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How did the Pacific Tsunami Museum collect all its treasures?
This museum survives and thrives by the good graces of our supporters. People
have donated photos, books, newspaper articles, family histories, paintings,
scientific instruments, tsunami artifacts and maps. We have received archival
donations from as far away as Chile, Colombia, Japan and Russia.
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A giant "Mahalo" to some of the people who have made this museum possible -
Lance Abe, Francine Ancheta, Yasuki Arakaki, Yolanda I. Benham, Eddie Bernard, Fred &
Leila Bruce, Paul Buklarewicz, Carol D. Brown, Henrietta Carvalho, Matt Chow, Steamy Chow,
George Curtis, Frank DeCaires, Elaine De Roo, Walt Dudley, Dora Ebisuzaki, Roland Enos, N.
Sergio B. Flores, Bunji Fujimoto, Frank Gonzales, Hobey Goodale, Viacheslav Gusiakov,
Harry Hasegawa, Violet O. Hirata, Ikeda Hiroshi, Kapua W. Heuer, Fumihiko Imamura, George
Immel, Jackie P. Johnson, Betty Johnston, Jeanne B. Johnston, John K. Kalani, Terilyn
Kubo, Carlos Kuschel, Morris Lai, Sylvia Langford, Theresa Lau, Cecilia Lucas, Christy A.
Luiz, Susumu Maeda, Lowell Malliett, Anita Mathews, Tsuruyo Miyada, Dick Mortemore, Laka
Morton, Larry Nakagawa, Richard Nakamura, S. Nakamura, Curtis Narimatsu, Alfonso A. Nieto,
Herbert Nishimoto, Jimmy Nishimoto, Sue Nozaki, Terao Obayashi, Taffy Okamura, Seiki
Oshiro, Richard Otaki, Nani Pierce, Martin Polhemus, Leone K.L. Poy, Yvonne Rodrigues,
Jorge A. P. Salazar, June Shigemasa, Aleta Smith, Wayne Subica, Kokeo Tachibana, Richard
Tada, John Taylor, Masao Uchima, Lenore Van Gieson, Fumio Yamashita and Alvin Yanagihara.
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Institutions, agencies and local businesses have helped us expand our collection and
develop our programs. Our thanks go to - Desoto Brown of the Bishop Museum Archives,
Harry Kim of Hawaii County Civil Defense, Larry Kanda of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, Jim Wilson of Hawaii Tribune-Herald, Michael Blackford and Linda Sjogren of the
International Tsunami Information Center, Mary Parr of the Kona Historical Society, Sue
Nozaki, Dane Maikui and Arlene Uehara of Laupahoehoe High and Elementary School, Lisa
Barton of the Laupahoehoe Train Museum, Charlene Dahlquist of the Lyman House Memorial
Museum Archives, James Landers of the National Geophysical Data Center, Eddie Bernard and
Frank Gonzales of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Chip McCreery of
the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Dolly Strazar of the State Foundation on Culture and
the Arts, George Curtis and Walt Dudley of the University of Hawaii - Hilo Ocean Science
Department.
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We would like to spotlight some donations - an original oil painting, ′Tsunami′,
by Diane McGregor, a ′Mark Trail′ tsunami cartoon strip by Jack Elrod, Japanese
silk paintings depicting a tsunami of a hundred years ago, donated by Fumio Yamashita, a
quilt honoring the Laupahoehoe 1946 tsunami victims, made by Laupahoehoe students Derek
Batin, Roderick Belen, Michele Brockway, Nicholas Florino, Melissa Mederios, Michelle
Miranda, Dane Nakai, Clemencio Navalta, Rio Requelman, Deaven Salboro, Janette Silva, with
the help of Pauline Ah Choy, Katrina Conser, Kathy Datvin, Jennifer Kanehaiku, Stephen
Nemeth, Sue Nozaki, Ann Pilor and Janice Roberts.
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A standing ovation to you all for involving yourselves in this community museum.
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Let us not forget.
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All materials © Copyright 1996-2007 Pacific Tsunami Museum Inc.
130 Kamehameha Ave Hilo, HI 96720 tel: 808-935-0926 FAX: 808-935-0842
email:
Last Revised November 2007
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