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At the time of the American capture of Guam in June 1898, the Spanish-built Governor's Palace was in a deteriorated condition.
1899 General Orders
Governor's Palace, 1902
1900 General Orders
Governor's Palace, 1902
1901 General Orders
1901 Petition, Page Section. National Archives and Records Administration
1901 Petition
Governor's Palace, 1902
1902 General Orders
Governor's Palace, 1902
1903 General Orders
Governor's Palace, 1902
1904 General Orders
US Naval Era Politics and Government Entries
1914 Executive General Orders
US Naval Era Politics and Government Entries
1915 Executive General Orders
US Naval Era Politics and Government Entries
1916 Executive General Orders
Senator Ricardo Bordallo, Sen. Richard Taitano, Legal Council Andrew Gayle, Sen. James Sablan, and sitting across is Carlos Lizama Taitano, GDOE Board.
A 1974 Analysis of Social, Cultural and Historical Factors Bearing on the Political Status of Guam
Chamorro Patriots, 1944. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) collection.
Adoption of “Guamanian”
Agueda Iglesias Johnston. Guam Museum collection.
Agueda Iglesias Johnston
Image depicting the US empire as of 1898. Philadelphia Press, Public Domain
American-Style Colonialism
Activist, Champion of Chamorro Rights, Senator, these are titiles Angel Leon Guerrero Santos has held in bringing awareness of federal landtakings and constraints imposed on original landowners.
Angel Leon Guerrero Santos
Activist, Champion of Chamorro Rights, Senator, these are titiles Angel Leon Guerrero Santos has held in bringing awareness of federal landtakings and constraints imposed on original landowners.
Angel LG Santos, Interpretive Essay
Atanasio Taitano Perez
Naval Governor Willis Bradley signs the Bill of Rights, 1933. Photo courtesy of the Department of Chamorro Affairs from the Nieves Flores Memorial Library.
Bill of Rights for Guam 1930
Secret Guam Study
Book: Secret Guam Study
Candelaria Taitano Rios
Candelaria Taitano Rios
Captain Henry Glass. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) collection.
Captain Henry Glass
Carlos P. Taitano. Judiciary of Guam collection.
Carlos Pangelinan Taitano
Cecilia Cruz Bamba was a community organizer, senator, businesswoman and mother of ten. She founded and participated in many community organizations. As a senator she joined a dozen committees as well as established the War Reparations Commission.
Cecilia Cruz Bamba
Guampedia Circle Logo
Challenge to CHamoru/Chamorro Self-determination: Davis v. Guam
Decolonization Registry Liberation Day, 21 July 2013.
CHamoru/Chamorro Registry and the Decolonization Registry
Members of the Commission on Self-Determination with newly-appointed interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt in 1993; from left: Mayor Francisco N. Lizama, Presiding Judge Alberto Lamorena, Senator Marilyn Manibusan, Secretary Babbitt, Senator Pilar C. Lujan, Congressman Robert Underwood, Governor Joseph F. Ada, and Senator Francisco R. Santos. Photo Courtesy of the Department of CHamoru Affairs.
CHamoru/Chamorro Self-Determination
OPI-R 1981-1982. This grassroots organization embarked on a campaign to educate Chamorros on the right to self-determination. Photo Courtesy of the Department of Chamorro Affairs.
CHamorus/Chamorros Yearn for Freedom
A map of the Mariana Islands by P. Alonso Lopez. Most Guam's forts were built along the central to south western coastlines: 6 in Hagåtña, 4 in Humåtak/Umatac, 3 in Apra Harbor and 1 unnamed battery in Malesso’/Merizo.
CHamorus/Chamorros: A People Divided
House of Assembly. Don Farrell collection.
Civil Rights and US Citizenship (1898-1950)
Guam Leaders and Department of Interior
Commission on Decolonization
Commission on Self-Determination members and staff, 1987. Photo Courtesy of the Department of Chamorro Affairs.
Commission on Self-Determination
Concepcion Balajadia Duenas
Concepcion Balajadia Duenas
Senator Concepcion "Chong" Cruz Barratt.
Concepcion Cruz Barrett
Antonio B. Won Pat and Francisco B. Leon Guerrero were the Guam delegates sent to Washington in 1950. Judiciary of Guam
Congressman Antonio B. Won Pat
Congressman Vicente "Ben" Garrido Blaz
Congressman Vicente “Ben” Garrido Blaz
Cynthia Johnston Torres was a successful businesswoman, an educator and one of Guam's first female senators.
Cynthia Johnston Torres
Gov. Manuel FL Guerrero, 1963. MARC collection
Democratic Party of Guam
Dr. Pedro Cruz Sanchez
Dr. Pedro Cruz Sanchez
Ellis was a US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and was the first American spy to penetrate Japanese-held Micronesia in 1923.
Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis
Fort Santiago was one of three forts defending Apra Harbor. Fort Santa Cruz, constructed later, was located at the center of Apra Harbor. Photo courtesy of the Guam Museum.
Early American Period has Profound Implications
Eduardo "Jake" Calvo. Guam Chamber of Commerce photo.
Eduardo “Jake” Calvo
Guerrero
Elective Governor Act 1968
Portrait of Senator Elizabeth P. Arriola. Arriola was elected in 1982 and served the next twelve years. She was known as the "Mother of Historic Preservation," for having authored the Guam Preservation Trust (GPT) legislation in 1990.
Elizabeth Perez Arriola
Schoolchildren lined up for a fingernail and cleanliness inspection
English and CHamoru/Chamorro Language Policies
Fanohge Famalaoan Featured Image
Fanohge Famalåo'an and Fan'tachu Fama'lauan
Colegio Rare
Forzado System and the Mariana Islands
Francisco B Leon Guerrero
Francisco B. Leon Guerrero
Frank D Perez
Frank Duenas Perez
Guampedia Circle Logo
George Leland Dyer General Order Nos. 78 - 80
Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez was the 11th civilian governor of Guam, serving two consecutive terms, along with Madeliene Z. Bordallo, his Lieutenant Governor, from 1995 until 2002.
Governor Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez
Governor Carlos Camacho
Governor Carlos Camacho
Gov. Carlton Skinner (1949-1953) was Guam's first civilian governor. He had to reorganize the new government with an aggressive and intelligent leadership which he provided during a confused transitional period established the new government on a firm and solid foundation
Governor Carlton Skinner
Captain Charles A Pownall USN
Governor Charles Alan Pownall
Eddie Baza Calvo is the thirteenth civilian Governor of Guam. He was elected in 2010 and sworn into office on January 2011.
Governor Eddie Baza Calvo
Governor Felix and First Lady Joann Camacho with their three children, Jessica, Felix and Maria and grandchild Colin.
Governor Felix Perez Camacho
Gov Elvidge 1953
Governor Ford Quint Elvidge
GC65-297 525 24 Dec 1944 Adm. C.W. Nimitz visits Guam for the first time since the Is. was secured Aug. 10. He is in front seat of jeep in his tour with (L-R) Rr. Adm. Forrest B. Sherman, Vice Adm. J.H. Hoover, and Maj. Gen. Henry L. Larsen. National Archives 80.G.297 525
Governor Henry Larsen
Governor Joseph Flores
Governor Joseph Flores
Governor Joseph Ada served as Speaker of the 13th and 14th Guam Legislature. Courtesy of Governor Joseph Ada
Governor Joseph Franklin Ada
At the time of the American capture of Guam in June 1898, the Spanish-built Governor's Palace was in a deteriorated condition.
Governor Juan Marina
Inauguration of first female governor of Guam.
Governor Lourdes A. "Lou" Leon Guerrero
Gov. Manuel FL Guerrero, 1963. MARC collection
Governor Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero
San Rafael, Nuestra Senor de los Dolores, Santa Agueda
Governor Manuel Muro
Governor Paul McDonald Calvo. MARC collection.
Governor Paul McDonald Calvo
Governor Ricardo Jerome Bordallo
Gov. Lowe and wife at gala. MARC collection.
Governor Richard Barrett Lowe
Security Clearance Featured Image
Governor William “Bill” Daniel
William John Maxwell
Governor William John Maxwell
Bradley, born in Ransomville, New York on June 28, 1884, called himself a Progressive Republican and a civil libertarian. He was the most liberal of all the naval governors of Guam.
Governor Willis Winter Bradley
Portrait of Mariana de Austria by Diego Velázquez
Guam and Its Three Empires
Commission on Self-Determination in Washington, DC Bordallo Photo Collection
Guam Commonwealth Act
Guam Congress Address, 1947. Photo courtesy of the Department of Chamorro Affairs
Guam Congress Walkout
Won Pat
Guam Congressional Representation Act 1972
Senator Carl Gutierrez served as President of Guam's first Constitutional Convention in 1977. Gutierrez Photo Collection
Guam Constitutional Conventions (ConCon)
Guam Echo Featured Image
Guam Echo and Guam Eagle
Naval Governor Henry B. Price observes the students of Sumay school. Don Farrell collection.
Guam Hymn / Fanohge Chamoru/Chamorro
Captain Henry Glass. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) collection.
Guam Leaders from 1899-1904
3rd Guam Legislature, 1955
Guam Legislature
Aerial View Buildup
Guam Military Build Up
The officials of the Judiciary Department of the Naval Government of Guam. National Archives/Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC), UOG.
Guam’s Early American Historical Overview
Guam Congress. Museum collection.
Guam’s Political Development
Image depicting the US empire as of 1898. Philadelphia Press, Public Domain
Guam’s Political Status
Umatac Bay
Guam’s Strategic Value
Herminia Duenas Dierking
US Naval Governor of Guam Willis Bradley signs Bill of Rights. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC), UOG.
History of Democracy on Guam
Reunify Marianas
History of Efforts to Reunify the Mariana Islands
Ignacio "Buck" Cruz
Ignacio "Buck" Cruz
Chamorro Patriots, 1944. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) collection.
Impact of Japanese Military Occupation of Guam
We Fought the Navy and Won. Doloris Cogan collection.
Institute of Ethnic Affairs
Japanese Soldiers. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC).
Japanese Military Administration of Guam
Japanese DOE
Japanese Occupation of Guam
Joaquin C. Arriola, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Guam. 1996-1999. Arriola Family Collection.
Joaquin C. Arriola
Maga' Låhi Kepuha
Kepuha: Quipuha
Lagrimas LG Untalan, 3rd Guam Legislature.
Lagrimas Leon Guerrero Untalan
Bendo Latte Villate
Land Ownership on Guam
thompson
Laura Maud Thompson
Lt. Governor Frank F. Blas
Madeleine Z. Bordallo is currently Guam's U.S. Delegate to Congress. She has also held the elected positions of Lt. Governor of Guam and Senator.
Madeleine Zeien Bordallo
Matriarch by David Castro and Guahan Magazine.
Maga’håga: Highest Ranking Daughter
Show of respect for elder or clan leader. Freycinet collection from the Guam Public Library System.
Maga’låhi: Highest Ranking Son
Ma uritao. Scene of the Ancient CHamorus illustrated by JA Pellion from Freycinet’s Voyage Autour de Monde, Paris, 1824. Guam Public Library System collection.
Mampolitiku: Politics
Manma'gas by Baltazar Bell.
Manma’gas: Leaders
Photo of Ed Benavente
Nasion Chamoru
Carlos P. Taitano. Judiciary of Guam collection.
National Attention on Guam’s Postwar Campaign for Citizenship
US Naval Era Politics and Government Entries
Naval Era Governors of Guam
Military inspection at the Governor's Palace. From Don Farrell's The Sacrifice.
Naval Executive Orders
OPI-R 1981-1982. This grassroots organization embarked on a campaign to educate Chamorros on the right to self-determination. Photo Courtesy of the Department of Chamorro Affairs.
OPI-R: Organization of People for Indigenous Rights
President Harry Truman finally signed the Organic Act on 1 August 1950, which solidified Guam’s status as an unincorporated territory, and essentially established the Government of Guam while granting American citizenship to the local CHamoru population. Image courtesy of the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC), UOG.
Organic Act of Guam
Guampedia Circle Logo
PARA-PADA
German Administration, Northern Marianas. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) collection.
Partition of the Marianas
Guampedia Circle Logo
PASA Conference
Governor Lourdes A. "Lou" Leon Guerrero
Perspective: Women in Politics
Pilar Cruz Lujan
Speaker Joaquin C. Arriola and Vice Speaker William DL Flores with Senators Jose M. Acfalle, George M. Bamba, Ricardo J. Bordallo, Earl C. Conway, Antonio C. Cruz, Oscar L. Delfin, Alfred SN Flores, Francisco G. Lujan, Manuel U. Lujan, Jesus C. Okiyama, Paul D. Palting, Leonardo SN Paulino, Ignacio P. Quitugua, Florencio T. Ramirez, Pedro C. Santos, Rafael C. Sgambelluri, Richard F. Taitano, Edward S. Terlaje and Jesus U. Torres.
Political Status Commissions
Raymond Stone, acting Governor of Guam 28 January 1904. Photo courtesy of Don Farrell.
Raymond Stone General Order Nos. 74 - 77
Eduardo Jake Calvo was Speaker of the House of Assembly after World War II. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC), University of Guam.
Republican Party of Guam
Senator Richard Taitano was member of the Guam Legislature for three years. He was Director of the Office of Territories, U.S. Department of Interior during President John F. Kennedy's administration and Deputy High Commissioner of the Trust Territories.
Richard Flores Taitano
Captain Richard P. Leary. Don Farrell collection.
Richard P. Leary General Order Nos. 1 - 21
Governor Ricardo Bordallo proudly receives a t-shirt from the Chamorro Language Commission.Bordallo Photo Collection
Role of Education in the Preservation of Guam’s Indigenous Language
Commander Seaton Schroeder. Don Farrell collection.
Seaton Schroeder General Order Nos. 22 - 32 and 35 - 48
Governor Bill Daniel, 1961 – 1963, standing in front of map of Guam. Guam Police Official Photograph and courtesy of the Micronesia Area Research Center.
Security Clearance on Guam
Guam Leaders and Department of Interior
Self-Determination for CHamorus and Hawai'ians
Education Department Personnel
Simon Sanchez
McKinley Campaign Poster. Wikipedia image.
Spanish-American War
Territorial Party of Guam
Military recreation facility in Tumon. National Park Services.
The Fight to Keep Tumon Public
Hopkins Commission Meeting. Pale' Scot (Father Oscar Lujan Calvo) before the Hopkins Commission and participants, 24 February to 9 March 1947. Commission participants included the island's civic leaders such as FBLG, BJ Bordallo, Carlos P. Taitano, Antonio Won Pat, Simon Sanchez, Agueda I. Johnston, and Concepcion "Connie" Barrett. Commission members were Ernest M. Hopkins, Maurice J. Tobin, Dr. Knowles A. Ryerson, and Harold L. Ickes. Photo from the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC), UOG.
The Hopkins Report
Headquarters staff (Honolulu), Midkiff era. Trust Territory Photo Archives, Pacific Collection, University of Hawaii-Manoa Library (https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/collections/show/29). N-20
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in Guam
Fanohge CHamoru Exhibition Section 2: Unpacking Terms. UN General Assembly Hall, New York City, NY Wikimedia Common (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_Nations_General_As...(3).jpg)
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The San Francisco Conference, 25 April - 26 June 1945. 16th Plenary Session, 26 June 1945. United Nations Photo # 235995.
United Nations Role in Guam’s Decolonization
Update: Land Ownership on Guam
Guam Militia. Don Farrell collection.
US Naval Era Governors: Contributions and Controversies
WWII- A Japanese being sentenced for his war crimes.
US Navy War Crimes Trials on Guam
Senator Vicente "ben" Cabrera Pangelinan
Vicente Cabrera Pangelinan
During the visit of federal stakeholders to the ancient village, We Are Guåhan organized a demonstration to both send a message and educate our federal visitors on the significance of the area. Photo courtesy of We Are Guahan.
We Are Guåhan
William Elbridge Sewell. Don Farrell collection.
William E. Sewell General Order Nos. 49 - 73
William Elbridge Sewell. Don Farrell collection.
William J. Maxwell Executive General Order Nos. 180 - 194
Although Safford served only one year on Guam, his willingness to open his doors to people with their problems during the day or in the evenings at his home endeared him to the Chamorros.
William Safford
Guampedia Circle Logo
William Swift General Order Nos. 33 - 34
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