Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1879 - 1900 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
It would appear that files from this system were maintained parallel to the Colonial Administration system for a short while after the annexation on 1 March 1900. Some files in Series 6051 date back to the era of the Consulate but there is no indication that they fitted within this system. In 1955 the German Consul's archives were discovered in Apia with the records of the German Colonial Administration. These were removed and transferred to the National Archives of New Zealand for extensive conservation work and microfilming. The decision was made to document the German-Samoan agencies and record series as if they had transferred the records in 1914 - which is why the Executive Council of Western Samoa, although the 'true' transferring agency, is not fully documented.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All items found in 1955 were retained
Accruals
System of arrangement
Archives New Zealand >> German Consulate Apia
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Papers are sewn into signatures and bound into covers
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Archives New Zealand, Head Office, Wellington
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Original description: Archway (Archives New Zealand)
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- The National Archives (Subject)