BCT 1: General correspondence and miscellaneous records.
Scope and Contents
These records form part of: Great Britain. High Commission for Western Pacific Islands. Western Pacific archives (MSS & Archives 2003/1). Work on fully listing this collection is yet to be completed for further details of record sets 1-42 please see the older finding aid attached as a digital object below. For details of set 43: miscellaneous papers please use Manuscripts and Archives listing.
Dates
- 1862-1959
Language of Materials
English .
Conditions Governing Access
RESTRICTED. Access requires the permission of the Special Collections Manager.
Administrative History
Although Tonga has been a constitutional monarchy since 1875, under treaties of friendship of 1879 and 1900 the kingdom ceded control of its foreign affairs to Great Britain represented by the British Agent and Consul who reported to the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific. This situation remained until 1970 when Tonga became fully independent.
Extent
24 metres
Physical Location
In off-site storage. Expect delay of 12-24 hours from time of order.
- Title
- Inventory of records of the general correspondence and miscellaneous records, subject prefix series, of the British Agent and Consul, Tonga (BCT 1). MSS.Archives.2003/1.BCT 1
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Western Pacific Archives
- Date
- 1977
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Pacific Archives, University of Auckland Repository
5 Alfred Street
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1010 New Zealand
+64 9 9238060
specialcollections@auckland.ac.nz