AJA Newspaper Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
17 large (20 inches tall by 25 inches long) scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings. Most of them seem to deal with the Americans of Japanese Ancestry (AJA) experience here in Hawaii. Some of the clippings are in Japanese.
Dates
- Creation: October 1942 - August 1969
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1943 - 1946
Restrictions
Material with personal information may be redacted by the Archives staff. Some fragile items may need to be handled by the staff only. Use of audiovisual material may require the production of listening or viewing copies.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, their descendants, or the repository if copyright has been signed over, as stipulated by United States copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user to determine any copyright restrictions, obtain written permission, and pay any fees necessary for the reproduction or proposed use of the materials.
Literary Rights Notice
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Hawaii Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the researcher.
Biographical / Historical
Lorraine Murai Mortimer, wife of former University of Hawaii President Kenneth Mortimer, was born in Honolulu around 1938. After graduating from Roosevelt High School, she attended the University of Pennsylvania where she met her husband. She obtained a degree in microbiology and worked for several years until her daughter was born.
Lorraine returned to Hawaii in 1993 when her husband became President of the University of Hawaii. An active community member, she participated as a docent at the Honolulu Academy of Arts and the Hawaii Food Bank. She also served as a board member to the Whatcom Literary Council, St. Luke's Foundation, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and the Volunteer Health Resources Network. She and her husband remained in Hawaii for eight years while he served as President, after which they moved back to Bellingham, Washington. She passed away 4 February 2005 after battling blood cancer for several years.
Source: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Feb/05/ln/ln48p.html
Dan Boylan is a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Hawaii–West Oahu. He also moderates the public affairs program “Insights on PBS Hawaii” and writes a column “Mostly Politics” for MidWeek.” He is also the author of "John A. Burns: The Man and His Times".
Source: http://www.rotaryhonolulusunrise.org/oct-1-dan-boylan-pacific-club/
Extent
6 Linear Feet (17 large scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about Hawaii's Japanese American veterans in World War II.)
Language
English
Repository Information
Japanese American Veterans Collection University of Hawaii at Manoa 2550 McCarthy Mall Honolulu, HI 96822 Email: archives@hawaii.edu Phone: (808) 596-3767 URL: http://libweb.hawaii.edu/libdept/archives/mss/aja/index.htm
Physical Description
The pages of the scrapbooks are very acidic. There are many holes in them from bugs eating the paper. Some of the clippings are no longer attached to the pages as the stickiness of the glue has worn off.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries Repository