The Story – Background and History of the 1908 Chamorro Bible

• The 1908 Chamorro Bible. Y Salmo Sija – The Psalms, Y Ybangelio Según San Mateo – The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Y Ybangelio Según San Marcos – The Gospel According to Saint Mark, Y Ybangelio Según San Lucas – The Gospel According to Saint Luke, Y Ybangelio Según San Juan – The Gospel According to Saint John, Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija – The Acts of the Apostles. ChamorroBible.org, May 2002.
• The 1908 Chamorro Bible in Audio. ChamorroBible.org, 2003. See Announcements at http://ChamorroBible.org for more details.
• 1908 Chamorro Bible for Personal Digital Assistants (PDA). Freely distributable and available from the ChamorroBible.org Download section (http://ChamorroBible.org/download.htm). PalmDoc and PalmReader electronic books (e-books, Ebooks) were the first ones released on March 16, 2004 ChST.
• Chamorro Bible Study Tool: Y Santa Biblia for Bible+. Freely distributable and available from the ChamorroBible.org Download section (http://ChamorroBible.org/download.htm).
• Chamorro Bible Study Tool: Y Santa Biblia for Online Bible (OLB), Online Bible. Freely distributable and available from the ChamorroBible.org Download section (http://ChamorroBible.org/download.htm). First released on February 27, 2004 EST.
• Chamorro Bible Study Tool: Y Santa Biblia for The SWORD Project, The CrossWire Bible Society. Freely distributable and available from the ChamorroBible.org Download section (http://ChamorroBible.org/download.htm). First released on February 19, 2004 EST. February 19, 2004 EST is an important and historic date for the 1908 Chamorro Bible: It is the first time in the 1908 Chamorro Bible's history that it is available for a software Bible study tool. Also available from The CrossWire Bible Society's The SWORD Project - SWORD - Module Add-ins - Bible Texts & Translations section.
• Chamorro Bible Study Tool: Y Santa Biblia for the Unbound Bible, Biola University. It's available under the title "Chamorro (Psalms, Gospels, Acts)" at <http://www.UnboundBible.org>. February 4, 2005.

• 2001-2002 Chamorro Bible Project Participants. ChamorroBible.org, May 31, 2002. Documented in ISLES, Spring 2003, Special Issue: The Resurrection of the (1908) Chamorro Bible, edited by Bethany S. Martin, Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Agaña Heights, Guam, USA, 2003. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org, the Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, and the Richard Flores Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Chamorro Bible Resolutions. Introduced by Senator Tina Rose Muña Barnes in full legislative session and adopted by I Mina'Bente Siete Na Liheslaturan Guåhan on October 31, 2003 ChST. They were officially presented on Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at approximately 12:00 Noon ChST in the Public Hearing Room of I Mina'Bente Siete Na Liheslaturan Guåhan, Hagåtña, Guam. The Chamorro Bible Resolutions are the work of Joseph Artero-Cameron, Office Manager for the Office of Senator Tina Rose Muña Barnes, Rlene Santos Steffy, and Senator Tina Rose Muña Barnes. The electronic text is available in HTML (using the legislative Certificate Format), Certificate Format (used for printing on special certificate style paper) and Working Format (used by the legal office and staff in finalizing the resolution). See the December 17, 2003 ChST announcement at ChamorroBible.org for additional information.
• Chamorro and English Scriptures, 1908, Diglot: Specifications, Photographs, and General Layout. These are not photographs of the original 1908 Chamorro Bible borrowed from Yale University in September 2001. However they are pictures of a privately owned original 1908 Chamorro Bible in excellent condition. ChamoroBible.org, January 2004.
• Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists. Chamorro Bible Fundraising Letter, March 7, 2003(Letter in PDF Format. See update in the article Chamorro Bible Project, ISLES, Spring 2003, Special Issue: The Resurrection of the (1908) Chamorro Bible.) First GMM Chamorro Bible fundrasising letter mailed to hundreds of people. Pastor Willy Nobuo, Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Agaña Heights, Guam, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org and the Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists.
• Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists. Island-wide Bulletin, June 19, 2002. The first Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists press release announcing the Chamorro Bible. Pastor Remenster H. Jano and Vangie Laniog, Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Agaña Heights, Guam, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org and the Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists.
• Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists. ISLES, Spring 2003, Special Issue: The Resurrection of the (1908) Chamorro Bible. Edited by Bethany S. Martin, Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Agaña Heights, Guam, USA, 2003. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org, the Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, and the Richard Flores Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists. Original 1908 Chamorro Bible returned to the Mariana Islands. The original April 24, 2003 Chamorro Bible press release. Bethany S. Martin, Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Agaña Heights, Guam, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org and the Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists.
• Maps. Beluu er a Belau, the Republic of Palau, 1995; Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, includes Guahan – Guam, 1989; Federated States of Micronesia, includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guåhan – Guam, Ruk (Truk, Chuuk), 1999; Guåhan – Guam, 1991; Oceania, includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guåhan – Guam, 2002; Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1989; West Pacific Islands, includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guåhan – Guam, Ruk (Truk, Chuuk), 1998. The World Factbook (http://cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook) and CIA Maps and Publications Released to the Public (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/mapspub), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Government of the United States of America (USA); and the Perry-Castañeda Map Collection (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps), Perry-Castañeda Library, The General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• September 11, 2001 EST: Yale University Loans a Rare Original 1908 Chamorro Bible to Guam Adventist Academy. 1908 Chamorro Bible package tracking. September 11, 2001 (EST): Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, USA) to Guam Adventist Academy (Yona, Guam, USA). October 10, 2001 (ChST): Guam Adventist Academy (Yona, Guam, USA) to Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, USA).
• Southern Asia-Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Guam: Original 1908 Chamorro Bible returns to the Mariana Islands. Update of the original April 24, 2003 Chamorro Bible press release. Bethany S. Martin, Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Agaña Heights, Guam, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org and the Southern Asia-Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists, http://www.ssd.org, P.O. Box 040, San Miguel II Silang, Cavite 4118 Philippines.
• Statement Regarding the Reported Collection and Burning of the 1908 Chamorro Bibles. Editor, ChamorroBible.org, January 29, 2004.
• Rlene Santos Steffy. April 23, 2003 ChST, Chamorro Bible: Clarence L. Thomas IV, Josephine Chargualaf Varley & Bethany S. Martin. Interview on the Rlene"Live" talk show at Newstalk K-57 (KGUM-AM 567 kHz, Hagåtña, Guam, USA; http://www.K57.com), Rlene"Live" Productions, RleneLive.com: Audio Archive, Guam, USA.
• Rlene Santos Steffy. Elmer Lee & Anna San Nicolas Taitano Gay Family . Rlene"Live" Productions, RleneLive.com (Chamorro Bible Donated by Susan Gay Kirk), Guam, USA, 2003.
• Rlene Santos Steffy. Gay Family Chamorro-English Bible On Display at MARC [Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center]. Rlene"Live" Productions, RleneLive.com (Chamorro Bible Donated by Susan Gay Kirk), Guam, USA, 2003.
• Rlene Santos Steffy. Neil Culbertson's Bible Collection. Rlene"Live" Productions, RleneLive.com (Chamorro Related Articles Archives/Chamorro Articles Archive), Guam, USA, 2003.
• Y Santa Biblia, Chamorro Edition, HTML, PDF: U.S. "Letter" Size Paper (8.5 x 11 inches) or Camera-ready 5.5 x 8.25 inch page size. Freely distributable and available from the ChamorroBible.org "Download" section (http://ChamorroBible.org/download.htm). As of October 2005 Y Santa Biblia, Chamorro Edition is available in print (http://ChamorroBible.org/chamorrobibleproject/chamorro-bible-in-print.htm).
• Y Santa Biblia, Chamorro-English Edition. Camera-ready PDF, 5.5 x 8.25 inch page size. Freely distributable and available from the ChamorroBible.org "Download" section (http://ChamorroBible.org/download.htm).

Sources – Research Phase Primary Articles, Books, Papers, and Personal Contacts

• Chamorro and English Scriptures: Y Cuatro Ebangelio Sija Yan Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija Gui Testamento Nuebo Y Señotta Yan Y Satbadotta Si Jesucristo Yan Y Salmo Sija. Un Trinaduse Y Fino Griego Yan Hebreo Gui Fino Y Tano Guam Pat Y Chamorro. The Chamorro and English Scriptures, also called the Chamorro Bible, was published in 1908 in diglot (bilinugal) format, Chamorro on the left page and English on the right page, by the American Bible Society (New York, New York, USA). Approximately 1,000 were printed. Translated by Francis Marion Price with the assistance of five currently unidentifed Chamorros (see Chamorro Scriptures for the Island of Guam), it contains the four Gospels (Saint Matthew, Saint Mark, Saint Luke, Saint John), The Acts of the Apostles, and The Psalms. The original 1908 Bible used in the Chamorro Bible Project (2001-) came from the Yale University Seeley G. Mudd Library with the assistance of Denise P. Hersey (see September 11, 2001 EST: Interlibrary Loan of a Rare Original 1908 Chamorro Bible to Guam Adventist Academy from Yale University for shipment details). Text, images, and audio are available at http://ChamorroBible.org. A rare original 1908 Chamorro Bible and copies of the original 1908 Chamorro Bible are available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Y Cuatro Ebangelio Sija Yan Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija Gui Testamento Nuebo Y Señotta Yan Y Satbadotta Si Jesucristo Yan Y Salmo Sija. Un Trinaduse Y Fino Griego Yan Hebreo Gui Fino Y Tano Guam Pat Y Chamorro. Republished in 1951, with only the Chamorro translation, by the American Bible Society, New York, New York, USA. The four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John), the Acts of the Apostles. The book of Psalms is not included in the reprint. Available at the Nieves M. Flores Memorial Library, Hagåtña, Guam, USA and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• American Bible Society. ABS Annual Report, 1909, Micronesia. page 281, American Bible Society (ABS), New York, New York, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• American Bible Society. Chamorro Scriptures for the Island of Guam. Bible Society Record, July 1908, Volume 53, Number 7, American Bible Society, New York, New York, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org and Oberlin College Archives (Alumni Records, RG 28: Francis Marion Price), http://www.Oberlin.edu/archive, Mudd Center, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA
• American Bible Society. Essay #15, Part V-H, Pacific Islands, 1901-1930. Janice E.Pearson, pages 16-18, American Bible Society, http://AmericanBible.org, New York, New York, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• American Bible Society. Essay #16, Part V-H, Text and Translation, 1901-1930. Eric M. North, September 1967, pages 12-16, American Bible Society, http://AmericanBible.org, New York, New York, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• American Bible Society. American Bible Society Archives, Version Committee Minutes: The Bible (Scriptures) in Chamorro. American Bible Society, http://AmericanBible.org, New York, New York, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• American Bible Society. Version Committee Minutes, January 28, 1905: Chamorro. American Bible Society, http://AmericanBible.org, New York, New York, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• American Bible Society. Committee on Versions, April 29, 1905: Chamorro. American Bible Society, http://AmericanBible.org, New York, New York, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• American Bible Society. Committee on Versions, September 30, 1905: Chamorro. American Bible Society, http://AmericanBible.org, New York, New York, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• American Bible Society. Version Committee, October 19, 1950: Chamorro. American Bible Society, http://AmericanBible.org, New York, New York, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• American Bible Society. Version Committee, October 31, 1951: Chamorro. American Bible Society, http://AmericanBible.org, New York, New York, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• American Bible Society. Version Committee, April 22, 1953: Chamarro [Chamorro]. American Bible Society, http://AmericanBible.org, New York, New York, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• Congregational Library of the American Congregational Association. Francis Marion Price. Vinton Books of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Volume 1, page 70. Congregational Library of the American Congregational Association, http://www.14Beacon.org, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• Congregational Library of the American Congregational Association. Francis Marion Price. The Year Book of the Congregational and Christian Churches, Combining the Congregational Year Book, Volume No. 60, and The Christian Annual, Volume No. 66: Statistics for 1937, page 56, General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches. Congregational Library of the American Congregational Association, http://www.14Beacon.org, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• Congregational Library of the American Congregational Association. Mrs. Price (Sarah Jane Freeborn). Vinton Books of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Volume 1, page 70. Congregational Library of the American Congregational Association, http://www.14Beacon.org, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org.
• L.M. Cox, Civil Engineer, U.S. Navy, et. al. The Island of Guam with Map and 12 Illustrations. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1917. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• L.M. Cox, Civil Engineer, U.S. Navy, et. al. The Island of Guam with Map and 12 Illustrations. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1926. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Francisco Valenzuela Cruz (F. "Val" C.). Chamorro-English English-Chamorro Dictionary of the Marianas Island (Isla De Marianas). Compiled & Published by F. "Val" C., Printed in Hong Kong by The Green Pagoda Press Ltd., 1967. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Bernadita Camacho Dungca, Ph.D. Guam Chamorro, Orthography & Dictionary. Vernacular Language Symposium on New & Developing Orthographies in Micronesia, Edited by Mary L. Spencer with Viviana Aguilar & Ginlin Woo, University of Guam Press, Mangilao, Guam, 1989. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Rita Inos. Chamorro in the Northern Marianas, Orthography & Dictionary. Vernacular Language Symposium on New & Developing Orthographies in Micronesia, 1989, Guam, Edited by Mary L. Spencer with Viviana Aguilar & Ginlin Woo, University of Guam Press, Mangilao, Guam, 1989. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Judith Selk Flores. Reinventing Artistic Traditions: The Chamorro Search for Identity. Thesis, Master of Arts in Micronesian Studies, October 1996, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Eric Forbes, O.F.M., Capuchin. Chapter 7: The Origins of Protestantism in Guam. Guam History: Perspectives, Volume One, Edited by Lee D. Carter, William L. Wuerch, Rosa Roberto Carter; Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, 1997. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Guam History: Perspectives, Volume One, Edited by Lee D. Carter, William L. Wuerch, Rosa Roberto Carter. Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, 1997. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Guam News Letter. Numerous articles. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam.
• The Guam Recorder. Numerous articles. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• The Guam Recorder. Frank Taitano Passes Away. The Guam Recorder, January 1938, Volume XIV, Number 10, page 18. Available at ChamorroBible.org and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• The Guam Recorder. Obituaries: José Mendiola Taitano. The Guam Recorder, March 1934, Number 120, pages 206-207. Available at ChamorroBible.org and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• The Guam Recorder. Protestant Religious Services and Missionaries of Guam, The Guam Recorder, June 1936, Vol. XIII, No. 3, page 15. Available at ChamorroBible.org and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Oberlin College. Alumni Records, RG 28: Francis Marion Price, Oberlin College Archives, http://www.Oberlin.edu/archive, Mudd Center, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA. Selected records are available at http://ChamorroBible.org
• Oberlin College. Treasurer's Office Files, RG 7: Francis Marion Price, Oberlin College Archives, http://www.Oberlin.edu/archive, Mudd Center, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA
• Rosa Salas Palomo. American Policies and Practicies Affecting Language Shift on Guam: 1898 - 1950. Chamorro Language Issues and Research on Guam, A Book of Reading, Edited by Mary L. Spencer; University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, 1987. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• William D. Pesch, Esq. Praying Against the Tide - Challenges Facing the Early Protestant Missionaries to Guam, 1900-1910. Thesis, Master of Arts in Micronesian Studies, February 2001, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, USA. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA. An earlier version of this thesis is available at Rlene"Live" Productions, RleneLive.com (Chamorro Related Articles Archives/Chamorro Articles Archive: Praying Against the Tide).
• Edward R. von Preissig, Ph.D. Dictionary and Grammar of the Chamorro Language of the Island of Guam. Washington, United States of America: Government Printing Office, 1918. Available at ChamorroBible.org and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Francis Marion Price. After Three Years in Guam. The Pacific, May 12, 1904. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org and the Congregational Library of the American Congregational Association, http://www.14Beacon.org, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• Francis Marion Price. The Island of Guam and Its People. The Missionary Review of the World, January 1902, No. 1. Funk & Wagnalls Company, Publishers. New York (30 Lafayette Place), London (44 Fleet St.). Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Francis Marion Price. Micronesia Mission, 1900-1909. Letters from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) collection. Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, Manuscripts Collection, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Francis Marion Price to Jas L. Barton, D.D. Letter dated November 10, 1906, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), Micronesia Mission, 1900-1909. Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, Manuscripts Collection, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org
• Francis Marion Price to William Haven, D.D. Letter dated May 9, 1905, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), Micronesia Mission, 1900-1909. Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, Manuscripts Collection, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org
• Francis Marion Price to Judson Smith, D.D. Letter dated December 19, 1900, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), Micronesia Mission, 1900-1909. Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, Manuscripts Collection, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org
• Francis Marion Price to Judson Smith, D.D. Letter dated May 9, 1905, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), Micronesia Mission, 1900-1909. Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, Manuscripts Collection, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org
• Francis Marion Price to Judson Smith, D.D. Letter dated June 6, 1905, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), Micronesia Mission, 1900-1909. Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, Manuscripts Collection, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org
• Francis Marion Price to E. E. Strong Letter dated March 16, 1907, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), Micronesia Mission, 1900-1909. Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, Manuscripts Collection, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org
• Robert F. Rogers. Chapter 9: The Quest for Identity 1918-1941, Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam, pages 147-148. University of Hawai'i Press, United States of America, 1995. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Paul Carano and Pedro C. Sanchez, Ph.D. Chapter 11: Development of Religion and Education, A Complete History of Guam; Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan, 1964, 1982. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• William R. Tansill. Guam and Its Administration. The Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, Public Affairs Bulletin No. 95, Washington D.C., June 1951. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Clarence L. Thomas IV. Reflections: “O Jeova, Namandinangculo Sija Y Chechomo! Yan Jinasomo Mansentadong” Salmo 92:5 (Psalm 92:5), ISLES, Spring 2003, Special Issue: The Resurrection of the (1908) Chamorro Bible. Edited by Bethany S. Martin, Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Agaña Heights, Guam, USA, 2003. Overview and personal contacts. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org, the Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Laura Thompson, Ph.D. Guam and Its People, With a Village Journal by Jesus C. Barcinas. Greenwood Press, A Division of Congressional Information Service, Westport, Connecticut, 1969; Princeton University Press, 1947. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Laura Thompson, Ph.D. The Laura Thompson Papers, Diary–Field Work in Guam 1938-39. Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, Manuscripts Collection, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Robert A. Underwood, Ph.D. Language Survival, The Ideology of English and Education in Guam. Chamorro Language Issues and Research on Guam, A Book of Reading, Edited by Mary L. Spencer; University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, 1987. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Román Maria de Vera, Capuchino de Guam. Diccionario Chamorro-Castellano. Imprenta y Litografía "Germania", Cacho Hermanos, 672 Legarda, Manila, I.F., 1932. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Donna O'Connor Villagomes. Chamorro Culture During the Mission Era. Unit Four of the Northern Marianas High School Social Studies Series, Northern Marianas Department of Education, December 1977. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.

Resources – Closely Related 1908 Chamorro Bible Materials

• H. Costenoble (Hermann H.L.W. Costenoble). Die Chamoro Sprache. 'S-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1940. Available the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Begoña Santos Flores. The 1908 Chamorro Bible in Audio: Salmo 113. ChamorroBible.org, 2003.
• Bethany S. Martin. www.ChamorroBible.org. ISLES, Spring 2003, Special Issue: The Resurrection of the (1908) Chamorro Bible, Edited by Bethany S. Martin, Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Agaña Heights, Guam, USA, 2003. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org, the Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Bethany S. Martin. The Resurrection of the Chamorro Bible. ISLES, Spring 2003, Special Issue: The Resurrection of the (1908) Chamorro Bible, Edited by Bethany S. Martin, Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Agaña Heights, Guam, USA, 2003. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org, the Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Bethany S. Martin. Taitano Family Translators. ISLES, Spring 2003, Special Issue: The Resurrection of the (1908) Chamorro Bible, Edited by Bethany S. Martin, Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Agaña Heights, Guam, USA, 2003. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org, the Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Bethany S. Martin. Who is Francis Price?. ISLES, Spring 2003, Special Issue: The Resurrection of the (1908) Chamorro Bible, Edited by Bethany S. Martin, Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Agaña Heights, Guam, USA, 2003. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org, the Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Bethany S. Martin. Why Did the Chamorro Bible Disappear?. ISLES, Spring 2003, Special Issue: The Resurrection of the (1908) Chamorro Bible, Edited by Bethany S. Martin, Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, Agaña Heights, Guam, USA, 2003. Available at http://ChamorroBible.org, the Guam-Micronesia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists, and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Joaquin Flores Sablan, D.D., L.H.D. My Mental Oddyssey, Memoirs of the First Guamanian Protestant Minister. Stinson Press, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 1990. Available at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• William Edwin Safford. The Chamorro Language of Guam: A Grammar of the Idiom Spoken by the Inhabitants of the Marianne, or Ladrones, Islands. Reprinted from the American Anthropologist, 1903-1905, Washington D.C., USA, W. H. Lowdermilk & Co. Available at ChamorroBible.org and the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, http://marc.uog.edu, Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam), Mangilao, Guam, USA.
• Rlene Santos Steffy. The Chamorro-English Dictionary: 'Way To Keep The Chamorro Language Alive Or A fitting Tribute To Its Demise!'. Rlene"Live" Productions, RleneLive.com, Guam, USA, 2003.
• Rlene Santos Steffy. May 8, 2003, Author W/Assistance Chamorro Reference Grammar & Primary Author/Editor Chamorro-English Dictionary: Donald M. Topping Ph.D., Personal interview, Rlene"Live" Productions, RleneLive.com (Audio Archive), Guam, USA.
• Rlene Santos Steffy. von Preissig 1918 Dictionary and Grammar of the Chamorro Language. Rlene"Live" Productions, RleneLive.com (Chamorro Related Articles Archives/Chamorro Articles Archive), Guam, USA, 2003.
• Josephine Chargualaf Varley. The 1908 Chamorro Bible in Audio: Salmo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 19, 23, 27, 32, 34, 95, 103; San Mateo 1, 2, 3, 24; San Marcos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; San Lucas 6, 9; San Juan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10; Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. ChamorroBible.org, 2003.