Tuvalu - Social life and customs

Date: [ca 1955]

By: Grimble, Arthur Francis (Sir), 1888-1956

Reference: MS-Papers-7204

Description: Drafts of Grimble's two books of his experiences on the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as Resident Commissioner, `A Pattern of islands' and `Return to the islands'. Consist of heavily annotated typescripts. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with holograph annotations

Date: [ca 1977]

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0919

Description: Comprise Tuvalu word lists and lessons in Tuvaluan, compiled by Crawford and other members of the United States Peace Corps. There is also an older, but undated list; its provenance is unknown. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete annotated catalogue" (Canberra : PMB, 1991) which has an index. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB

Date: 1929-1970

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1307

Description: General correspondence from the office of the Commissioner of the Ellice Islands District, as arranged by the Western Pacific Archives. Includes indexes and registers (TUV9/1) and general correspondence files (TUV9/1I) Source of title - Supplied by Library The Ellice Islands (Tuvalu) bcame a British protectorate in 1892 and in 1916 became part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, being administered from district quarters at Funafuti. After 1945 the headquarters were shifted to Tarawa Quantity: 5 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, 2010