5. Preservation Profiles


Hawai'i Scholarly Review Panel

Dr. Edward Beechert, retired Professor of History at the University of Hawai'i, has done extensive
research in labor and sugar history. He received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley. As
the first project director for the Plantation Records Survey (NEH grant, 1976-1978), Dr. Beechert was
instrumental in the preservation of the state's sugar plantation archives. His book, Working in Hawai'i : A
Labor History (1985), is the primary resource on labor history. Dr. Beechert's most recent book, edited
with his wife Alice Beechert, The Piecemeal Filipino Strike of 1924 (1997), explores the drama of labor
relations and Filipino immigrants in Hawai'i. He has also published extensively on the history of the
international sugar economy.

Dr. Noel P. Kefford is currently Emeritus Professor of Plant Molecular Physiology. From 1980 to 1995,
Dr. Kefford was Dean of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and Director of the
Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Hawai'i. He
began his career at the University of Hawai'i in 1965 as Professor and Chairman of the Botany
Department. Throughout his career at the University, he has been involved in the development of State
and regional agricultural policies and plans, and in the expansion of diversified agriculture in Hawai'i.
Dr. Kefford was Chairman of the Agricultural Development in the American Pacific Program from 1987
to 1995 and has served on numerous State committees including the Governors Agriculture Coordinating
Committee, the Agriculture Functional Plant Advisory Committee, the Agriculture Action Alliance and
the Hawai'i Agricultural Products Advisory Committee.

Dr. Barnes Riznik, Emeritus Director of Waioli Mission and Grove Farm Homestead, has been a leader in
the field of interpretation of rural life and agricultural history in Hawai'i. He received his Ph.D. in
History from Stanford University. In 1976 he moved to Kauai to become Director of Waioli Mission and
Grove Farm Homestead. Dr. Riznik developed both of these museums as interpretive sites of the rural
life in the islands. He has published numerous articles and monographs in the field of public history and
historic site interpretation. Recently, Dr. Riznik was production coordinator for a video documentary on
Koloa sugar plantation. He has contributed to many professional organizations including as an elected
member of the Council of the American Association of State and Local History; and has served as
Director and Board member of Hawai'i Museums Association. He has also served as a panelist for
National Endowment for the Humanities, Museums and Historical Organizations.

Dr. John J. Stephan, Professor of History at the University of Hawai'i, is an expert in the Japanese
language literature of Hawai'i. Dr. Stephan received his Ph.D. from London University in Japanese
History. He has published extensively on the history of Japanese in the Pacific, including Hawai'i Under
the Rising Sun: Japanese Plans for Conquest after Pearl Harbor (1977).

University of Hawai'i at Manoa Plan of Work and Project Budget

Over the course of the project the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Library, in cooperation with
other libraries in the state, will develop a comprehensive bibliography important to the study of
agriculture and rural life in Hawai'i. The project will employ a four-person scholarly review
panel to rank titles according to their priority as research resources for humanities studies. The
Library will preserve access to the most important 25% of the estimated universe of materials.

Estimated universe of relevant volumes: 3,500
Number of volumes to be preserved: 875
Estimated number of titles to be preserved: 560

Cost per volume
Identification and selection $ 15.72