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The K. Mark Takai Papers document Takai's campaigns, his work in the Hawaiʻi State Legislature, his time in Congress, as well as his tenure as president of the Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi and editor of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa student newspaper Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi.

Overview The Neil Abercrombie Papers, which were created and maintained by Abercrombie’s Honolulu and Washington, DC, offices, were delivered to the UH Mānoa Library between 2010 and 2015. The collection has been arranged into the following series, which generally correspond to the public offices Abercrombie held throughout his career: State House, State Senate, Honolulu City Council, Congress, Governor, Personal, Audiovisual, and Memorabilia.Most of the collection falls under...

Abstract Oren E. Long was a longtime Hawaii official and politician who served as Deputy Superintendent and Superintendent of Public Instruction (1925-1946); Secretary of Hawaii (1946-1951); Governor (1951-1953); State Senator (1956-1959); and U.S. Senator (1959-1963). Long was heavily involved in the campaign for statehood; he and Hiram L. Fong were the first two U.S. Senators from the new state of Hawaii when they were sworn in on August 21, 1959.The original donation consists of...

Abstract “Pat” Saiki was a major figure in Hawaii and national Republican politics. She was a state representative (1968-1974), a state senator (1974-1983) and a Hawaii representative in the U.S. Congress (1987-1991). President George H.W. Bush appointed her Administrator, Small Business Administration (1991-1993). She held numerous positions in state and national civic organizations, was chair of the National Women’s Business Council (1991-1992), was a teaching fellow at Harvard University’s...

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The Senator Daniel K. Akaka Papers document the Senatorʻs service in the U.S. Congress, from 1977 to 2013.

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The Senator Daniel K. Inouye Papers encompasses records that document aspects of his personal life and political career. The political records in this collection follow Senator Inouye’s campaign for the House of Representatives through his tenure in the United States Senate.

Scope and Contents The Senator Hiram L. Fong Papers were received by the University of Hawaii Library in August 1998. Approximately 660 record center boxes were delivered to the repository at that time. Photographs and audiovisual materials had been separated out and subsequently rehoused by preservation department library staff. The bulk of the collection was processed from February through August 2003. Almost all of the material dates from the time of Fong’s Senate term, 1959-1977. There is a...

Abstract Spark Matsunaga (1916-1990) was a member of Congress from Hawaii, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives (1963-1976) and the U.S. Senate (1977-1990). He started his political career as an assistant public prosecutor in Honolulu (1952-1954), was a Representative in the Territory of Hawaii Legislature (1954-1959), worked tirelessly for Hawaii statehood, and was also a lawyer in private practice. He served in the U.S. Army, in the famed 100th Infantry Battalion during WWII, receiving...

Abstract Thomas P. Gill (1922- ) was a member of Congress from Hawaii to the U.S. House of Representatives (1963-1964). His political career before and after Congress included serving in the Hawaii Territorial Legislature (1958-1959), the Hawaii State Legislature (1959-1962), the Hawaii Office of Economic Opportunity (1965-1966) and the office of Lt. Governor of Hawaii (1966-1970). He was deeply involved in local and national Democratic Party politics whether in or out of...