translator |
| x. | other cross-reference |
| ABCFM | American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions |
| G & E I Co | Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony |
| HMCS | Hawaiian Missionary Children's Society |
| JPS | Journal of the Polynesian Society |
| LMS | London Missionary Society |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| PIM | Pacific Islands Monthly |
| PMB | Pacific Manuscripts Bureau |
| SHM | Sacred Heart Mission |
| SPC | South Pacific Commission |
| USP | University of the South Pacific |