Guamanian Era

Guamanian Era Gallery

Art and Architecture

First Chamorro Band
Band Ensembles
Ceramics
Ceramics
Guam: Paradise Island, produced by Herman Crisostomo in 1984, is one of the first feature productions shot by a local filmmakers.
Filmmaking
Kaiser-Aetna Housing
Kaiser Pre-Fab Homes
Kulu Shell. Victor Consaga photographs a recreation of an ancient CHamoru/Chamorro blowing a kulu in the water just off the shoreline. Victor Consaga
Photography
Quonset Huts
Quonset Huts

Biographies

Agueda Iglesias Johnston. Guam Museum collection.
Agueda Iglesias Johnston
Antonio C. Yamashita
Antonio Carbullido Yamashita
Mass Offering. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) collection.
Archbishop Felixberto C. Flores
The Bautista Brothers. Mico and Steven Scott photo from the Guam Humanities Council.
Bautista Brothers
Bill Muna center formed a band with Pete Bautista. Tina Muña Barnes/Humanities Guåhan collection.
Bill Muna
Carlos C. Laguana surrounded by musicians.
Carlos C. Laguana
Carlos Taititano
Carlos Pangelinan Taitano
Clotilde Ding Castro Gould Featured Image
Clotilde "Ding" Castro Gould
Concepcion Balajadia Duenas
Concepcion Balajadia Duenas
Senator Concepcion "Chong" Cruz Barratt.
Concepcion Cruz Barrett
Won Pat
Congressman Antonio B. Won Pat
Cynthia Johnston Torres
Cynthia Johnston Torres
Dr. Olivia Cruz
Dr. Olivia Torres Cruz
Earl Edward Kloppenburg
Earl Edward Kloppenburg
Eduardo "Jake" Calvo. Guam Chamber of Commerce photo.
Eduardo "Jake" Calvo
Elizabeth Perez Arriola Featured Image
Dr. Olivia Torres CruzElizabeth Perez Arriola
Emilie Green Johnston is an important figure to historians and researchers of Guam history. Johnston, along with Paul Carano and Marjorie Driver, founded the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center at the University of Guam.
Emilie Green Johnston
Francisco B Leon Guerrero
Francisco B. Leon Guerrero
Frank D. Perez
Frank D. Perez
Governor Carlton Skinner
Governor Carlton Skinner
Former Governor Ford Elvidge with the current governor at the time, Manuel Guerrero, who served from 1963 – 1969. Guam Police Official Photograph and courtesy of the Micronesian Area Research Center.
Governor Ford Quint Elvidge
Governor Joseph Flores
Governor Joseph Flores
Gov. Manuel FL Guerrero, 1963. MARC collection
Governor Manuel FL Guerrero
Gov. Lowe and Congressmen at flag raising ceremony. MARC collection.
Governor Richard Barrett Lowe
Governor Bill Daniel, 1961 – 1963, standing in front of map of Guam. Guam Police Official Photograph and courtesy of the Micronesia Area Research Center.
Governor William "Bill" Daniel
The young Ignacia Bordallo Butler was fluent in Chamorro, Spanish and English since childhood. She went to school in Hagåtña and was then sent to the Philippines for high school and to earn a teacher’s certificate.
Ignacia Bordallo Butler
Erin Gary Stewart, wife to architect James Murray Stewart, organizing the Guam Museum exhibit with Emily Johnson in 1950.
James Murray Stewart
Jesus Sablan Leon Guerrero (1927-2002) founded the Bank of Guam, Guam's first locally chartered full-sservice banking institution, along with Jose Leon Guerrero Untalan.
Jesus Sablan Leon Guerrero
Speaker Arriola
Speaker Joaquin C. Arriola
Joaquin "Ding" Palomo
Joaquin "Ding" Palomo
I Fanlalai'an
Jose Gumabon, Sr.
Jesus Sablan Leon Guerrero (1927-2002) founded the Bank of Guam, Guam's first locally chartered full-sservice banking institution, along with Jose Leon Guerrero Untalan.
Jose Leon Guerrero Untalan
Soap factory process. Josef Martinez Ada (grandfather of former Guam Governor Joseph Ada) and his son, Juan Ada (father of former Guam Senator Tom Ada), at work in the Ada Soap Factory. Photo from the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) courtesy of Dr. Anne Perez Hattori.
Josef Martinez Ada
Chairman Joe
Joseph Charles Murphy
Lagrimas LG Untalan, 3rd Guam Legislature.
Lagrimas Leon Guerrero Untalan
Pete and Nito Bautista. Forrest Harris/Humanities Guåhan collection.
Louie Gombar
Maria Ulloa Featured Image1100
Maria Arceo Ulloa
Also known as "Ran Maria" and her husband, Pedro Ada, founded a series of business ventures.
Maria Palomo Ada
Mary Essie Underwood (center), also known as Sister Mary Inez, was one of the first three Sisters of Mercy from North Carolina who came to Guam in 1946 to establish a community of women religious and Catholic schools.
Mary Essie Underwood
Young Norbert Tydingco
Norbert Tydingco
University of Guam President Pedro "Doc" Sanchez with Paul Carano, and Katherine Aguon, 1970s.
Paul Carano
pedroadamug
Pedro Martinez Ada
Speaker Florencio T. Ramirez and Vice Speaker William DL Flores with Senators Joseph F. Ada, Vicente D. Ada, George M. Bamba, Paul J. Bordallo, Paul M. Calvo, Adrian L. Cristobal, Jose R. Duenas, Carl TC Gutierrez, Francisco G. Lujan, Antonio M. Palomo, Jerry M. Rivera, Ricardo G. Salas, Adrian C. Sanchez, Francisco R. Santos, Allan A. Sekt, Richard F. Taitano, Edward S. Terlaje, Jesus U. Torres and Alfred C. Ysrael.
Richard Flores Taitano
Rita “Tai” Guevara Sablan - family matriarch, war survivor, visionary and entrepreneur whose life story is a shining example of love, resilience, and inspiration for future generations. Family Collection
Rita Guevara Sablan
Rosa Aguigui Reyes
Rosa Aguigui Reyes
Rosa Perez Salas graduation photo. Salas Family Collection
Rosa Perez Salas
Rosa Roberto Carter, 2008
Rosa Roberto Carter
Speaker Joe T. San Agustin, 2012
Speaker Joe T. San Agustin
Thelma Glenn
Thelma Glenn

Government and Economic Systems

Survivors steamed from the hills after the recapture of the island. MicSem collection.
Adoption of "Guamanian"
Secret Guam Study
Book: Secret Guam Study
Governor Manuel Leon Guerrero
Democratic Party of Guam
Gov. Lowe and Congressmen at flag raising ceremony. MARC collection.
Elective Governor Act 1968
Guam Insular Force Guard
Guam and Its Three Empires
First Constitutional Convention
Guam Constitutional Conventions (ConCon)
1st Guam Legislature
Guam Legislature
Protest Sign. Fanai Castro image.
Guam's Political Status
Chamorro Patriots, 1944. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) collection.
Guam's Strategic Value
Marianas Pathway
History of Efforts to Reunify the Mariana Islands
Military recreation facility in Tumon. National Park Services.
Land Ownership in Guam
Joint session of the  Guam Congress, 1949. Sanchez collection
National Attention on Guam’s Postwar Campaign for Citizenship
Signing the Organic Act of Guam courtesy of the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC).
Organic Act of Guam
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
Governor Carlos Camacho
Republican Party of Guam
The Clipper
Security Clearance on Guam
Governor Paul McDonald Calvo. MARC collection.
Territorial Party of Guam
Ron Rivera at United Nations 1988
United Nations Role in Guam’s Decolonization

Health and Medicine

Guam Memorial Hospital was named to honor Chamorros who died during World War II.
Guam Pattera: Changing Birth Practices (1950-1960)
Illustration 36, Cycas micronesica. Photo from John C. Steele. Courtesy of Dr. Verena Keck, from her book The Search for the Cause, 2011.
Lytico-Bodig on Guam
Nursing
Nursing Program, University of Guam
Aerial View of Naval Hospital, Agana Heights. Guam Memorial Hospital collection.
US Naval Hospital, Guam 1962-Present

Language and Education

Mrs. Robinson's Second Grade Class. Adelup School, Guam, 1951. James M. Stewart's daughter, Alice, is seated up front second from the right. Manuscripts Collection RFT MARC, University of Guam.
Contract Teachers in the Classroom
Captain Adelbert Althouse. Don Farrell collection.
English and CHamoru/Chamorro Language Policies
Namesake School: BP Carbullido Elementary
Namesake School: BP Carbullido Elementary
Namesake School: CL Taitano Elementary
Namesake School: CL Taitano Elementary
Untalan Middle School, 2018.
Namesake School: LP Untalan Middle
P.C. Lujan Elementary School. Guampedia photo.
Namesake School: PC Lujan Elementary
Namesake School: VSA Benavente Middle
Namesake School: VSA Benavente Middle
Notre Dame High School located in Talofofo was founded and is still operated by the School Sisters of Notre Dame or the Notre Dame Sisiters. The school first opened in 1968 and Sr. M. Romuald Nedwecka was the first principal.
Notre Dame High School
US Naval Era Politics and Government Entries
Role of Education in the Preservation of Guam's Indigenous Language
Mt. Carmel School students. The Notre Dame sisters also opened Mt. Carmel School in Hågat and San Vicente School in Barrigada, both of which are elementary and middle schools. Image courtesy of the School Sisters of Notre Dame North American Archives, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
School Sisters of Notre Dame

Migrations of People

Carolinians
Carolinians on Guam
Pangelinan Family. Anthony Ramirez collection.
Filipinos on Guam

Religion and Cultural Practices

Marianas's National Assembly Members
Baha'i Faith
The Carmelite Nuns gather seven times a day to pray and sing to God.
Carmelite Nuns
The Episcopal Church is the name given to the Church of England, or Anglican Church, as it evolved in the United States.
Episcopal Church
Guam Memorial Hospital
Franciscan Sisters
The Lutheran church offers classes for First Holy Communion, Confirmation, adult Bible studies and vocational Bible school.
Lutheran Church of Guam
The Mercedarian Sister's house has been the regional leadership center for the Micronesian area. Mercedarian sisters living in the Agana Heights convent have also worked or taught at the University of Guam, the Micronesian Area Research Center, Fr. Duenas
Mercedarian Sisters
Barrigada Mormon Church. Photo by Sheila Tyquiengco for Guampedia.
Mormon Church of Guam

Transportation, Technology, and Communications

Doloris Coulter Cogan/University of Hawaii Press.
Guam Echo and Guam Eagle

Villages, Places, Organizations, and Island Life

American Red Cross Station, 1917. Don Farrell collection
American Red Cross, Guam Chapter
In 1963, Agana Heights won the Babe Ruth Baseball League Championships.
Baseball: History of the Sport in Guam
Brown Treesnake. Photo by Isaac Chellman.
Brown Treesnake
Mrs. Johnson and Gov. Elvidge, Plaza de España. Guam Museum collection.
Guam Historical Club
Guam Memorial Hospital Volunteers Association GMHVA logo GMHVA collection
Guam Memorial Hospital Volunteers Association
Amanda Guzman in nurses group photos, pre-war. Guam Museum collection.
Guam Nurses Association
Minds Behind the Music
Guam Symphony Society
Guam Women's Club Logo
Guam Women's Club
McCool Hill Climb Fire Station 2007
Running: History of the Sport on Guam
Guam's waves were featured in the May 1967 Surfer Magazine. The author, Tom Chambers, will be remembered for his surfing at Left-Side Boat Basin.
Surfing: Early History on Guam
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