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The State Plan Policy Council existed from 1975 to 1991. It was concerned primarily with monitoring and coordinating the development of the Hawaii State Plan and its component functional plans per Chapter 226, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The records consist primarily of agendas and minutes of council meetings, supplemented by reports dealing with their activities.
Established: By Act 189, SLH 1975, as the Policy Council. It became generally known as the State Plan Policy Council, and used that title in its official publications and correspondence.

Organization: An independent executive agency with membership specified in statute. Initially, it was composed of the four county planning directors and the heads of eight state agencies. It was expanded by the Hawaii State Planning Act (Act 100, SLH 1978, which became Chapter 226, HRS) to include heads of five more state agencies and nine members of the public. A 14th state agency head was added by Act 336, SLH 1987. Organizational relations were not defined in statute. The Council was provided with "assistance and staff services" by the Department of Planning and Economic Development until 1987 and thereafter by the Office of State Planning.

Established to administer various employment and training programs including the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), the State Comprehensive Employment and Training (SCET) Program, and Title V of the federal Older Americans Act. These programs were planned, developed, implemented and controlled by OMP. In addition, the office provided staff support to the State Manpower Services Council (SMSC), later renamed the State Employment and Training Council (SETC), and local employment and training planning councils in the neighbor counties. The functions of the original agency, OMP, devolved on its successors basically unchanged, just as the purposes of the jobs programs remained unchanged despite changes in the enabling legislation. SCET was created as a part of the State Program for the Unemployed (SPU) by Act 151, SLH, 1975, and was operational by October 1975. It ended June 30, 1981, through failure of the legislature to extend the program into FY-1982. SMSC, its successor SETC, and their county-level counterparts were mandated by CETA and the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act (EJUAA, P.L. 93-567). If a state wished to participate in CETA or EJUAA, i.e., obtain a share of the funding available under either act, that state had to have a SMSC/SETC, with membership as specified in CETA/EJUAA, appointed by the governor, to propose programs for which grant applications would be prepared and submitted. Under the JPTA (Job Training Partnership Act; see below), the SETC was replaced by the Hawaii Job Training Coordinating Council (HJTCC), which is also federally mandated, and which performs the same functions under the JPTA as the SETC did under CETA.

The State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) was established by Act 378, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 1989.
SHIP was a distinct entity with its own administrator and administrative rules in the Health Resources Administration of the Department of Health. Interestingly, the only reference, outside its own records, to its place in the organization is the 1993 “Guide to Government” published by the Legislative Reference Bureau. No record of a formal reorganization has been located.

Established to administer various employment and training programs including the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), the State Comprehensive Employment and Training (SCET) Program, and Title V of the federal Older Americans Act. These programs were planned, developed, implemented and controlled by OMP. In addition, the office provided staff support to the State Manpower Services Council (SMSC), later renamed the State Employment and Training Council (SETC), and local employment and training planning councils in the neighbor counties. The functions of the original agency, OMP, devolved on its successors basically unchanged, just as the purposes of the jobs programs remained unchanged despite changes in the enabling legislation. SCET was created as a part of the State Program for the Unemployed (SPU) by Act 151, SLH, 1975, and was operational by October 1975. It ended June 30, 1981, through failure of the legislature to extend the program into FY-1982. SMSC, its successor SETC, and their county-level counterparts were mandated by CETA and the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act (EJUAA, P.L. 93-567). If a state wished to participate in CETA or EJUAA, i.e., obtain a share of the funding available under either act, that state had to have a SMSC/SETC, with membership as specified in CETA/EJUAA, appointed by the governor, to propose programs for which grant applications would be prepared and submitted. Under the JPTA (Job Training Partnership Act; see below), the SETC was replaced by the Hawaii Job Training Coordinating Council (HJTCC), which is also federally mandated, and which performs the same functions under the JPTA as the SETC did under CETA.

Sophie Boyd Judd Cooke was born to Albert Francis and Agnes Hall Boyd Judd on May 17, 1883. She received her education at Punahou School, Miss Winsor’s School, Boston; Miss Porter’s School, Farmington, Connecticut, studied one year in Europe. She married George Paul Cooke on April 4, 1906. Together, they had six chldren. In 1906, Sshe moved to Moloka‘i when her husband was appointed Assistant Manager of Molokaʻi Ranch. In 1918, she founded Hanahauoli School in Honolulu, a progressive elementary school. She was active in cultural and civic affairs on Molokaʻi and Oahu. In 1957, Sophie was chosen "Mother of the Year" for Hawaiʻi. She died in Honolulu on January 28, 1966.

The Honolulu Social Science Association was founded on February 27, 1882, for the purpose of "social and intellectual advancement." Initially it met at the home of the Rev. Charles M. Hyde in Honolulu. After 1882 it met once a month from October through June of each year.

The Association’s main purpose was to hear conversation and a presentation on contemporary social, political and economic questions. For that purpose it invited speakers from among its own membership, and occasionally from among nonmembers. It was modeled on the Monday Evening Club of Haverhill, Massachusetts, of which the Rev. Hyde had been a member. In its early years, the membership grew from 14 in 1882 to 40 in 1905. In 1905 the membership was capped at 40.

Among other duties, the secretary of the Association kept the minutes and a file of all the essays read to the Association. These records comprise this collection. Notable secretaries of the Association included the Rev. Charles M. Hyde, Col. Harold H. Kent, and Mr. Aaron Levine.

The Marshal of the Hawaiian Islands, in one of his capacities, was the Sheriff of Oahu and Prefect (Chief) of Police of Honolulu.