Senator Spark M. Matsunaga papers.

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Senator Spark M. Matsunaga papers.

Correspondence, speeches, newsletters, subject files, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and other printed materials pertaining to Hawaii and national politics. Includes material on Hawaii statehood; civil rights, principally redress for Japanese Americans interned during World War II; peace; alternate energy; natural resources; space exploration; veterans; transportation; taxation; health; political campaigns; and personal and political material prior to his election to Congress.

908 ft. (120 record center boxes, 1568 document cases, 41 flat boxes, 15 3x5 in. card file drawers)

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Matsunaga, Spark M. (Spark Masayuki), 1916-1990

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Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (October 8, 1916 – April 15, 1990) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the House of Representatives from Hawaii's at-large and 1st congressional districts from 1963 to 1977 and as United States Senator for Hawaii from 1977 until his death in 1990. Born Masayuki Matsunaga in Kukuila on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, he graduated from Kauai High School before attending the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, participating in the Reser...