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General, 1941 December-1946

 Sub-Subseries
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT M00064 Series 3 Sub-Series 29 Other Level 6

Scope and Content Note

This sub-subseries contains scrapbooks concerning general subject matters with unknown creators. Notes within the scrapbooks themselves suggest that two scrapbooks of Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Honolulu Advertiser clippings (spanning the dates 1941 December to 1943 June) may correspond to the following entry in the original HWRD card catalog: “Scrapbook of the war years, 3 vols compiled by Frank Midkiff.” Midkiff was Director of the Evacuation Division of the Office of Civilian Defense during the war, and the scrapbooks he donated were originally compiled in that division. Midkiff was also involved in the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, where he served on a variety of committees including the Emergency Housing Committee and the Postwar Planning Committee (of which he was secretary). Midkiff’s creation of these scrapbooks could not be definitively determined by examining the contents of the scrapbooks, however, and a third matching scrapbook could not be located. The attribution of these books to Midkiff remains speculative. A third scrapbook in the sub-subseries also includes Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Honolulu Advertiser clippings and is titled Postwar News Book 1946 December – [end date not supplied]. Clippings within this scrapbook are not dated. Two small format clippings collections (also from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Honolulu Advertiser) are also in the sub-subseries and are arranged by subject. They span the period of 1941 December 7 to 1942 June 3. Again, these scrapbooks have no information by which to identify their creator, but it is possible (due to the fact that they cover the beginning of the war only) that they correspond to this entry under the name Puphal, Edna C. in the original HWRD card catalog: “Scrapbook of the beginning of the war, December 7, 1941.” Unfortunately, no mention of Puphal’s donation was made in the HWRD accession register (found in the ADMINISTRATIVE FILES series), so this suspicion could not be confirmed. The final five scrapbooks in this series are clippings pasted into issues of Time magazine from 1942. The clippings within the magazines are not dated, nor are any sources given (although several of Laselle Gilman’s “Honolulu War Diary” columns are present).

Dates

  • Creation: 1941 December-1946

Restrictions

From the Series:

Material with personal information may be redacted by the Archives staff. Some fragile items may need to be handled by the staff only.

Extent

4.7 Linear Feet (3 - 16x20 inch boxes, 1 card file, 1 document case)

Language

English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries Repository

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