{"id":143633,"date":"2021-06-15T08:49:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=143633"},"modified":"2021-06-15T08:49:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:49:37","slug":"chief-justice-richardsons-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/15\/chief-justice-richardsons-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Justice Richardson\u2019s papers to be preserved, made available"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Chief Justice William S. Richardson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> Library Archives Manager, Ellen-Rae Cachola<\/strong>, received a grant to preserve and make accessible the papers of Chief Justice William S. Richardson, the founder of the UH<\/abbr> law school. The grant is from the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Council for the Humanities, through support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.<\/p>\n

This collection documents Richardson\u2019s family and early history, World War II<\/abbr> military service with the first Filipino infantry, government services with the Democratic Party, appointment as the Lieutenant Governor of Â鶹´«Ã½,<\/span> his position as the 16th Chief Justice of Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> Supreme Court, and service as a Bishop Estate Trustee.<\/p>\n

In addition, Richardson collected papers related to the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy, community efforts seeking to protect lands and waters from destruction and exploitation, and research on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Island cultures.<\/p>\n

These papers are significant because they document what Richardson was able to contribute to advance Native Hawaiian civil rights. Richardson\u2019s judicial opinions embodied his vision to care for the islands\u2019 environment, which is important to Native Hawaiian cultural practices, and for the benefit of the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> community.<\/p>\n

“Richardson had a political purpose rooted in his ancestry as a Native Hawaiian, while having a vision that Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> could become a transformative place in partnership with its multicultural and globalized society. I think this vision was very much part of his founding vision of the law school,” Cachola said.<\/p>\n

Grant funds will be used to hire an archival assistant, as well as supplies for archival storage and preservation. The papers will be processed for long-term preservation, and to generate a finding aid, a tool to help find out more information about the collection. This finding aid will be made available online<\/a>. A public event will take place toward the end of the grant cycle to announce how the public can access the collection for research and education.<\/p>\n

This effort is an example of UH<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s goal of Becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>) and UH<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s goal of Excellence in Research: Advancing the Research and Creative Work Enterprise<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), two of four goals identified in the 2015–25 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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