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are among the public collections holding works by Arman T. Manookian. According to the State of Hawaii's House of
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Manookian was the oldest of three children born to a
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Encounters with
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he was assigned as a clerk to the author and historian, Major
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The Other
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Finding Paradise, Island Art in Private Collections
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