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K Kaiwaza Tiki Socialite Waikiki Beach, Hawaii Joined: Aug 06, 2003 Posts: 560	K Kaiwaza Posted posted on Fri, Oct 10, 2008 2:02 PM On an interesting related note..... I'd always planned on willing my Hawaiian record collection (about 2,000 LPs) to the Center For Hawaiian Studies here at the University of Hawaii. A former professor and old friend of mine is on staff there and knew of my plans decades ago. Recently, I decided I wanted to give it to them now, rather than later. The collection, although I love it, has somehow gotten to be rather a burden & figured it might as well be put to better use than sitting in my house...I mean, you can't really LISTEN to 2,000 records with any regularity and DO anything else. When I contacted them, they politely declined and said they'd "ask around" to other libraries/institutions, and I've heard no more. Seems very odd to me, one would have thought they'd jump at it, as it's pretty much everything that's been recorded on 12 in LP in Hawaii, plus a lot of mainland and foreign "Hawaiian" material. (And this is not counting my exotica LP collection..:) ) Anyway, although I had never planned on doing so, I guess I'll start checking out selling it either whole or piecemeal. Want to keep it local though, only because there's no way I'm getting involved in shipping hundreds of LPs...ugh.

On an interesting related note.....
I'd always planned on willing my Hawaiian record collection (about 2,000 LPs) to the Center For Hawaiian Studies here at the University of Hawaii. A former professor and old friend of mine is on staff there and knew of my plans decades ago.
Recently, I decided I wanted to give it to them now, rather than later. The collection, although I love it, has somehow gotten to be rather a burden & figured it might as well be put to better use than sitting in my house...I mean, you can't really LISTEN to 2,000 records with any regularity and DO anything else.
When I contacted them, they politely declined and said they'd "ask around" to other libraries/institutions, and I've heard no more. Seems very odd to me, one would have thought they'd jump at it, as it's pretty much everything that's been recorded on 12 in LP in Hawaii, plus a lot of mainland and foreign "Hawaiian" material. (And this is not counting my exotica LP collection..:) )
Anyway, although I had never planned on doing so, I guess I'll start checking out selling it either whole or piecemeal. Want to keep it local though, only because there's no way I'm getting involved in shipping hundreds of LPs...ugh.

Post #412703 by Kaiwaza on Fri, Oct 10, 2008 2:02 PM