Hawaii Land Claims, 1908 - 1989
Scope and Contents
Material in this subseries relates generally to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920. Subjects documented include the history of land tenure in Hawai‘i, the responsibility of the federal and state governments for administering and enforcing the provisions of the act, and the nature of the relationship between the federal government and the Hawaiian people. Planning files and testimony relating to a series of 1989 oversight hearings held on O‘ahu, Kaua‘i, Maui, Moloka‘i, and Hawai‘i are also present. The hearings, held before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs and the House of Representatives Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, focused on the status and management of Hawaiian Home Lands, the needs of communities, and proposed amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. There is some overlap with material in the Hawaiian Homes Commission subseries.
The subseries also contains material relating to Public Law 88-233 (S. 2275), which in 1963 authorized the federal government to return unneeded lands to the State of Hawai‘i and revised the procedure for conveying federal lands to the state; as well as maps and photocopies of leases and other documents relating to lots in Lualualei.
Some material, relating to the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the establishment of a Native Hawaiian Claims Study Commission, overlaps with material in the Native Hawaiian Claims and Native Hawaiians Study Commission subseries.
Dates
- Creation: 1908 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access
Access restrictions apply to certain records in the papers that have been determined to contain sensitive personal or government information. Series assessed to contain sensitive information will remain closed until 2028 with the exception of Constituent Services Case Work, which contains high levels of personal identifiable information. Constituent Services Case Work will be available to requesting individuals upon review and approval of the archivist or librarian managing the Property. Individual files or records assessed to contain sensitive information may also carry restrictions. Series assessed with medium risk may be made available to the researcher after the files are reviewed for sensitive information or formats. Series assessed to be of low risk of disclosing sensitive information may be open and available to researchers.
Low risk: The following series pose little risk of revealing sensitive information and could be made available to the public with little harm: Administrative Files, Campaign Files, Constituent Services(Correspondence and Projects), House Records, Kaho’olawe, Native Hawaiian Issues, Japanese Latin American Internment, Personal, Political Affairs, Speeches, Scheduling Files, Medal of Honor, Legislative Files, Photographs, Public Relations, Books, and Subject Files.
Medium risk: ABSCAM, Staff Files, Born-Digital (format-based), Microfilm.
Series with sensitive information: Constituent Services (Case Work), Watergate, Iran-Contra, and subseries containing records related to military and defense appropriations.
This collection may be accessed in the John Troup Moir Jr. and Gertrude M.F. Moir Archives Reading Room on the fifth floor of the Hamilton Library addition. Reading room hours and policies can be found on the archives website: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/library/research/collections/archives/visiting-us/. If you have questions, please contact the archives by email: archives@hawaii.edu or phone: (808) 956-6047.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries Repository