Bibliography
Since its discovery in 1802, Palmyra has been a point of study and fascination for explorers, scientists, authors, property developers, pleasure sailors, hermits and everyone in between. The sources below come from a variety of repositories, and all either mention, or are specifically about, Palmyra. Enjoy exploring and learning more about the atoll’s diverse past!
Scientific Studies and Journals
| Title | Date Published | Original Publication | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Case of Fish Poisoning from Caranx ignobilis Forskål from Palmyra Island | 1955-08-19 | American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists | https://www.jstor.org/stable/1440472 |
| A Review of Ciguatera, Tropical Fish Poisoning, with a Tentative Explanation of its Cause | 1958-01-01 | Bulletin of Marine Science | https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1958/00000008/00000003/art00003 |
| Annual report of the Hawaiian Historical Society | 1934 | Bishop Museum Bulletin | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/63 |
| Catalogue Of Meteorological Data Obtained During The Line Islands Experiment | 1967-04 | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | https://opensky.ucar.edu/islandora/object/technotes:475 |
| Catastrophic Human Interference with Coral Atoll Ecosystems | 1968-01 | Geography | https://www.jstor.org/stable/40566472 |
| Changes in palmyra atoll and its vegetation through the activities of man, 1913-1958 | 1959 | Pacific Naturalist, Vol 1, Num 2 | https://aquadocs.org/handle/1834/20611 |
| Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Line Islands | 1985-05 | Atoll Research Bulletin | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123592#page/212/mode/1up |
| Conservation Status of Birds of Central Pacific Islands | 1973-03 | The Wilson Bulletin | https://www.jstor.org/stable/4160306?seq=1 |
| Contributions to the natural history of the Hawaiian and Fanning Islands and Lower California, made in connection with the United States North Pacific Surveying Expedition, 1873-75 | 1877 | Bulletin of the United States Natural Museum | https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/30462 |
| Crustacea From Palmyra and Fanning Islands | 1923 | Bishop Museum Bulletin | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015023271755&view=1up&seq=5 |
| Cypraeidae from American Samoa with Notes on Species from Palmyra Island | 1939-01 | The Nautilus, Vol 52 | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34259#page/131/mode/1up |
| Geological and Geochemical Data for Seamounts and Associated Ferromanganese Crusts in and near the Hawaiian, Johnston Island, and Palmyra Island Exclusive Economic Zones | 1985 | US Dept of Int | https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr85292 |
| How to assess environmental impacts on tropical islands and coastal areas | 1989-10 | Environment and Policy Institute | https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/21617 |
| Insects and Other Invertebrates from Palmyra Atoll and Christmas Islands | 1952 | Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entemological Society, Vol 15, Num 1 | https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/14830 |
| Line islands Experiment Survey Trip Report | 1966-12 | National Center for Atmosphereic Research | https://opensky.ucar.edu/islandora/object/archives%3A2355 |
| Live-bait fishing for tuna in the central Pacific | 1953 | NOAA | https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/content/live-bait-fishing-tuna-central-pacific |
| Marine algae from Palmyra Island with special reference to the feeding habits and toxicology of reef fishes | 1955 | Alan Hancock Foundation Publication, Occasional Paper, Number 17 | http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/18699 |
| Marine Rafts Show Promise in Luring Fish | 1978-04 | Marine Fisheries Review | https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/marine-fisheries-review/mfr-404-1978 |
| Notes on Oedemeridae in Hawaii and Palmyra | 1939 | Hawaiian Entomological Society | https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/15990 |
| Notes on Pandanus in the Line Islands | 1968-06 | University of Malaya | https://micronesica.org/sites/default/files/stone_b.c.-notes_on_pandanus_in_the_line_islands-micronesica_vol.4_no.1_june_1968_o.pdf |
| Notes on the biology of the wahoo in the line islands | 1956-10-01 | Pacific Science | https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/8682 |
| Pacific forms of Lepturus R. Br. (Gramineae) | 1955-08-29 | Occasional Papers of Bishop Museum | http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op21-14.pdf |
| Palmyra Island with a Description of its Flora | 1916-04 | College of Hawaii Publicactions, Bulletin No. 4 | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/23293 |
| Power Density Spectrum Of Surface Wind Speed On Palmyra Island | 1970-01 | Monthly Weather Review | https://journals.ametsoc.org/mwr/article/98/1/70/105268/POWER-DENSITY-SPECTRUM-OF-SURFACE-WIND-SPEED-ON?searchresult=1 |
| Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society | 1950-03 | Hawaiian Entomological Society | https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/16201/PHES14_001-021_Notes_Exhib_1949.pdf |
| Radiation Measurements Over The Equatorial Central Pacific | 1970-11 | Monthly Weather Review | https://journals.ametsoc.org/mwr/article/98/11/823/99017/RADIATION-MEASUREMENTS-OVER-THE-EQUATORIAL-CENTRAL?searchresult=1 |
| Rawinsonde Data Obtained During The Line Islands Experiment | 1971-02 | National Center for Atmosphereic Research | https://opensky.ucar.edu/islandora/object/technotes%3A85 |
| Report on an Investigation of Poisonous and Venomous Fishes at Palmyra Island, Line Islands | 1953-05-06 | Office of Naval Research | https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/012360.pdf |
| Scientific results of the world cruise of the yacht “Alva” | 1934-10-1 | Bulletin of the Vanderbilt Marine Museum, Vol V | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822010945111&view=1up&seq=11 |
| Some Account of the Natural History of the Fanning Group of Islands | 1877-02 | The American Naturalist, Vol 11, Num 2 | https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2448050.pdf |
| Staff Notes Issue 46 | 1967-05-05 | National Center for Atmosphereic Research | https://opensky.ucar.edu/islandora/object/archives%3A5587 |
| The Fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific expedition, 1937 | 1938 | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822008739864&view=1up&seq=22&q1=palmyra |
| The Templeton Crocker Expedition to Western Polynesian and Melanesian Islands | 1935-10-23 | Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15973457#page/353/mode/1up |
| Vegetation of Pacific Equatorial Islands | 1927 | Erling Christophersen | https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1903313 |
| The Palmyra Atoll Digital Archive | 2018 | Hawaiian Journal of History | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/63173 |
| A Review on the Use of Live Baitfishes to Capture Skipjack Tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, in the Tropical Pacific Ocean With Emphasis on Their Behavior, Survival, and Availability | 1977 | NOAA Technical Report | https://books.google.com/books?id=10lW4CoF5DsC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=Review+on+the+Use+of+Live+Bait+Fishes+to+Capture+Skipjack+Tuna,+Katsuwonus+pelamis,+in+the+Tropical+Pacific+Ocean+With+Emphasis+on+Their+Behavior,+Survival,+and+Availability&source=bl&ots=Ag37LfqGh7&sig=ACfU3U3PUky9Xz2ZRC4NJAP5gJ2eMBbcbQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiy8brl-7fwAhXHZc0KHQuYDAgQ6AEwAnoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=Review%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20Live%20Bait%20Fishes%20to%20Capture%20Skipjack%20Tuna%2C%20Katsuwonus%20pelamis%2C%20in%20the%20Tropical%20Pacific%20Ocean%20With%20Emphasis%20on%20Their%20Behavior%2C%20Survival%2C%20and%20Availability&f=false |
| Explorations by MV Oregon | 1949-03 | Commercial Fisheries Review | https://archive.org/details/commercialfisher1131949unit |
| Survey of Contemporary Knowledge of Biogeochemistry | 1950 | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/918?show=full |
| Research on ciguatera in the tropical Pacific | 1964 | Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute | http://aquaticcommons.org/11990/ |
| Poisonous Fishes and Ichthyosarcotox-ISM: Their Relationship to the Armed Forces | 1954-02 | US Armed Forces Medical Journal | https://archive.org/details/HalsteadPOISONOUSFISHESANDICHTHYOSARCOTOXISM/page/n13/mode/2up?q=palmyra |
| Fanning Island Expedition | 1971-04 | University of Hawai’i Press | https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/18039/ |
| General notes on South Pacific Island Groups | 1920 | United States National Museum | https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6757 |
| Marine biotoxins: II. The extraction and partial purification of ciguatera toxin from Lutjanus bohar | 1961-09 | Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0041008X61900485?via%3Dihub |
| Shoreline Changes and Sediment Redistribution at Palmyra Atoll (Equatorial Pacific Ocean): 1874-Present | 2009-05 | Coastal Research | http://www.jstor.org/stable/27698364 |
| Notes on Migrations and Straggling Birds | 1944-04 | The Elepaio | https://hiaudubon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Elepaio4.10.pdf |
Military Studies and Reports
| Title | Date Published | Branch | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cruise of the Flying Cow | 1943 | US Marine Corp | http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1630 |
| National Implications of Storing Nuclear Waste in the Pacific Regions | 1982-01-11 | National Defense University | https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a111928.pdf |
| Operation Dominic I Report | 1983-02-01 | US Dept of Defense | https://www.dtra.mil/Portals/61/Documents/NTPR/2-Hist_Rpt_Atm/1962_DNA_6040F.pdf |
| Cosponsored Line Islands Experiment Collects Weather Data | 1967-04 | Army Research and Development magazine | https://asc.army.mil/docs/pubs/alt/archives/1967/Apr_1967.PDF |
| Hearings before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack | 1946 | United States Congress | https://books.google.com/books?id=9UJvzLZHVA0C |
| History of U.S. Marine Corps operations in World War II | 1989 | US Marine Corp | https://archive.org/details/historyofusmarin01usma/page/64/mode/2up?view=theater&q=palmyra |
| Oceanography: A Report Bibliography | 1963-05 | Document Defense Center | https://books.google.com/books/about/Oceanography.html?id=Rx4IAQAAIAAJ |
| Marine Defense Battalions, 1939 – 1942: Their contributions in the early phases of WW2 | 1996 | Civilian Publication | https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279378/m1/2/ |
| Muster Roll for NAS Palmyra, 10/1/45 – 8/1/46 | 1946 | US Navy | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/190967069 |
| Crew Muster Roll for NAS Palmyra, 4/1/44-9/1/46 | 1946 | US Navy | https://catalog.archives.gov/id/192909298 |
Newspaper Articles
| Article Title | Date | Newspaper | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addition to the Hawaiian Domain | 1862-06-21 | Polynesian | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11538674/polynesian/ |
| Tales of a Vast Buried Treasure | 1903-08-21 | The Professional World | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10819396/the-professional-world/ |
| Weisbarth is Planning a Palmyra Expedition | 1904-09-01 | Hawaiian Star | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9670425/the-hawaiian-star/ |
| Judge Cooper off for Pirates’ Treasure Isle of Palmyra | 1911-07-19 | Honolulu Advertiser | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11539114/the-honolulu-advertiser/ |
| Girls Call Mere Man Unnecessary, Maids Plan an Adamless Eden | 1916-03-02 | Honolulu Advertiser | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25199727/the-honolulu-advertiser/ |
| It’s a Pioneer Life at the Copra Plantation, pg 1 | 1979-10-17 | Honolulu Advertiser | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63141402/its-a-pioneer-life-at-the-copra/ |
| It’s a Pioneer Life at the Copra Plantation, pg 2 | 1979-10-17 | Honolulu Advertiser | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63141471/its-a-pioneer-life-at-the-copra/ |
| Philosophical on Fish Diet | 1955-01-09 | Sydney Morning Herald | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54290518/the-sydney-morning-herald/ |
| Priceless Treasures of the Incas may be Buried on Island in Palmyras | 1923-04-14 | Honolulu Star-Bulletin | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54685399/honolulu-star-bulletin/ |
| Grand Jury Indicts Three Lottery Promoters pg 1 | 1965-04-01 | Los Angeles Times | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63765504/grand-jury-indicts-three-lottery/ |
| Grand Jury Indicts Three Lottery Promoters pg 2 | 1965-04-01 | Los Angeles Times | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63765616/grand-jury-indicts-three-lottery/ |
| Announcement of Palmyra’s Discovery | 1805-12 | The Naval Chronicle | https://archive.org/details/navalchronicleco12londiala/page/464/mode/2up?q=palmyra |
| The Henry James Castaways | 1888-07-30 | The Press | https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18880630.2.5 |
| Mrs. Leo Sailing For Mainland; To Sell Palmyra Is. | 1926-10-25 | Honolulu Advertiser | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51799516/the-honolulu-advertiser/ |
| Former Palmyra Resident Describes Island in Detail | 1947-01-07 | Honolulu Advertiser | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54283958/ |
| Salvage Workers Busy on Palmyra, Skipper Reports | 1951-11-23 | Honolulu Advertiser | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54287304/ |
| Palmyra Hermit’s Thoughts Interrupted by Yacht, Plane | 1953-09-23 | Honolulu Star-Bulletin | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54289202/palmyra-hermits-thoughts-interrupted-by/ |
| Savio Makes Plans for Island of Palmyra | 1995-02-21 | Honolulu Star-Bulletin | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81288144/savio-makes-plans-for-island-of-palmyra/ |
| Mai Fisherman Plans to Start Palmyra Biz | 1995-04-28 | Honolulu Star-Bulletin | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81288214/mai-fisherman-plans-to-start-palmyra-biz/ |
| Palmyra Island Sale Mired in Competing Claims pt 1 | 1996-05-06 | Honolulu Star-Bulletin | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81288573/palmyra-island-sale-mired-in-competing-c/ |
| Palmyra Island Sale Mired in Competing Claims pt 2 | 1996-05-06 | Honolulu Star-Bulletin | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81288636/palmyra-island-sale-mired-in-competing-c/ |
| Palmyra Island is For Sale | 1987-01-11 | Honolulu Star-Bulletin | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81289368/palmyra-island-is-for-sale/ |
| US Senate May Fight Palmyra Dump Plan | 1996-07-31 | Honolulu Advertiser | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81754572/us-senate-may-fight-palmyra-dump-plan/ |
| Buried Treasure pt 1 | 1947-02-23 | Sunday Polynesian | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82381457/buried-treasure-pt-1/ |
| Buried Treasure pt 2 | 1947-02-23 | Sunday Polynesian | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82381382/buried-treasure-pt-2/ |
| Weather Man | 2006-04-30 | Alamogordo Daily News | https://newspaperarchive.com/alamogordo-daily-news-apr-30-2006-p-12/ |
| Sharks that Bite like Dogs Found in Palmyra Seas | 1927-05-10 | Honolulu Star-Bulletin | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93603345/sharks-that-bite-like-dogs-found-in/ |
| American Polynesia: Palmyra Island | 1940-07-08 | Honolulu Advertiser | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94916266/american-polynesia-palmyra-island/ |
| Judge Cooper’s Island is Productive of Fierce Crabs | 1912-11-02 | Honolulu Star-Bulletin | https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100355577/judge-coopers-island-is-productive-of-f/ |
Magazine Articles
| Title | Date | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii from the Air | 1921-05 | https://books.google.com/books?id=dNdLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=%22hawaii+from+the+air%22+february+1921&source=bl&ots=D650tHUd3A&sig=ACfU3U0E0OuboOHEo3Bz0MOLWNfOt1onew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiXqIictdvrAhVUYs0KHfzABIMQ6AEwDnoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22hawaii%20from%20the%20air%22%20february%201921&f=false | |
| Castaway’s and their influence on Population | 1901-12 | https://archive.org/details/gentlemansmagaz120unkngoog/page/n287/mode/2up?q=palmyra | |
| The Palmyra Islands | 1922-01 | https://books.google.com/books?id=U6sBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA58-IA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q=palmyra&f=false | |
| Correspondence from William Jacob | 1805-12 | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064256272&view=1up&seq=532&q1=palmyra | |
| Die Insel Palmyra und der Panamakanal | 1912 | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015034982200&view=1up&seq=162&q1=palmyra | |
| Pacific Island Islets Pertaining to the United States | 1918 | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101077280962&view=1up&seq=145&q1=palmyra | |
| An International Congress Ground in Hawaii | 1930-10 | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/35599 | |
| Pan Pacific Union Meetings | 1936-01 | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/35648 | |
| Flying over South Sea Isles | 1922-02 | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/35495 | |
| Lanikai Voyage | 1935-07 | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/35646 | |
| My Palmyra | 1915-11 | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/35419 | |
| Palmyra Offered to Pan Pacific Union | 1925-02 | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/35531 | |
| Pan Pacific Union Mention | 1925-02 | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/35536 | |
| South Sea Island Cruise | 1925-05 | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/35534 | |
| Three Men on an Island | 1921-01 | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/35481 | |
| Sooty Terns Breeding on Palmyra | 1967-06 | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227495#page/5/mode/1up | |
| Common and Hawaiian Noddies | 1966-03 | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227496#page/4/mode/1up | |
| Tuna Prove Coy Around Palmyra | 1954-10 | https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-319422374/view?sectionId=nla.obj-373914026&partId=nla.obj-319474409#page/n55/mode/1up | |
| Reply to Palmyra: Polynesian Paradise | 1962-11 | https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-324357478/view?sectionId=nla.obj-333242119&partId=nla.obj-324422715#page/n56/mode/1up | |
| De Luxe Plan for Palmyra | 1962-09 | https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-324344889/view?sectionId=nla.obj-333201516&partId=nla.obj-324372137#page/n67/mode/1up | |
| Palmyra, PAA’s Proposed New Base | 1941-10 | https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-314861610/view?sectionId=nla.obj-329055015&partId=nla.obj-314890338#page/n52/mode/1up | |
| Another Attempt to put Palmyra on the Map | 1956-05 | https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-319170114/view?sectionId=nla.obj-333116635&partId=nla.obj-319198032#page/n57/mode/1up | |
| The Birds and Fishes of Palmyra | 1979-10 | https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337939735/view?sectionId=nla.obj-356333951&partId=nla.obj-337943816#page/n26/mode/1up | |
| Palmyra Eyed for Russian Plutonium | 1996-07 | https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-343562998/view?sectionId=nla.obj-345987803&partId=nla.obj-343567622#page/n22/mode/1up | |
| The Original Annexationist | 1922-08 | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015080011011&view=1up&seq=575&q1=palmyra | |
| Report of card found in bottle | 1886-05-21 | https://www.jstor.org/stable/1761411?seq=3#metadata_info_tab_contents | |
| Birds on Palmyra | 1925-04 | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/35533 | |
| Kingman Reef/Palmyra Atoll DxPedition | 2000-09 | http://om6bb.bab.sk/files/HAM%20kniznica/Magaziny/QST/09%20September%202000%20QST.pdf | |
| Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll | 2000-08 | http://om6bb.bab.sk/files/HAM%20kniznica/Magaziny/QST/08%20August%202000%20QST.pdf |
Books
| Title | Date | Author | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76th CBMU Cruisebook | 1945 | US Navy Seabee Museum | https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/Cruisebooks/wwiicruisebooks/ncb-cruisebooks/76%20%20NCB%20%201942-44.pdf | |
| A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean: Part II | 1851 | Alexander G Findlay | London : R. H. Laurie | https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcbooks/items/1.0222604#p435z-6r0f:palmyra |
| Builders for Battle | 1946 | David O Woodbury | E.P. Dutton and Co | https://www.worldcat.org/title/builders-for-battle-how-the-pacific-naval-air-bases-were-constructed/oclc/1348990&referer=brief_results |
| Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls | 1988 | Edward Leslie | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | https://books.google.com/books?id=X0_S5AtHuY0C& |
| Dr. Judd, Hawaii’s Friend: A biography of Gerrit Parmele Judd, 1803-1873 | 1960 | Gerrit Parmele Judd | Honolulu Univ. of Hawaii Press | https://www.worldcat.org/title/dr-judd-hawaiis-friend-a-biography-of-gerrit-parmele-judd-1803-1873/oclc/249714583&referer=brief_results |
| Flight, Camera, Action | 2014 | Douglas E. Campbell | Douglas E. Campbell | https://books.google.com/books?id=xXq9BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=%22prisic%22+palmyra+island&source=bl&ots=p1VlLY2Edb&sig=ACfU3U0_fs9dbtYCi7xzwv7CN1qz_L9hUg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIuuHK1cvsAhUzB50JHbYmCKsQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg#v=snippet&q=palmyra&f=false |
| God’s Yankee Rebels | 1987 | Mel Goolsby | Pioneer Printing | https://www.worldcat.org/title/gods-yankee-rebels-a-story-about-life-in-the-western-pacific-during-world-war-ii/oclc/20637335&referer=brief_results |
| History of U.S. Army on Palmyra Island | 1944 | US Army | http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-us-army-on-palmyra-island/oclc/31764491 | |
| Howard Hitchcock: Islander | 1987 | Helen Hitchcock Maxon | Topgallant Pub. Co | https://www.worldcat.org/title/d-howard-hitchcock-islander/oclc/19052846&referer=brief_results |
| Isles of Amnesia | 2016 | Mark Rauzon | Latitude 20 | https://www.amazon.com/Isles-Amnesia-Geography-Restoration-Forgotten/dp/0824846796/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465789854&sr=1-18&keywords=%22palmyra+atoll%22 |
| John Cameron’s Odyssey | 1928 | Andrew Farrell | The Macmillan Company | https://archive.org/details/johncameronsodys00came |
| Journal of Two Journeys | 1945 | Army and Navy Pictoral Publication | https://archive.org/details/JournalOfTwoJourneys | |
| Kawabunga’s South Seas Adventure | 1999 | Charles Dewell | South Seas Publishers | https://www.worldcat.org/title/kawabungas-south-seas-adventure/oclc/41524209&referer=brief_results |
| Ocean Outposts | 1942 | Helen Follett | C. Scribner’s Sons | https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocean-outposts/oclc/954222536&referer=brief_results |
| Pacific Islands Handbook | 1944 | RW Robson | The Macmillan Company | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000518081 |
| Sailing Directions for the Pacific Islands, Vol III | 1952 | US Navy Hydrographic Office | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007269358 | |
| Palmyra, a study of the traffic and spending potential | 1963 | W R Faris | http://www.worldcat.org/title/palmyra-a-study-of-the-traffic-and-spending-potential/oclc/663470645 | |
| PanAm Private Cable Codes | 1936 | Pan Am Airways | https://merrick.library.miami.edu/cdm/ref/collection/asm0341/id/109983 | |
| Pearls of the Pacific | 1876 | JW Boddam-Whetham | Hurst and Blackett | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.aja1713.0001.001&view=1up&seq=160&q1=palmyra |
| Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849 | 1851 | Edward Lucett | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t8hd7qz6k&view=1up&seq=636&q1=palmyra |
| Scripps Stories: Days to Remember | 1993 | Kittie Kerr Kuhns and Betty Shor | Scripps Institute | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5581g26h#main |
| Seabees: Where they Worked and Fought in WW2 | 1945 | Roy S. Geiger | US Naval Contruction Battalion | https://www.nmcb62alumni.org/pdf/SeabeeUnitsHistory.pdf |
| Seaman’s Guide to the Islands of the North Pacific | 1870 | WH Roser | James Imray and Son | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006409810;view=1up;seq=5 |
| Seismic Summer | 2006 | Marge Bradner | Scripps Institute | http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/biogr/bradner_seismic_summer.pdf |
| Stewart’s Handbook of the Pacific Islands | 1919 | Percy S Allen | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c022694846&view=1up&seq=7 | |
| The Biogeochemistry of Vertebrate Excretion | 1950 | George Evelyn Hutchinson | https://books.google.com/books?id=SIRgAAAAMAAJ | |
| The King Bee: A Biography of Admiral Ben Moreell | 2011 | A. Olsen | https://books.google.com/books?id=6oLtZBuRZH4C&source=gbs_slider_cls_metadata_0_mylibrary | |
| The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs | 1874 | Charles Darwin | https://books.google.com/books?id=8s_aAAAAMAAJ | |
| The Templeton Crocker Expedition to Western Polynesian and Melanesian Islands | 1935 | Alvin Seale | https://www.worldcat.org/title/templeton-crocker-expedition-to-western-polynesian-and-melanesian-islands-1933/oclc/226352083&referer=brief_results | |
| Uncle Sam’s Pacific Islets | 1944 | David N. Leff | https://www.worldcat.org/title/uncle-sams-pacific-islets/oclc/254497885&referer=brief_results | |
| United States Exploring Expedition v.23 Hydrography | 1861 | Charles S. Wilkes | https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/unitedstatesexp231861unit | |
| US Exploring Expedition Geology | 1849 | James Dwight Dana | https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=h2KuIQ4XSDcC | |
| Voyages and Discoveries in the South Seas, 1792-1832 | 1833 | Edmund Fanning | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031460408&view=1up&seq=222&q1=brothers | |
| Voyages Round the World | 1833 | Edmund Fanning | https://books.google.com/books?id=4nhCAAAAcAAJ&q=palmyra#v=snippet&q=palmyra&f=false | |
| Tugboat to Palmyra Atoll | 2020 | Ross E Rockstad | https://smile.amazon.com/Tugboat-Palmyra-Atoll-Ross-Rockstad | |
| Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World: Vertebrates, Volume 2 | 1967 | Bruce W. Halstead | US Goverment Printing Office | https://books.google.com/books/about/Poisonous_and_Venomous_Marine_Animals_of.html?id=BYF3tgEACAAJ |
| MacDonald’s Choice | 2019 | Dr. John Little | Independent | https://smile.amazon.com/MacDonalds-Choice-John-Little/dp/1692477072/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1615353758&sr=8-1 |
| Dangerous Marine Animals | 1959 | Bruce W. Halstead | Cornell Maritime Press | https://archive.org/details/dangerousmarinea00hals/mode/2up?q=palmyra |
| Oceanography: A Report Bibliography | 1963 | Document Defense Center | https://books.google.com/books/about/Oceanography.html?id=Rx4IAQAAIAAJ | |
| Building for War: The Epic Saga of the Civilian Contractors and Marines of Wake Island in World War II | 2014 | Bonita Gilbert | Philadelphia | https://www.worldcat.org/title/building-for-war-the-epic-saga-of-the-civilian-contractors-and-marines-of-wake-island-in-world-war-ii/oclc/806494118&referer=brief_results |
| Big Surf, Deep Dives and the Islands: My Life in the Ocean | 1998 | Ricky Grigg | Editions Limited | https://www.worldcat.org/title/big-surf-deep-dives-and-the-islands-my-life-in-the-ocean/oclc/42193724&referer=brief_results |
| Beachheads secured: the history of patrol torpedo boats, their bases and tenderships of World War II | 2012 | Harold L. Barbin | Xlibris | https://www.worldcat.org/title/beachheads-secured-the-history-of-patrol-torpedo-pt-boats-their-bases-and-tenderships-of-world-war-ii-june-1939-to-august-31-1945-plus-four-super-pt-boats-delivered-in-1951/oclc/864752686&referer=brief_results |
| Birds of Palmyra | 1944 | George C. Munro | Tong Publishing Co | https://web.s.ebscohost.com/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook/bmxlYmtfXzE1Njc1MzFfX0FO0?sid=b6f0d376-ed39-4051-bb55-979bf1f3f999@redis&vid=0&format=EB&rid=1 |
| Tropic landfall: the Port of Honolulu | 1942 | Clifford Gessler | Doubleday, Doran & company, inc. | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001261398 |
Websites & Other
| Title | Type | Creator/Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii, Volume 21 | Legal Report | Hawaii Supreme Court | https://books.google.com/books?id=Cp40AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA431&dq=in+the+matter+of+the+application+of+henry+e+cooper+to+register+and+confirm+his+title&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiiv_f1m-brAhWJXc0KHeIoClYQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=palmyra&f=false |
| U.S. Insular Areas: Application of the U.S. Constitution | Legal Report | US General Accounting Office | https://www.gao.gov/archive/1998/og98005.pdf |
| Kingman Reef Atoll Investments v United States | Legal Report | US Court of Federal Crimes | http://www.cofc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions/HORN.KINGMANREEF030812.pdf |
| Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Project Material | Log books, photos, reports | Smithsonian | https://archive.org/search.php?query=pacific%20ocean%20biological%20survey%20program%20palmyra |
| Line Islands Experiment Photographs | Photos | National Center for Atmosphereic Research | https://opensky.ucar.edu/islandora/search/palmyra?type=dismax&collection=archives%3Alie&islandora_solr_search_navigation=0&f%5B0%5D=mods_genre_ms%3A%22image%22 |
| Landing accident involving a Buffalo aboard USS Long Island, off Palmyra | Photos | WWII Database | https://ww2db.com/photo.php?list=sp&sp=series&image_id=23 |
| Various Photos | Photos | Hawaii State Archives | http://gallery.hawaii.gov/gallery2/main.php |
| Line Islands Exp. Records | Photos | NCAR Open sky | https://opensky.ucar.edu/islandora/search/palmyra?type=dismax&islandora_solr_search_navigation=0&f%5B0%5D=collectionName_ms%3A%22Line%5C%20Islands%5C%20Exp.%5C%20Records%22 |
| Line Islands Exp. Records | Photos | NCAR Archives | https://archive.eol.ucar.edu/projects/lie/photos/photography.html |
| Operation Grapple (Dovecot) Photo Gallery | Photos | 6th Weather Squadron Alumni Assoication | http://6thweathermobile.org/1957_(part_2).htm |
| Gail Maltby’s Klaraborg Adventures | Photos | Klaraborg History Page | http://www.klaraborg.net/gail_maltby’s_page.htm |
| The Proud Goat of Aloysius Pankburn | Story | Saturday Evening Post | https://books.google.com/books?id=TFowAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA33&dq=saturday+evening+post+proud+goat+of+aloysius+pankburn&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK6-PZk-DrAhXYWc0KHetqATwQ6AEwAXoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=saturday%20evening%20post%20proud%20goat%20of%20aloysius%20pankburn&f=false |
| Abandoned and Little Known Airfield: Western Pacific Islands | Website | http://www.airfields-freeman.com/HI/Airfields_W_Pacific.htm#palmyra | |
| History of Palmyra’s Flag | Website | https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/um-plmyr.html | |
| Palmyra Passages: Reflections from Dr. Jim Maragos’s time on the atoll | Website | One World Journeys | http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/palmyra/expedition/d7/d7_journal_extra_2.html |
| USS Quail Photo Archive | Website | NavSource.org | http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02015.htm |
| Banyandah Kingman Reef Expedition | Website | Jack Binder | https://jackandjude.com/binder/fourjay/kingman.htm |
| Remembering Leo: Memorial to Captain Leo Jesse McLoskey, USMCR | Website | Rick Romine | https://rememberingleo.com/ |
| Interview with Leslie Fullard-Leo (transcription) | Document | Center for Oral History | https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/30410 |
| Kingman Reef 2000 (Amateur Radio DxPedition) | Website | Kingman Reef/Palmyra DX Group | https://www.qsl.net/krpdxg/ |
| The Secret Files of Christmas Island | Online Article | Air Force Cyberspace Capabilities Center | https://www.cyberspacecapabilitiescenter.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/401850/the-secret-files-of-christmas-island/ |
| K5P Palmyra DxPedition | Video | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mptBhHTf7BQ&ab_channel=ValerieHotzfeld | |
| Bob Krauss Research Index | Website | University of Hawaii, Manoa | https://manoa.hawaii.edu/hawaiiancollection/krauss/ |
| Islands and Anchorages in the North Pacific | Map | British Hydrographic Office | https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-574972134/view |
| Approaches to Palmyra Atoll | Map | NOAA | https://charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/83157.shtml |
| Telegram Describing Rescue of Survivors on Palmyra from the bark Henry James | Document | http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1507460432 |