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Hawaii Literary Arts Council records

 Collection
Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-H00018

Scope and Contents

The records consist of the Hawaii Literary Arts Council's correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial and other reports, clippings, issues of its newsletter, flyers, photographs, and computer disks.

Dates

  • Creation: 1974-1991

Language of Materials

 The records are chiefly in English; they include some poetry in Japanese.

Conditions Governing Access

These records are open to access for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Reproductions prohibited.

Biographical / Historical

The Hawaii Literary Arts Council (HLAC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1974. HLAC is largely funded by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. An executive board is elected on a yearly basis. HLAC organizes the Poets-in-the Schools, Poetry on the Bus, and the Poets-in-Residents programs, among many events of readings, lectures and conferences. The Hawaii Award for Literature is awarded annually to an outstanding writer of Hawai'i.

Extent

5 Linear Feet

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The records were donated as a gift to the Library from the Hawaii Literary Arts Council in circa 1991.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries Repository

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