Memorabilia
Scope and Contents
This series consists of personal items belonging to Matsunaga, presents, campaign memorabilia, plaques, awards, flags (U.S., Hawaii, U.S. Senate, 100th Infantry Battalion), university degrees (earned and honorary), and framed pictures. Among the more interesting items are a pair of white patent leather boots, boxing gloves from Matsunaga’s Army days, his Army uniform jacket with ribbons and insignia, a personalized shaving mug, a personalized hard hat, many Lions Club pins, bill-signing pens, a bolt of cloth with “Sparky” campaign designs, and desk accessories, as well as souvenir mementos for constituents and visitors such as Senate ashtrays, clocks, key chains, and pens. The attached inventory is selective for awards, plaques, pens used for signing legislation, and other miscellaneous memorabilia. Complete inventories for these categories are available.
Dates
- From the Sub-Group: Creation: 1977 - 1990
Conditions Governing Access
Material with personal information may be redacted by the Archives staff. Some fragile items may need to be handled by the staff only. Use of audiovisual material may require the production of listening or viewing copies.
The Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection is accessible in the University Archives and Manuscripts Department's John Troup Moir, Jr., and Gertrude M.F. Moir Archives Reading Room. For more information, please contact the Congressional Papers Archivist by email: archives@hawaii.edu, or phone: 808-956-6047.
Arrangement
Memorabilia – 3 record center boxes, 23 document cases, 24 flat boxes, etc.
1. Awards, Recognitions – 1 document case, 3 flat boxes
2. Bolt of cloth (Sparky campaign design)
3. Campaign memorabilia – 1 record center box, 2 document cases, 1 flat box
4. College and University degrees – 1 document case, 3 flat boxes
5. Flags (Hawaii-2; U.S.-2; Senate-1; 100th Infantry Battalion-1) – 6 document cases
6. Framed photographs (34 items)
7. Newspaper articles, reproductions on display boards – 32 items
8. Plaques – 1 document case, 13 flat boxes
9. Other (desk accessories, boots, boxing gloves, Lions Club pins, etc.) – 2 record center boxes, 13 document cases, 4 flat boxes
Repository Details
Part of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries Repository