Guide to the Dwight Wesley Garber papers M2052
Gurudarshan Khalsa
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2020
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Dwight Wesley Garber papers
Creator:
Garber, D. W.
Identifier/Call Number: M2052
Identifier/Call Number: 19327
Physical Description:
3.5 Linear Feet
7 boxes
Physical Description:
1.53 gigabyte(s)
Date (inclusive): 1853-1982
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials that document US Naval pharmacist Dwight Wesley Garber interest in American Samoa as
well as materials that document his time of service with the US Navy in American Samoa in the 1920s. The materials consist
of newspaper clippings, magazines, photographs, negatives, publications, research notes, diaries, journals, logbooks, manuscripts,
and other materials.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research except restricted materials which are closed until the date noted at the file level. Note
that material is stored off-site and must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials
are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Dwight Wesley Garber papers (M2052). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Naval history
American Samoa
Public health.
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence between Garber and Bernice P. Bishop Museum
1963-1963
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence regarding the Samoa Guardian newspaper
1927-1928
Box 1, Folder 3
List of books that may have been or were part of Garber's library
Box 1, Folder 4
Hawiiana in the stock of John Howell Books
1972
Box 1, Folder 5
Miscellaneous
1921-1977
Scope and Contents
11 1/2 pages of a typed transcript (copyrighted) about the capture of the American Topsail-Schooner "Manila" by the German
Auxiliary Cruiser "Seeadler" on July 8 1917. The Manila was sunk.
Letter to Mrs. Garber thanking her for a gift of a Samoan floor mat.
Letter to both Garbers from a shipmate of Dwight Wesley Garber.
Lists of hospital corpsmen who served at Ta'u. Garber made the notation that he was personally acquainted with four of them
- Vrandenburg, Reed, Hardage, and Link.
Miscellaneous notes on various subjects (some of them hard to read).
Box 1, Folder 6
Programs for Graduation Exercise Class 1921, Samoan Hospital Training School for Samoan Nurses, Tutuila, American Samoa
1921-1924
Scope and Contents
Also includes Commissary Store Permit issued to Chief Pharmacist Mate D.W. Garber on August 14, 1924. The card was issued
by USN Captain E.S Kellogg at the United States Naval Station, Tutuila, Samoa.
Box 1, Folder 7
Historical documents
1908-1924
Scope and Contents
United States Navy public health regulations, flag raising programs, a lease, ammunition sales regulations, certificate of
land titles, orders to serve on board of medical examiners, proclamations, public safety announcements, and other documents.
Some of the documents are in Samoan.
Box 1, Folder 8
Historical documents: American Samoa by D.W. Garber
1906-1960
Scope and Contents
Bound volume of typed and handwritten notes, as well as newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other materials
pasted into the volume.
Box 1, Folder 9
United States Navy logbooks
1919-1921
Scope and Contents
Handwritten logbooks.
Box 1, Folder 11
Handwritten story of Tlutiga
Scope and Contents
Written by someone identified as "John" by Dwight Wesley Garber. "John" was a prisoner in jail at Tutuila in October, 1924.
Also written in Samoan.
Box 1, Folder 12
Mutinies and near-mutinies
Scope and Contents
Folder containing Garber's writings on a "Near mutiny on the U.S.S. Washington (U.S.S. Seattle) that took place while the
USS Washington was lying at Galapogos Islands. Also several pages of notes on a mutiny that took place aboard the surrendered
German ship Ostfriesland. Among the Americans aboard the ship were "Red" Cooper, John T. Dobbyn, Lyman A. Duckworth, Frank
Everret and a man named Hayes. Garber transcribed Duckworth's narrative on January 28, 1928 off Gonaives and he has the narrative
given to Garber by Chief Yeoman aboard the U.S.S. Arkansas at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on January 31, 1928. There are also notes
on a semi-mutiny aboard the U.S.S. Georgia as told by Joe Baauer, Chief Printer, U.S.N. who was serving aboard the U.S.S.
Georgia at the time.
Box 1, Folder 13
"Samoan Tales" transcribed by Garber
Scope and Contents
It is unknown if these stories were published by Garber.
Box 2, Folder 1
Samoan notes, Upola stories
1922
Box 2, Folder 2
Samoa journal, 1924-1925 by D.W. Garber
Scope and Contents
Bound volume of typed and handwritten notes, as well as newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other materials
pasted into the volume.
Box 2, Folder 3
Samoan diary and stories, 1924-1925 by D.W. Garber
Scope and Contents
Bound volume of typed and handwritten notes, as well as newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other materials
pasted into the volume.
Box 2, Folder 4
Manu'a diary and stories, 1921-1923 by D.W. Garber
Scope and Contents
Bound volume of typed and handwritten notes, as well as newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other materials
pasted into the volume.
Box 3, Folder 1
Observations in Manu'a, D.W. Garber
Box 3, Folder 2
Census, Manua Island
1924
Scope and Contents
Handwritten counts.
Box 3, Folder 3
Gafa ma tala o tuimanu'a by D.W. Garber
Scope and Contents
Bound volume of typed and handwritten notes, as well as newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other materials
pasted into the volume.
The materials are in English and Samoan. According to Google Translate the title means, "genealogy and legends".
Box 3, Folder 4
Duplicate copies of materials loaned by Tuimanu Taliutafa IV
1924
Box 3, Folder 5
Flowering plants of Samoa. Erling Christophersen, Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin 128, Honolulu, Hawaii.
1935
Scope and Contents
The title on the spine reads, "Botanical exploration in Samoa D.W. Garber". The title on the front cover reads, "Flora Samoaensis,
the Garber Collection".
Box 4, Folder 1
Bibliography of publications containing data or reference to Hawaiian flora and alphabetical index Hawaiian specimens with
recapitulation
Box 4, Folder 2
Checklist of the flora of the Samoan Islands from the Botanishce and Zologische Ergenisse... Dr. Karl Rechinger
1910
Box 4, Folder 3
Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Volume XX. American Samoa. William Albert Setchell.
1924
Scope and Contents
The title on the spine reads, "Vegetation of American Samoa, Setchell".
Box 4, Folder 4
A revision of the pteridophyta of Samoa, by Carl Christensen, Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin 177
1943
Box 4, Folder 6
Geographical notes on the Samoan Islands - from Vol. 1 No. 2 Memoirs of B.P. Bishop Museum Index to the Islands of the Pacific
by Dr. William T. Brigham
1900
Box 4, Folder 7
A contribution to Samoan and Tongan somatology
1921
Box 4, Folder 8
Public health notes: American Samoa
Scope and Contents
Bound volume of various publications about public health in American Samoa.
Box 4, Folder 9
Samoan report
1877
Scope and Contents
The agency of A.B. Steinberger in the Samoan Islands, message from the President of the United States. 44th Congress 2d session,
House of Representatives, ex. doc. no. 44.
Box 5, Folder 1
Samoan affairs
1890
Scope and Contents
Bound volume titled Samoan affairs on the spine. The title page is, Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United
States, transmitted to Congress...
Box 5, Folder 2
Our Navy, the Fleet Review and Leatherneck magazines
1921-1932
Box 5, Folder 3
Congressional Record and United States Census Bulletins
1920-1930
Box 5, Folder 4
News items on Samoa
1917-1926
Box 5, Folder 5
News items on Samoa
1920-1927
Box 5, Folder 6
News items on Samoa
1853, 1920-1982
Box 5, Folder 7
News items on Samoa
1917-1976
Box 5, Folder 8
Magazines and journals
1921-1977
Box 6, Folder 1
News items on Samoa
1921-1976
Box 6, Folder 2
News items and other materials about Robert Louis Stevenson, Hawaii, and Bully Hayes (part 1 of 2)
1909-1978
Box 6, Folder 3
News items and other materials about Robert Louis Stevenson, Hawaii, and Bully Hayes (part 2 of 2)
1909-1978
Box 7, Folder 5
Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Garber aboard their schooner "Ajax"
Box 7, Folder 6
Photographs of Garber in Samoa
Box 7, Folder 7
Early photographs of Samoans
