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...

Abstract Dr. Appleton was a pediatric physician who practiced medicine in both Hawaiʻi and China, and was a member of the UH Faculty for a short period of time. The contents of this collection mainly document Dr. Vivia Appleton’s research, work, and publications on health of mothers and children in China and Hawai‘i. These include documents created while she was the Director of the Division of Infancy and Maternity of the Territory of Hawai‘i’s Board of Health (1925 – 1927) and documents related...

Abstract Earle Ernst (1911 - 1994) was a renowned theatre professor who taught at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for over 30 years. He was a scholar of Asian theatre and is known as one of the founding members of the Theatre Department of University of Hawaii at Manoa. The Earle Ernst Papers is composed of writings, letters, and personal effects from his time at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. There are five series within the collection: Academic, Personal, Notebooks, Audio, and Letters and...

Scope and Contents The Amos P. Leib papers are organized into five series, which contain multiple sub-series. Personal Papers, Course Professional Papers, Curricular Program Documents, Newspaper Clippings, and Memorabilia. The date ranges for the collection is 1941- 1976 with the bulk of the documents from 1946-1976. The majority of the collection consists of documents and records pertaining to Professor Leib’s expertise as a scholar of Literature in the Pacific, as a participant in the...