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Polynesian Cultural Center (Laie, Hawaii)

 Organization

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 1 Collection or Record:

Michel Grilikhes personal papers, 1940-1982

 Series
Identifier: MSS 9457 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains materials relating to the personal life of Michel Grilikhes while he lived and worked in Los Angeles, including 17 personal planners, dated 1965 to 1982, and other documents such as a diploma, a conference program featuring himself and Laraine Day, a clipping, and a letter. Materials dated 1940 to 1982.

Dates: 1940-1982