About the University Archives
The University Archives the repository for official and unofficial records documenting the history of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and of state and local history pertaining to the university. Its holdings include hundreds of collections of non-current university records of enduring value, as well as of personal papers of faculty, administrators, staff, and alumni.
The majority of the collections in the University Archives contain historical records produced by administrative and governance bodies of the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) System and UH Mānoa, such as the President’s office, Chancellors’ and Vice Chancellors’ offices, Board of Regents, Manoa Faculty Senate, and Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi. Other notable creators of university records represented in the holdings include schools, colleges, research institutes, and departments, such as the Romanzo Adams Social Research Laboratory.
Records from UH offices, departments, and other units typically contain materials that document their core program activities and other oversight and coordination activities, such as minutes, correspondence, memoranda, policies and procedures, contracts, reports, and subject files. The University Archives also contains over 100 collections related to faculty and students, and multiple photograph collections.
The majority of the collections in the University Archives contain historical records produced by administrative and governance bodies of the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) System and UH Mānoa, such as the President’s office, Chancellors’ and Vice Chancellors’ offices, Board of Regents, Manoa Faculty Senate, and Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi. Other notable creators of university records represented in the holdings include schools, colleges, research institutes, and departments, such as the Romanzo Adams Social Research Laboratory.
Records from UH offices, departments, and other units typically contain materials that document their core program activities and other oversight and coordination activities, such as minutes, correspondence, memoranda, policies and procedures, contracts, reports, and subject files. The University Archives also contains over 100 collections related to faculty and students, and multiple photograph collections.
COLLECTIONS AVAILABLE
Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection This collection contains the personal papers of nine of Hawaiʻi's sixteen members of Congress, and its last Territorial Delegate John Burns. The collection has proceedings of the U.S. Congress, daily records of debates, bills, resolutions, accounts of Senators, Representatives and more. Individuals whose collections can be found in the Archives include: Senator Daniel Inouye, Senator Sparky Matsunaga, Governor Neil Abercrombie, Senator Hiram Fong, Senator Daniel Akaka, Representatives Thomas P. Gill, Patricia F. Saiki, Ed Case, and more. To learn more please go to the Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection page. Photo taken from HCPC webpage.
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Manuscript Collections The Manuscript collections are comprised of scholarly work, personal papers, and more which document the people, history, culture, and politics of Hawaiʻi. Major collections within the Manuscript collections include the Hawaiʻi War Records Depository, the Japanese American Veterans Collection and the records of the Institute of Pacific Relations and related Organizations. Other notable material from these collections include the Institute of the Pacific Relations, the Ronald Stone Anderson Papers, Robert Baker Aitken Papers, Pacific & Asian Affairs Council Records, the Pan Pacific Union Records, and more. To learn more visit the Manuscript Collections webpage. Photo taken from the Manuscript Collections webpage.
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University Archives
The University Archives is the repository for official and unofficial records documenting the history of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, as well as of the State and local history that pertains to the University of Hawaiʻi. Holdings within the archives include historical records produced by Administrative and governance bodies of the University, and UH Mānoa, as well as Colleges, Schools, and Research Institutes, etc., . Those include the President's Office, Chancellors' and Vice Chancellors' Office, Board of Regents, Manoa Faculty Senate, and Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi. Records contain over 100 collections related to faculty and students, and multiple photograph collections. To learn more visit the University Archives webpage. Photo taken from the University Archives webpage.
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STAFF Members
Leilani Dawson
Manuscript Collections Archivist [email protected] (808)956-3767 Dawn Sueoka Congressional Papers Archivist [email protected] (808)956-6995 Helen Wong-Smith University Archives Archivist [email protected] (808)956-8515 |
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