Polynesian Cultural Center (Laie, Hawaii)
Dates
- Existence: 1963-
Administrative History
The Polynesian Cultural Center (est. 1963) is a living history park in Laie, Hawaii. The park provides work-study employment opportunities for students at Brigham Young University--Hawaii.
Citation:
Data from CINE for The Aloha experiment [MP] 1978 (subj.) (Polynesian Cultural Center; mentions cooperative work-study program with Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus)Brigham Young Univ.-Hawaii Campus. General catalog, 1977/78: p. 98 (BYU-HC is building relationship with its cultural-educ. neighbor, the Polynesian Cultural Center)
Encyc. of assns., 1978: p. 598 (Polynesian Cultural Center; Laie, Oahu; operated by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Miracle in the Pacific, 2012: title page (Polynesian Cultural Center) page 46 (On August 14, 1963, Wendell Mendenhall and Edward Clissold were instructed to formally organize the Polynesian Cultural Center as a nonprofit organization)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Brigham Young University vice-presidential records
Contains correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, policies, subject files, and other items necessary to the functioning of the Administrative Vice President's office.
Michel Grilikhes papers
Personal and professional papers of television and theatrical producer Michel Grilikhes. The collection includes administrative records, photographs, awards, clippings, letters, and audiovisual materials. Audiovisual materials include television and theatrical productions on film and audiotapes of various programs. Photographs inlcude stills of productions such as Disney on Parade and the Polynesian Cultural Center. The materials are dated from 1940 to 1984.