Pambu Catalogue

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ThePacific Manuscripts Bureau copies archives, manuscripts and rare printed material relating to the Pacific Islands. The aim of the Bureau is to help with long-term preservation of the documentary heritage of the Pacific Islands and to make it accessible.

The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau is a non-profit organisation sponsored by an international consortium of libraries specialising in Pacific research. Anyone with Internet access can search the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau catalogue, however only customers of member libraries can access the full text digital collections (.jpgs of images and .pdfs of manuscripts) in the database.

The Bureau is overseen by a Management Committee which consists of three Pacific scholars, representatives of each of the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau's member libraries and a representative of the Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council of Archives (PARBICA).

The Bureau holds over 4,000 reels of microfilm and over 100,000 pages of new digital content. The collection includes letters, diaries, dictionaries, church mission records, newsletters, scientific papers, broadcast reports and posters, amongst other record types. Major holdings include:

Members of the public can access the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau collections at any of our member libraries (see ) or via our online catalogue ( ).

Full text is only available via member libraries or if purchased from the Bureau.