Hans Hornbostel goes to Saipan (1924)
The Guam Recorder remains an indispensable companion to learning about prewar Guam. It covers departures from and arrivals on island,...
Miscellany
Garapan’s Japanese Jail
Historic District
There remain only a few extant Japanese Period structures left on Saipan but none of them as storied as the...
WWII Maritime Heritage Trail
Visiting archaeologists have touted the prospects for heritage tourism in the Northern Marianas. One of them, Dr. Jennifer McKinnon, had...
Navy 1957 report: TB a major health issue in the Pacific
A sweeping health survey of the island communities by the United States Navy in the aftermath of the war revealed...
Chamorros from Yap migrated back home in 1946, 1948
Two waves of Chamorro migration from Yap back to their native islands occurred in 1946 and 1948. According to Alexander...
Trust Territory leprosarium
on Tinian
"NAVY SELECTS TINIAN FOR A LEPER COLONY," the New York Times reported on June 6, 1948 citing an announcement made...
Abed Younis: From artist to publisher
A scholarship grant in Japan led him to the Marianas in 1972 and the rest is history. Marianas Variety founder...
Saipan’s octogenarian barber
Her barber shop had been in operation for more than 40 years on Saipan. Mrs. Maria Haruko Furumi Tudela was...