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...

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...

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...

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,...