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Hilo Tsunami collection
WRCA 117  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Hilo Tsunami collection
    Date (inclusive): 1946, 1960
    Collection Number: WRCA 117
    Extent: 0.21 linear feet (1 box)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: The collection consists of photographs, reports, newspaper clippings, and maps related to two historic tsunamis that devastated the eastern coast of Hawaii, and especially the city of Hilo, in 1946 and 1960.
    Languages: The collection is in English.

    Access

    This collection is unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives regarding the availability of materials for research use.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], [date if possible]. Hilo Tsunami collection (WRCA 117). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    Provenance unknown.

    Collection Scope and Contents

    The collection consists of photographs, reports, newspaper clippings, and maps related to two historic tsunamis that devastated the eastern coast of Hawaii, and especially the city of Hilo, in 1946 and 1960.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Hilo Bay (Hawaii)
    Tsunamis -- Hawaii

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Clippings (information artifacts)
    Maps
    Photographs
    Reports