DE/DE03/DE03.04. Other Manuscript Collections
Record Group Term
Identifier: DE/DE03/DE03.04
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander Borisoff Papers
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00025
Overview
Professional papers of musician and composer Alexander Borisoff and his wife and frequent collaborator, June Starr Borisoff. Borisoff spent the latter years of his life in Honolulu, where he played with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and was involved in the local classical music community. Most of the papers in this collection are manuscript scores for Borisoff's major compositions, including his two works of Hawaiiana: “Liliu,” an opera, and “Impressions of Hawaii,” a work for symphony and...
Dates:
1940 - 1983
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Arthur Goodfriend Papers
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00006
Overview
In his lifetime, Dr. Arthur Goodfriend (1907-1998) played many different roles: artist, author, soldier, journalist, diplomat, academic and educator. He was a meticulous recorder of his own life, and from the age of 21 he faithfully created illustrated, holographic journals which captured his experiences and recorded his thoughts over his 90 years of experiences and adventures. Approximately 35 journals, an oral history, and the scrapbook of an autobiography are included in this...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1928 - 2000
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Franz A. Ballaseyus Papers
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00027
Overview
Personal papers of Franz A. Ballaseyus, a pianist, organist, conductor, and music teacher, who briefly worked in Honolulu as director of the Oahu College (now Punahou School) music program and the Honolulu Symphony Society. The collection includes documents from Ballaseyus’s naval career, a diploma and marriage certificate, and scrapbooks recording his musical activities.
Dates:
1873 - 1921
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Holland/Hooper Supplemental Collection to IPR Records
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00021
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately six linear feet of assorted (i.e. incomplete sets) materials mainly concerned with correspondence (particularly that of Holland 1937-78 and E.C. Carter 1936-52); problems of the McCarthy era; activities of the International Secretariat, the American Council and the local branches (particularly Hawaii); and the principal theses and dissertations concerning the Institute (plus a copy of F.V. Field’s now rare autobiography) as well as material about...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1936 - 1978; 1922 - 2005
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) Records
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00004
Scope Note
The Institute of Pacific Relations records in the Manuscripts division of Archives at the University of Hawai‘i Library consists of approximately 56 linear feet of materials documenting the international council, national councils, conferences, finances, and local chapter. It has been divided into five primary series (Councils, Conferences, Finances, Hawai‘i Chapter, and Correspondence Files) and three smaller series (Conference Programs and Publicity, Photos and Scrapbooks, and Separated...
Dates:
1922-1959
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Manuscript of Language and Dialect in Hawaii
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00018-[Incorrect]
Dates:
c 1935-c1968
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Marjorie Grant Whiting Papers
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00015
Overview
Dr. Whiting performed research into the health affects of various foods in the diets of indigenous peoples in various areas throughout the world. She worked on projects dealing with several peoples of Africa. She worked extensively on the toxicity of cycads on the Chamorro people of Guam. She also worked among peoples of southeast Asia. The emerging fields of study related to indigenous/local knowledge in relation to nutrition and sustainability are primary areas of research supported by the...
Dates:
Other: Donated in February 2004 by the Marjorie Grant Whiting (MGW) Center for Humanity, Arts and the Environment.
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Oliver H. Statler Papers
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00028
Overview
The Oliver Statler Collection is the accumulated materials that were the basis for the scholarly writings of Oliver Statler, most notably, Japanese Inn, Japanese Pilgrimage, and Shimoda Story. The collection consists of materials that also provide insights into his personal and professional relationships, including correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, source materials, brochures, clippings, postcards, maps, art...
Dates:
1881 - 2003
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (PAAC) Records
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00014
Scope and Contents
The records cover the period from PAAC’s formation in December 1953 into the early 1990s with no single, precise cutoff date. The collection consists of 44 boxes (thirty-nine record center boxes and one smaller document box coming from PAAC, and four document boxes of early PAAC records transferred from the IPR collection). The record center boxes cover the 1953 to 1990s period, the half document box contains historical summaries of PAAC, and the four boxes transferred from IPR cover the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1953 - 1994
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Pan Pacific Union (PPU) Records
Collection — Box 1-9
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00003
Scope and Contents
The Pan Pacific Union records are not complete. Large portions, particularly those pertaining to the 1910-30 period and to the organization’s conferences, are missing. Local newspapers and the PPU’s own publications appear to be the only remaining sources of original information.
In the early 1970s Professor Paul Hooper of American Studies found the unsorted Pan Pacific Union materials in Sinclair Library. With permission from the library staff, he undertook an initial, preliminary,...
Dates:
1917 - 1942
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Robert Baker Aitken Papers
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00062
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Robert Aitken's published writings, manuscripts, sermons, and correspondence with family, friends, students and other Buddhist teachers. These include such well-known figures as D.T. Suzuki, Gary Snyder, Nakagawa Soen, Yasutani Haku'un and Yamada Koun. The collection also contains extensive materials related to the founding and development of the Diamond Sangha. It should prove to be an exciting new resource for scholars in a wide range of fields, including Zen...
Dates:
1959 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2002
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Ronald Stone Anderson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00001
Dates:
1917 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1953
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Ruth Orcutt Bacon Papers
Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00026
Overview
Papers of Viola “Ruth” Orcutt Bacon (1900–2003), a composer, instructor, and musician who taught at Punahou School and performed as a soloist with the Honolulu Symphony. The collection consists primarily of musical scores for Bacon’s composition “Concert Piece” but also includes other works, letters, copyright confirmation notices, and a phonographic record. Many items have been scanned and uploaded to ScholarSpace, UHM's institutional repository; see the ...
Dates:
1927 - 1992
Found in:
University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries