DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
ABSTRACT
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title: Etablissements Ballande. Business diaries.,
Date (inclusive): 1933-1954
Collection number: MSS 0461
Extent: 0.40 linear feet (2 microfilm reels in one
box.)
Repository:
Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD
Shelf Location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Restrictions
Access restricted: Researchers must obtain permission to use the microfilm from
Government Archivist, National Archives of Vanuatu, PO Box 184, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Preferred Citation
Etablissements Ballande. Business diaries., MSS 0461. Mandeville Special Collections
Library, UCSD.
ABSTRACT
Business diaries for French traders doing business in Port Vila and Santo, New Hebrides.
The diaries, which are in French, record day-to-day operations of Comptoirs francais des
Nouvelle Hebrides.
Microfilm prepared by Pacific Manuscript Bureau. [PMB 1130].
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
Comptoirs francais des Nouvelle Hebrides, a trading company operating in Vanuatu, was a
subsidiary of the New Caledonian company, Etablissements Ballande, formed by the
entrepreneur, Andre Ballande.