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)