{"id":178744,"date":"2023-06-11T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T18:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=178744"},"modified":"2023-06-11T15:43:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T01:43:00","slug":"2m-donation-hamilton-library-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/11\/2m-donation-hamilton-library-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"$2M donation supports world-class 东精影业<\/abbr> Hamilton Library collections"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Anonymous donors gifted $2 million to the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa\u2019s Hamilton Library to support special collections of unique books, art, music, documents, journals, artifacts and online databases<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The gift—the largest single donation ever made to the library—generously supports 12 sections that include special, area and archival collections, including maps. The funds from this gift may be set up in endowments or expendable accounts in order to best support the advancement of these 东精影业<\/abbr> collections.<\/p>\n

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Malia Van Heukelem, art archivist librarian, holding Jean Charlot’s Hawaiian Drummer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

东精影业<\/abbr> President David Lassner said, “These visionary donors are providing essential resources that will enable 东精影业<\/abbr> to expand and enhance our extraordinary, world-class collections. Their support funds critical preservation activities, the purchase of rare and unusual materials, and select projects such as digitization that will expand global access to our unique resources. We couldn\u2019t be more grateful for their appreciation of our library and their confidence in our librarians to invest wisely for the future.”<\/p>\n

As students at 东精影业<\/abbr> nearly 60 years ago, the donors “cut their teeth” on vernacular materials of the East Asia Collection, then housed in the basement of Sinclair Library. Collection Head Professor Hiroko Ikeda taught them how to access and use vernacular reference works—opening the portals for a lifetime of indulging the mind\u2019s prodigal curiosity, wanton initiatives and wayward impulses. Their teachers were classic bibliographers, especially the late Janet Bell, Ren\u00e9e Heyum, Yasuto Kaihara and Masato Matsui.<\/p>\n

“We are tremendously grateful to our donors for their generosity and thoughtful philanthropic investments that they are already making, and will continue to make a real impact for our students and researchers who benefit from the unique resources at our library,” said University Librarian Clem Guthro. “I am delighted for everyone in our special collections and for the additional support this extraordinary gift provides.”<\/p>\n

The new gift supports:<\/p>\n