G. B. I. Commissioner's Reports

Grand Bahama in 1858 from Thos. Chapman Harvey, Esq. Official Reports of the Out Islands of the Bahamas.
Grand Bahama in 1887 from L. D. Powles The Land of the Pink Pearl or Recollections of Life in the Bahamas.
Grand Bahama in 1891 from Stark's History and Guide to the Bahama Islands.
Grand Bahama in 1917 from Amelia Defries In a Forgotten Colony
Grand Bahama in 1924 from The Tribune Handbook
Grand Bahama in 1926 from Mary Mosley The Bahamas Handbook.
Grand Bahama in 1931 from Nassau and the Treasure Islands of the Bahamas
Grand Bahama in 1934 from Maj. H. M. Bell Bahamas: Isles of June
The Bahamas in 1964 from Benedict Thielen The Bahamas-Golden Archipelago
Grand Bahama in 1967 Moral Panic, Gambling. and the Good Life
Grand Bahama in 1970 Boom Town in the Bahamas
Commissioner's Reports 1908-1965 Reports by the Colonial Commissioner
Freeport in the Sixties : Maps and Images from Freeport's Beginnings
An Informal History of the GBPA: Background of Freeport's corporate past
Resorts of Yesteryear : Departed Hotels from Freeport's past
Accommodations 1964/67 :
Prices to be nostalgic about

Reports of the Commissioner for
Grand Bahama

There are a scattered number of reports from the Colonial Commissioner for Grand Bahama dated between 1908 and 1965 found in the archives in Nassau that have been copied and placed in the Sir Charles Hayward Library. I am transcribing these (except for the largely illegible 1924 copy) and will put them online so that these past "snapshots" of the Island's economic and social history are available to more readers.