History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 44 Japanese Mandate Part 2, 1925-1934
Levesque, Rodrigue (2007). History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 44 Japanese Mandate Part 2, 1925-1934. 44. Gatineau, Québec: Lévesque Publications. ISBN 978-0-920201-44-2.
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Abstract: HOM.44 (1925–1934) documents the Japanese Mandate period in Micronesia during the later 1920s and early 1930s, with materials relating to administration, economic development, travel, and missionary activity throughout the islands. The documents include official reports, travel narratives, missionary correspondence, and contemporary publications describing conditions across the Caroline Islands, Palau, Marshall Islands, and Mariana Islands. Locations appearing frequently include Koror, Babeldaob, Yap, Pohnpei (Ponape), Chuuk (Truk Lagoon), Kosrae, Jaluit, Majuro, Saipan, Rota, and Tinian, along with administrative and commercial centers such as Kolonia, Tomil Harbor, and Jaluit Harbor. These materials describe government offices, mission stations, schools, plantations, and trading ports established under Japanese administration. The documents introduce officials of the South Seas Government (Nan’yō-chō), Japanese settlers and traders, missionaries working in the islands, and representatives of commercial enterprises operating within the mandate economy. Missionary reports refer to Catholic and Protestant missions in Pohnpei, Chuuk, Yap, and the Marshall Islands, while administrative documents refer to Japanese civil officials responsible for governance, police, and education. Indigenous leaders and communities appear frequently in reports describing local administration and district governance in places such as Kiti, Sokehs, U, and Nett on Pohnpei, as well as island communities in Yap, Palau, and the Marshall Islands. Additional materials describe economic activity and transportation networks during the mandate period, including copra production, plantation development, and shipping routes linking island ports with Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka, Hong Kong, and Manila. Reports also describe infrastructure projects, harbor facilities, and inter-island transportation connecting administrative centers such as Koror, Yap, and Jaluit. Together these documents provide references to the people, institutions, and locations involved in the functioning of the Japanese Mandate administration across Micronesia during the later interwar period.
