Kiribati - Politics and government

Date: 1942-1970

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1077

Description: Contains the `Genealogical book of the Royal Family of Abemama', and circular notices of the Japanese Dictrict Officer in the Gilberts 1942-1943, with translations. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 1998

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: 1979

From: [New Zealand ephemera of octavo size, pamphlets, flyers relating to international politics, conflicts and aid]

By: New Zealand. External Assessments Bureau

Reference: Eph-A-INTERNATIONAL-1979-01

Description: Includes programme for the independence ceremonies. Includes portraits of Princess Anne (the Princess Royal and representing the Queen Elizabeth II, her mother); Hon Ieremia T Tabai C.M.G., President Designate, Council of State, and Council of Ministers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Programme of 88 pages, 95 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by the External Assessments Bureau in 1999.

Date: 1933-1992

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1136

Description: Lampert's papers on his archaeological excavation at Te Aka, Banaba, including correspondence, a field notebook, drawings, plan of old Te Aka village and photographs. Also, a site map and summary of dig at Tabwewa, Banaba, by Mrs L J Thwaites and Mrs V Conrad 1969, and post-war reports on Ocean Island and Nauru, including an account of the Japanese occupation. Ken Sigrah's papers are documents gathered for his history of Banaba, including material on the Banaba Settlement Scheme and the Banabans' legal conflict with the British Crown. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Dr Lampert's papers were held in the Division of Archaeology and Natural History, Australian Nartional University, but were transferred to Mr Sigrah for deposit with the Rabi Council in 1997 along with the artefacts and skeletal remains which Dr Lampert had excavated at Te Aka.

Date: [ca 1952-1962]

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1057

Description: Comprise seven volumes of typescript and MS research notes relating to the history of the Gilbert Islands, arranged within the volumes in chronological order. The notes are taken from such sources as the Archives of the Western Pacific High Commission and various newspapers. Interleaved is some of Maude's original correspondence. Topics include missions; the labour trade; copra; customs; trade; health; education; historical events; murders; Ocean Island, and visits of ships Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2008