"Hawaii: 49th State" brochure c.1946

"Hawaii: 49th State" brochure c.1946

Hawaii
Statehood
brochure
petition
49th state
Associated Students of the University of Hawaii

This "Hawaii: 49th State” brochure was compiled by the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii in 1946. It shows student support for Hawaiian statehood and features reasons for statehood from University of Hawaii students and staff as well as a number of American public figures. It was included as part of a statehood petition sent by University of Hawaii students to Representative Hugh Peterson (D-GA), then chairman of the House Committee on Territories. The brochure is titled "Hawaii: 49th State" because Alaska had not yet become a state.
Before statehood, there were many petitions sent to the US gov-ernment to persuade them to make Hawaii an official US state. This brochure shows that University students were also involved in the movement to gain statehood for Hawaii.

Associated Students of the University of Hawaii, Hawaii

National Archives, The Center for Legislative Archives, Featured Congressional Documents, Hawaii Statehood, August 21, 1959

https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/hawaii/brochure.html

circa, 1946

Hannah Mehmet

National Archives, RG 233, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives

English

Textual - printed brochure

20th century Hawai'i