Senator Hiram L. Fong papers.

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Senator Hiram L. Fong papers.

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Correspondence, speeches, subject files, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, cartoons and other printed materials pertaining to Hawaii and national politics. Includes material on Hawaii statehood; shipping strikes; civil service; land use and Native Hawaiian claims; Armed Services installations in Hawaii; immigration; the East-West Center; foreign relations with Taiwan and China; Chinese-American Associations; Fong's political campaigns (1959, 1964, 1970); and his service on the Post Office and Civil Service Committee and the Judiciary Committee. Mentions: Chiang Kai-Shek, Richard M. Nixon.

560 record center boxes.

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hamilton Library

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University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hamilton Library

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Fong, Hiram, 1906-2004

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Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong; October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. He served as a member of the Hawaii Territorial House of Representatives from 1938 to 1954, serving as Speaker of the House in his last six years, and as the first Asian-American United States Senator, representing Hawaii from 1959 to 1977. At the 1964 Republican National Convention, Fong became the first Asian-American to receive delegate votes for his part...