Processed and printed items
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Barnett, H. G. (Homer Garner), 1906-1985
setName: label: See more items in
content: Homer Garner Barnett Papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.08 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942 - 1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1975-17, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged according to geographical area and then by date if possible.  Undated items are grouped at the end.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This group covers the widest range of items from a rare Japanese language volume on Palauan myths to table place mats printed with the Lord's Prayer in Chinook.  There is a set of directives and regulations for the Naval administration of the then (1946) newly acquired islands of Micronesia.  These islands were mandated to the United States as a trust territory after the second World War. They had been a Japanese mandate between the two wars.  Micronesia is now officially called the Federated States of Micronesia.  The Marianas voted to become a territory of the U.S., a decision which some feel was forced on them by U.S. needs for a secure strategic base in the Western Pacific.

There are newsletters, a calendar, newsclippings, reports and reflections of attempts made by the U.S. to administer the disparate islands flung over an area as large as the U.S. itself.  Of significance to researchers is the material relating to Netherlands New Guinea.  Under the Dutch form of colonial government, the Bureau of Native Affairs was really a research institute, which also acted as an official advisory body.  In 1955, Dr. Barnett served as a consultant.  His report is found in Series 2 and contains a warning on the influences, which would soon change that area into West Irian.