UH-Mānoa Catalog for Archival Materials

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This is primarily a collection of original architectural drawings for 21 residential projects arranged alphabetically by the last name of the owner. There is also a spiral bound scrapbook covering the architect's career.

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This is a large collection of material from preservation architect Spencer Leineweber's private practice in both new designs and historic preservation of existing buildings. It includes field notebooks, project files, and drawings. The folders follow a pattern: correspondence-in, correspondence-out, change orders, drawings, site plans, photographs, invoices/payments, vendor information, etc. The large drawings are mostly rolled separated from the materials in file folders.

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Personal papers of Hawaii architect Vladimir Ossipoff, including some biographical materials, scrapbooks documenting his career, magazines in which his projects are featured, his interest in food and wine, and a small amount of photographs.

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The collection is primarily project drawings and specifications, with a selection of display panels mounted on masonite, and three architectural models. For more information and related collections see the online guide: https://guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/c.php?g=975178

Content Description

Photographs, some mounted, captions, and other items used in the exhibit, "Fifty Years With the Bomb," as well as photographs of the exhibit as it was mounted in 1995 at the Architecture Gallery at UH and signage from the spring 2018 re-mount under the title "Beginning and End of the Bomb" at Kapiolani Community College's Lama Libirary.

Content Description Includes documents from the 1950s-1970s and 35 black & white photographs of Yap and Fiji. The majority of the photographs in this collection (33 of 35) were shot by Rob Wright, Sr., and are stamped Public Relations Office Suva. Fiji Official Photograph. These images include modern and traditional Fijian architecture; a Fijian yavirau (fish drive); Fijian agriculture (including copra, sugar and bananas); a yaqona (a.k.a. kava) ceremony; and other documentation of social life...

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The John Dapper Collection is composed of his plans, drawings and designs for film and stage sets. There is also a series of framed watercolors depicting landscapes and buildings the artist created in Hawaii.

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This Collection includes the faculty papers of Ben Norris who was a professor and chair of the Art Department; papers were originally acquired by the Library in 1976. Additions cover his work as a prominent Hawaii artist. Studio lists, art exhibitions, clippings, correspondence, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, writings , photographs of his art, and catalogs are included.

Overview

The records of the Office of the President, Fujio Matsuda administration, were transferred to the University of Hawaii Archives in January of 1986. The sequence of these files derives largely from the period when the office was held by Matsuda. Many files, however, contain records predating the actual period of his presidential tenure. The earlier records emanate primarily from the administrations of Harlan Cleveland and Thomas H. Hamilton.