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PJ and Laulua Epling collection of Social Science Farm materials (University of California, Irvine)
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: PJ and Laulua Epling collection of Social Science Farm materials (University of California, Irvine)
Creator:
Epling, PJ
Identifier/Call Number: AS.200
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
(1 half document box)
Date (inclusive): 1966-1968
Abstract: The collection contains letters, photographs, financial records, press clippings, and a press release produced in 1966-1968
pertaining to the creation of the Samoan canoe on display at UC Irvine's Social Sciences Farm (known colloquially as "The
Farm") and daughter of a Samoan high chief and former Peace corps language instructor, Sarona Sotoa's class instruction at
UCI. Includes correspondence written in Samoan between PJ and Laulua Epling to Taloolema'agao Uliulileava Olago (Uli Uli Olago),
who built the canoe, and Lipine Fualau.
Language of Material:
English
.
The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their
heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University Archivist.
PJ and Laulua Epling collection of Social Science Farm materials (University of California, Irvine). AS-200. Special Collections
and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Gift of Jessica Irvine, 2019.
Processed by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez and Sarah Glover, 2019.
The University of California, Irvine Social Sciences Farm (known colloquially as "The Farm") was founded on campus by members
of the Social Sciences faculty in 1968. The Farm invited craftspeople from Guatemala, Mexico, and Samoa to share their skills
in civic and environmental responsibility. In 1967-1968 PJ and Laulua Epling invited Taloolema'agao Uliulileava Olago (Uli
Uli Olago) to demonstrate canoe building at the Farm School. The correspondence, in Samoan, is evidence of the logistics in
travel arrangements to get Uli Uli and Sarona Sotoa to UCI.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection contains letters, photographs, financial records, press clippings, and a press release produced in 1966-1968
pertaining to the creation of the Samoan canoe on display at UC Irvine's Social Sciences Farm (known colloquially as "The
Farm") and daughter of a Samoan high chief and former Peace corps language instructor, Sarona Sotoa's class instruction at
UCI. Includes correspondence written in Samoan between PJ and Laulua Epling to Taloolema'agao Uliulileava Olago (Uli Uli Olago),
who built the canoe, and Lipine Fualau.
The materials are arranged in their original order.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
University of California, Irvine
Canoes and canoeing -- Samoa
Epling, PJ