Tokelau Islands | American Samoa |
The Tripartite Convention 1899 (Britain, Germany, U.S.A.)
allocated Tonga and Niue to Britain,
while Samoa was partitioned by Germany
(Western Samoa) and the U.S.A. (American Samoa). German rule was terminated in World War I, when the islands were occupied by New Zealand forces; from 1919 to 1962 they were under New Zealand administration. Independence was achieved under the name of Western Samoa in 1962. In 2002 the country's name was changed from Western Samoa to Samoa. Timeline : (Western) Samoa Historical Atlas, Samoa Page |
WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
Country Profiles | Modern |
from BBC Country Profiles;
from World Desk Reference ;
from Nations Encyclopedia;
from Wikipedia;
from CIA World Factbook Jane's Samoa Home Page |
Historical |
G. Kurze, Samoa. Das Land, die Leute und die Mission, 1900, IA E. von Hesse-Wartegg, Samoa, Bismarckarchipel und Neuguinea, drei deutsche Kolonien in der Südsee 1902, IA K. Hassert, Die neuen deutschen Erwerbungen in der Südsee: die Karolinen, Marianen und Samoa-Inseln, 1903, IA F. Wohltmann, Pflanzung und Siedlung auf Samoa (1904, in German), posted by Internet Archive S. Genthe, Samoa, 1908, IA |
Links, General |
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World;
from BUBL Category : Samoa, from Wikipedia |
Links, on History |
Category : History of Samoa, from Wikipedia |
Organizations |
Pacific History Association Pacific Islands Museums and Cultural Institutions Association (PIMA) New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Pacific Islands Interest Group Pacific Islands Study Circle (Philately) Deutsche Pazifische Gesellschaft Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur l'Oceanie (CREDO); Wikipedia page (en.) |
Historical Dictionaries |
Archaeopedia New Zealand |
Timelines |
Timeline of Samoan history, from BBC News, from
timelines.ws; from
Jane's Oceania |
Accounts of History | General, Modern |
History of Samoa, from Infoplease ,
from samoa.co.uk Article History of Samoa, from Wikipedia |
Contemporary |
R.L. Stephenson, A Footnote to History : Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa (1912),
IA R.M. Watson, History of Samoa (1918), IA |
Politics |
Political Resources on the Net : Croatia,
Governments on the WWW : Samoa,
Article Politics of Croatia, from Wikipedia |
Military |
Wars of Western Samoa 1800-1999, from ACED
(no entries) Samoa is listed among the countries without armed forces (Wikipedia) |
Economy & Finances |
A Global History of Currencies :
Samoa (Western) Article : Economy of Samoa, from Wikipedia F. Wohltmann, Pflanzung und Siedlung auf Samoa, 1904, IA |
Social History |
Article : Samoa, from Education Encyclopedia |
Ethnography |
Languages of Samoa (2), from Ethnologue World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Samoa Samoa, pp.4391-4416 in vol.6B of J.A. Hammerton, Peoples of All Nations, c.1920, illustrated, IA Origins. Immigrant Communities in Victoria. History of immigration from Victoria |
Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Samoa, from Kirken i Norge History, from The Baha'i House of Worship Samoa C.B. Whonsbon-Aston, Polynesia Patchwork, 1948, Project Canterbury |
History of Regions |
Districts of Samoa, from www.statoids.com Articles Savai'i, Upolu, from Wikipedia |
History of Cities |
Articles Apia : History, from Wikipedia |
Institutions |
Article National University of Samoa, from Wikipedia Welcome to TV Samoa (brief history) Article Faleolo International Airport, from Wikipedia; Samoa, from Airline History Structurae : Samoa; Search Lighthouse Explorer for Samoa |
Biographies |
Pacific Islander Biography, database maintained at ANU List of Samoans, from Wikipedia |
Others |
Category : Disasters in Samoa, from Wikipedia Articles : Samoa at the Olympics, Sport in Samoa, from Wikipedia Oceania Ecoregion, from WWF Samoa's Postal History, from Fellowship of Samoa Specialists |
WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Lists of Statesmen |
World Statesmen : (Western) Samoa by Ben Cahoon;
from Rulers (B. Schemmel);
from Regnal Chronologies,
from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated) |
Lists of Bishops |
Article : Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia,
from Wikipedia |
Lists of Ambassadors |
Chinese Ambassadors to Samoa, from PRC MOFA |
Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Western Samoa, from Population Statistics,
posted by Jan Lahmeyer |
Election Results |
from Psephos (since 2001);
from IFES Election Guide (since 2001) |
Online Newspapers |
links from Online Newspapers,
from World Newspapers Deutsches Kolonialblatt 1890, 1891, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, IA, 1918, Univ. Frankfurt |
Yearbooks | International; Western Samoa entries |
UN Yearbook Collection, 1946-2007 Conditions of Trust Territories in the Pacific, UN Yearbook 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, Conditions in Individual Trust Territories : Western Samoa, UN Yearbook 1956, Conditions in Trust Territories : Western Samoa, UN Yearbook 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 1961 |
Staatskalender |
Deutscher Kolonialatlas mit Jahrbuch (German Colonial Atlas with Yearbook), Samoa section, in English translation
1905 pp.19-21,
1906 pp.20-22,
1907 pp.23-25,
1908 pp.22-24,
1909 pp.30-32,
1910 pp.30-34,
1913 pp.34-37,
1914 pp.39-41,
1918 pp.28-30, posted on psm-data |
Documentaries |
Samoa 1949; youtube, 16 min. United Nations visits Samoa 1956; youtube, 12 min. A New Day in Samoa, 1959; youtube, 20 min. Samoan Family, 1961; youtube, 15 min. The History of Samoa Independence, n.d.; youtube, 7 min., uploaded 2011 Ecasttv (NZ), Western Samoa, Independence Day 1962 British Pathe, The Island of Samoa 1967 |
Movies |
Colonial Film. Moving Images of the British Empire :
Western Samoa (listing of film titles) |
Image Collections |
Der Bildbestand der Deutschen Kolonialgesellschaft in der Universitätsbibliothek
Frankfurt am Main Bundesarchiv, Digitales Bildarchiv, search for Samoa Bundesarchiv, Eine deutsche "Musterkolonie" - Samoa unter dem Kosmopoliten Wilhelm Solf Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek : Media Type Image : Samoa Samoan Genealogy, Samoan Old Photos Samoan Sensation, Images (A. Krämer 1901) Photos by Otto Tetens in Samoa 1902-1905 License Plates, from License Plates of the World, from Francoplaque Images of Samoa, from Pacific Picture Agency Airline Timetable Images : Samoa |
Archival Deposits |
A.J. Fristoe,
The Samoan Archives. An Annotated List of the Archival Material of the Various Governments of Western Samoa from the Middle of the Nineteenth Century
to the First Quarter of the Twentieth Century, 1977; posted at MANOA Samoan Archives, General Description, from National Register of Archives and Manuscripts, Wellington, New Zealand Search National Archives (UK), Archives New Zealand for Samoa Search Bundesarchiv for Samoa |
Document Collections |
Search Papers Past for Samoa (online archive of New Zealand
newspapers 1839-1920) Search Hansard for Samoa Life Magazine 1936-1972, GB, 24 entries for Western Samoa Search Archives New Zealand for Samoa |
Historical Maps |
click here Samoa Maps, from Perry Castaneda Map Collection, UTexas |
Encyclopedia Entries |
Article : Samoa, from Classic Encyclopedia (Britannica 1911 edition),
from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1912 edition from Meyers Grosses Konversationslexikon 1902-1909, posted by Zeno, in German Article : Samoa-öarna, from Nordisk Familjebok 1904-1926 (1916), posted by Project Runeberg, in Swedish |
Tourist Guides |
P.S. Allen, Stewart's hand book of the Pacific islands; a reliable guide
to all the inhabited islands of the Pacific Ocean, for traders, tourists and settlers 1919, IA |
Archives, Musea, Libraries |
National Archives of Western Samoa, from ICA The Museum of Samoa |
National Symbols |
Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
Wikipedia |
Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of Samoa, from World Currency Museum, from
Ron Wise's World Paper Money Search Coin Archives for Samoa Kolonialgeld : Deutsch-Samoa |
Stamps |
Rare Samoa Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery |
Others |
Samoa Sources of Law Information, from PacLII |
PRINTED REFERENCE |
Bibliographies |
Search RHS Bibliography for Samoa Search UK National Archive Online Library for Samoa List of Books on Samoan history, from samoa.co.uk Samoan Sensation, Samoan Free Online Bibliography Samoan Archaeology Bibliography, UOregon Center for Pacific Island Studies : Samoa : A Selected Bibliography, MANOA Tennessee Archaeology Net : Bibliographies for Anthropological Research : Australia and Oceania U. Holtz, Ehemalige deutsche Kolonien. Vom Kolonialstatus zum wirtschaftlichen Partnerland Deutschlands ?, Bibliographie/Webliographie 2003 D. Köster, Bibliographie zur deutschen Kolonialgeschichte, Colonial Voyage |
serial publications |
Ch. Links,
Schlaglichter der Kolonialgeschichte,
Studien zur Kolonialgeschichte |
on Western Samoa |
New Zealand Digital Library Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Universitätsbibliothek, Sammlungen, click : Kolonialbibliothek |
Online Journals | On Oceania |
Journal of the Polynesian Society 1892-1991 Pacific Studies, IA Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 1979- Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes, 1945-2009 online The Contemporary Pacific 2000-2013 |
On Mission |
Mission Periodicals Online, from Yale Univ. Library Magazin für die neueste Geschichte der evangelischen Missions- und Bibelgesellschaften 1818, 1820, 1824, 1827, 1831, 1832, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1841, 1850, 1853, 1867 GB; 1818-1856 from Yale Univ. Library Church Missionary Society (London), Missionary Register, GB; search for Tonga, Friendly Islands vol.11 1823, vol.12 1824, vol.14 1826, vol.16 1828, vol.17 1829, vol.20 1832, vol.30 1842, vol.36 1848, vol.38 1850 London Missionary Society, The Missionary Magazine and Chronicle, 1860, 1862, 1864-I, IA; 1848-1866 at Yale Univ. Library (full view) Annales de la propagation de la foi 1834-1933, Gallica |
General Accounts |
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.25, pp.297-299
Article Pacific Islands : Western Samoa. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.25 |
Historiography |
Article : Pacific Islands Historiography, by K.R. Howe, pp.685-687, in vol.2 of A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, NY 1998 [G] |
Historical Dictionaries |
Robert D. Craig and Franklin P. King, Historical Dictionary of Oceania, Westport CT : Greenwood 1981 [G] |
Historical Atlas |
Colin McEvedy, The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Pacific,
London : Penguin 1998, 120 pp. [G] |