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    "...When Albert Francis "Juddie" Judd III died in March at the age of 96, a long-held deal came due.

    Judd, a direct descendant of the original settler-missionary Judds, held ownership of the private papers of Gerrit P. Judd and his sons, spanning from the 1820s until the end of the 19th century.

    Upon his death they officially became the property of the Bishop Museum, where they had been stored and kept under extremely restricted access since 1922....

    "While some missionary families have gradually been unmasked as frauds, incompetents or racists, Gerrit Judd and his sons have, thus far, retained respectability in historical memory, as selfless intermediaries between Kamehameha III and the imperial powers of the day. The opening up to the public of the Judd papers may either strengthen that impression or fatally damage it.

    If the zealousness with which Albert Francis Judd III guarded the collection is any indication, surprises await.

    The archives are open to the public from noon until 4 p.m. from Tuesday through Friday, and 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday. The archives' staff is waiting.

    "There are going to be many, many important pieces in the Judd collection that researchers will have to look for," says Brown. "And we welcome people coming in to do that, because that's how the word gets out. That's how new information comes."...

    I myself would love someday to be able to see those papers, as they appear to provide more historical information about the formative years of modern Hawaiian history.

    Miulang
    "Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain
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