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Achievements, Awards, Certificates, 1923 - 2002

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT M00075

Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains significant documents pertaining to important moments in Milton Murayama’s life. There is a folder full of birth, army, marriage, and nationality-related documents including his birth certificate, marriage certificates, and army discharge papers. Another folder contains documents pertaining to Milton’s school achievements including diplomas, transcripts, and commencement programs. A third folder contains documents pertaining to two writers’ conferences Milton attended: The Pacific Northwest Asian American Writers' Conference in 1976 and Hawaii’s Ethnic American Writers' Conference in 1978. A fourth folder contains documents including congratulatory correspondence about Milton’s receipt of the Hawaii Award for Literature in 1991. The fifth folder contains documents pertaining to three other awards Milton received: The VFW Contest in 1941, The American Book Award in 1980, and being named a Library Laureate by the Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library in 2002 . Finally, there is a folder that contains copyright forms for his novels from the U.S. Copyright Office. 

Dates

  • Creation: 1923 - 2002

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

This collection contains restricted materials. Please see the Conditions Governing Access note for each series for a summary of which materials are restricted, and please contact the Archives and Manuscripts Department for permission to access those materials.

Collection Location

From the Fonds:

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.

Conditions Governing Use

Use restrictions apply. Copyrighted material; permission of copyright holder needed for reproduction.

Language

English

Japanese

Arrangement

In this sub-series, two files containing certificates and diplomas are grouped together first. The next three files pertain to specific writing awards and honors Murayama won. The final file is full of copyright documents, for which this sub-series is the best fit.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries Repository

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