"The Mormon Pacific Historical Society was founded in 1978 by Lance D. Chase and Kenneth W. Baldridge at Brigham Young University-Hawaii to foster the study and recording of LDS Church history in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. Annual meetings are held at various locations and papers are presented, displays are prepared, and local folks "talk story" about events in local LDS history. All of these are then transcribed and/or published in the organization's Proceedings."