Felix M. Keesing papers, 1926-1941.

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Felix M. Keesing papers, 1926-1941.

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The papers contain the following series: Maori land confiscations; Education in the Pacific, a conference held in 1936 cosponsored by the University of Hawaii and Yale University and the resulting report; general correspondence; correspondence with Ms. Stella Jones concerning a study of Kauai; correspondence concerning a study on Guam, especially with Ms. Laura Thompson, principal investigator, and Frederick V. Field and Bruno Lasker, of the American Council of IPR which sponsored the study; North American Indian affairs, including a Navajo-English medical dictionary; and page proofs for his 1939 book, The Menomini Indians of Wisconsin.

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University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hamilton Library

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University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hamilton Library

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Thompson, Laura, 1905-

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Felix Maxwell Keesing was born 5 January 1902 in Taiping (Penang), Straits Settlements, British Malay. He attended University of New Zealand, Yale University (1928/1929) and the University of Chicago (1929/1930), receiving his Doctor of Letters (D Litt.) from the University of New Zealand in 1933. He worked as director of research in the Pacific dependencies for the Institute of Pacific Relations. In the summer of 1934, he began teaching at the University of Hawaii. He wrote his book, The Philip...

Institute of Pacific Relations.

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Field, Frederick V. (Frederick Vanderbilt), 1905-2000

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Lasker, Bruno, 1880-1965

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Social researcher; sociologist. From the description of Reminiscences of Bruno Lasker : oral history, 1956. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309736528 Social researcher, sociologist. From the description of Bruno Lasker papers, [ca. 1934-1941]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937703 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Writer, social worker. Lasker was born in Hamburg, Germany, July 21, 1880, resided in England, 1901-19...

Holland, W. L. (William Lancelot), 1907-

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W.L. Holland, 1938 William Lancelot Holland was born in South Malvern, New Zealand in 1907, the oldest of four sons. He came from humble beginnings: his father was a railroad worker and he worked on sheep stations to support himself. While at Canterbury College, a professor recommended that he work at a conference put on by the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) in Japan. So began a more than thirty year association with the organization, serving in various roles: as ...