District office, Funafuti, general correspondence files [microform], 1963-1970.
Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Ellice Islands District.Publication information: 1963-1970. Available for reference. Access for research purposes only. Not to be reproduced without written permission of the Tuvalu National Library and Archives, Private Mail Bag, Vaiaku, Funafuti, Tuvalu.General correspondence files from the Office of the District Commissioner, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, Ellice Islands District, as arranged by the Western Pacific Archives, including the following series: TUV9/I Indexes and registers of general correspondence (new series), 1963-c.1970. TUV9/II General correspondence files (new series), 1963-c.1970 (c.1929-1970).Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T : Produced for the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University. 1 microfilm reel.Formerly known as the Ellice Islands, Tuvalu became a British protectorate in 1892, and in 1916 the islands became part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Tuvalu was administrered as a single administrative unit from the district headquarters in Funafuti. American military bases were set up at Funafuti, Nanumea and Nukufetau in 1942. Funafuti became the administrative centre of the colony for the period of the Japanese occupation of Nauru and the Gilbert Islands. The colonial headquarters shifted to Tarawa after the War. Tuvalu was granted self-government on 1 October 1975.Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony Records and correspondence.Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony Sources.Editors, Translators, and other contributors:Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau.View this collection description in WorldCat.org: