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Facilities for Research in the Natural Sciences in the Hawaiian Islands 
More than twenty agencies or institutions, 
both governmental and private, possess facilities 
for research in the natural sciences in the Ha¬ 
waiian Islands. The following inventory of these 
facilities has been prepared from responses by the 
heads of the various organizations. It is believed 
that this alphabetic listing will be valuable not 
only to scientists visiting Hawaii or corresponding 
with agencies in this region, but also to residents 
of these islands who have not previously been 
able to examine a complete list of local research 
facilities and opportunities. Similar inventories of 
research facilities in the natural sciences in other 
areas of the Pacific region are planned for future 
issues of Pacific Science. 
Bernice P. Bishop Museum 
address: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu 
35, Hawaii. Director: Dr. Peter H. Buck. 
purpose: Collection, preservation, and study of 
Hawaiian and kindred Pacific material in eth¬ 
nology and the natural sciences; publication of 
results of study. (Only the natural sciences 
will be covered in the present listing.) The 
Museum is affiliated with Yale University, and 
the Director is a professor on the Yale faculty. 
subdivisions: Departments of Botany, Mala¬ 
cology (terrestrial and marine). Entomology, 
and Marine Zoology; also large collections in 
ichthyology, ornithology, and geology. 
persons engaged in research: (botany) Dr. 
Harold St. John, Marie Neal, Edward Y. 
Hosaka, Dr. F. B. H. Brown (unofficially 
attached); (malacology) Dr. C. Montague 
Cooke, Jr., Yoshio Kondo, Wray Harris 
(marine); (entomology) E. C. Zimmerman; 
(marine zoology) Dr. C. H. Edmondson; 
(ornithology) Paul H. Baldwin (absent on 
leave). The Museum also has on its staff four 
honorary consultants and 11 honorary associates 
in the natural sciences. 
opportunities for field research: The Mu¬ 
seum budget includes appropriations for field 
expenses. Trips among the Hawaiian Islands 
and special expeditions to other parts of the 
Pacific area are carried out from time to time. 
library: The Library has an estimated 25,015 
books and 11,580 pamphlets. These are chiefly 
on Pacific ethnology and natural history, with 
emphasis on Polynesia. No important report 
of an early voyage into the Pacific is lacking. 
There are complete files of many scientific 
publications from American institutions, as well 
as excellent files from institutions in all other 
parts of the world having interest in the Pacific. 
New books on pertinent subjects are acquired 
as they appear, and the Library attempts to 
fill the needs of the members of the staff. 
collections: The Museum is designated by 
territorial law as the depository for natural his¬ 
tory collections of the University of Hawaii 
and other territorial departments, bureaus, and 
boards. In addition to a large area devoted to 
ethnology (the Museum has the largest col¬ 
lection of Hawaiian artifacts in the world), 
the following collections are available in the 
natural sciences: (1) Botany. Herbarium con¬ 
tains what is probably the largest collection of 
Polynesian plants; the total number for the 
Pacific area is 150,000 specimens. (2) Mala¬ 
cology: Synoptic collection of land and ma¬ 
rine shells on exhibition; land shell collection 
is well over 2,000,000 specimens and marine 
shell collection over 50,000 (3) Entomology: 
Collection numbers over 400,000 specimens. 
(4) Ornithology: Contains many specimens of 
extinct Hawaiian birds. (5) Ichthyology: Large 
collection of fish; also fine set of colored casts 
on exhibition. 
publications: Four series are published by the 
Museum. (1) Memoirs (quarto); 12 volumes 
containing 39 papers published to date. (2) Bul¬ 
letins (royal octavo, over 50 printed pages); 
188 published to date. (3) Occasional Papers 
(octavo, under 50 printed pages); 18 volumes, 
totaling 274 papers, published to date. (4) Spe¬ 
cial Publications; 37 published to date. List of 
publications may be obtained from the Director. 
RESEARCH fellowships: Two Yale University- 
Bishop Museum Fellowships of $2,000 were 
offered annually by Yale University and Bishop 
Museum for research work on ethnology and 
the natural sciences of the Pacific area. They 
were discontinued during the war but will be 
resumed in the near future. 
research opportunities: Other opportunities 
are offered by the Museum from time to time 
as the need arises and the funds permit. Ma¬ 
terials in botany, entomology, and marine 
zoology are sent out to specialists in America 
and Europe for identification, and the reports 
are published by the Museum. 
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