Detailed Description of the Collection

Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Archives

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Bank 4 - Drawer E

Addresses & Remarks ~

Address Before The Missionary Children's Society (3 copies), by Damon, F.W. ~ June 12, 1875

Remarks, Dickey, C.W. ~ April 23, 1927


Awards & Certificates ~

AASLH Nomination ~ 1976

Copyright Certificates ~ 1953 - 1983


Cemetery ~

Burial Records ~ 1837 - 1845

Collection of Funds ~ 1860 - 1920

License, Polices, etc. ~


Centennial ~

100th Annual Meetings ~ 1952

Hawaiian Mission Children's Society (book by Dodge, C.P.) ~ 1852 - 1952

Hawaiian Mission Children's Society - Newspaper Clippings ~ 1952

Hawaiian Mission Children's Society - "The Red Wool Cap" (play) ~ 1952


Centennials & Anniversaries ~

Parthian (ship) ~ 1920, 1928, 1978


Charter, Constitution, and By-laws ~

Folder 1 ~ 1852 - 1964

Folder 2 ~ 1924 - 1975

Folder 3 (articles of Incorporation) ~ August 10, 1907


Committees ~

Chamberlain House ~ 1914 - 1919

Finance - Minutes ~ 1962

House - Report ~ 1964

Library Building ~ 1949

Miscellaneous ~


Contracts & Agreements ~

Contracts & Agreements ~ 1943 - 1975


Correspondence ~

Correspondence ~ 1852 - 1898, 1946

Circular Letters ~ 1868 - 1989

Director ~ 1989

Director - Memos to Staff ~ 1989 - 1990

Alice Lorraine Andrews Estate ~ 1993

President ~ 1934 -1955

Secretary ~ 1857 - 1965

Secretary - Honorary Members ~ 1864 - 1910

Treasurer ~ 1856 - 1909

Treasurer ~ 1920 - 1963

Library ~ 1949 - 1962

Miscellaneous ~ 1949 - 1971


Education ~

Guide Training Handbook ~

Living History - Photos ~

The News of the Sandwich Islands Mission ~ n.d.

Teachers' Packet ~ 1980

Programs & Flyers ~ n.d., 1984


Employees ~

Job Descriptions & Personnel Manual ~

Retirement Plan ~

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Finance ~

Budgets ~ 1946

Account book ~ 1967 - 1968

Financial Statements ~ 1886 - 1962

Funds, history of ~ 1945 / 1946

Invoices, Receipts, Payment Authorization ~ 1852 - 1859, 1870, n.d.

Invoices, Receipts, Payment Authorization ~ 1888 - 1890

Invoices, Receipts, Payment Authorization ~ 1891, 1895 - 1897

Invoices, Receipts, Payment Authorization ~ 1898 - 1901

Invoices, Receipts, Payment Authorization ~ 1902 - 1906

Invoices, Receipts, Payment Authorization ~ 1906 - 1909

Invoices, Receipts, Payment Authorization ~ 1924 - 1960

Membership Dues Book ~ Begins in 1954, but skips around.

Tax Documents - Annual Nonprofit Corporation Exhibit ~ 1970 ; 1972

Treasurer's Reports ~ 1939 - 1955

Tax Documents ~ 1923 - 1975


Gift Shop ~

Gift Shop ~ 1979, 1988, n.d.


Hawaiian Historical Society ~

Contracts & Agreements ~ 1946 - 1986

Correspondence ~ 1948 - 1965

Equipment ~ 1949, 1950

Report of the Special Review Committee ~ 1985


Wall - Shelves

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) / HMCS Blueprints & Drawings (listed in numerical order by tube number) ~

No. 1 - HMCS - Tracings 1935 Restoration ~ 1935

No. 2 - HMCS - Blue Prints, 2nd set ~

No. 3 - HMCS - Library (Preliminary 1949 plans) Blue Prints ~ 1949

No. 4 - HABS - Mission Printing House (Blue Prints to be used) ~

No. 5 - HABS - Tracings Mission Printing ~

No. 6 - Tracings - Mission Frame House ~

No. 7 - HABS - Blue Prints, Mission Frame House ~

No. 8 - HMCS - Chamberlain House / HABS-Tracings ~

No. 9 - Frame House 1935 Restoration / 1st set of Dickey's drawings ~

No. 10 - UNAVAILABLE ~

No. 11 - HABS Drawings to be used (1966) - Chamberlain House, Blue Prints, Unknown Architect ~ 1918, 1919, 1966

No. 12 - Maria Chamberlain's House & Land Plans at Honolulu, with adjacent properties ~ 1855

No. 13 - Mission Grounds: Gates, Ground Plans, Tax Maps (2/1/32), Survey of library area - Wright, Harvey & Wright. (October 5, 1949), Monsarrat Survey Mission Grounds (1890), Wright, Harvey (1924) ~ 1890, 1924, 1932, 1949

No. 14 - Mission Grounds: Sprinkler System (7/20/64) - American Factors, Proposed Flood Lights for Library (n.d.) ~ July 20, 1964

No. 15 - Printing House Restoration, Lockwood Frost's Drawings (1968), Printing House HABS (1967)Tube is empty w/note "See HABS No. 4" ~ 1967, 1968

No. 16 - Frame House Restoration - Dickey (1935), Frame House Blue Prints from R.H. Rice (1949) ~ 1935, 1949

No. 17 - Library Tracings, W.D. Merrill ~

No. 18 - Honolulu Historic Center Plans, Charles Peterson (1966) ~ 1966

No. 19 - Warneke Plans for State Capitol, Left by Charles Peterson ~ July 29, 1966

No. 20 - HMCS Proposed Buildings Sketch ~ 1949

No. 21 - Bond House (Iole), Bond House 1910 First Draft (9/7/67) ~ September 7, 1967

No. 22 - HABS - Blueprints- Bond House ~ 1967

No. 23 - Kaluaaha Church, Molokai - Frost's Surveys ~ 1967

No. 24 - Castle House, 910 S. King Street - Drawings rec'd November 9, 1948 from S.N. & Mary Castle Foundation ~ January, 1944

No. 25 - Hanalei Restoration of old Church & Wilcox House, Hart Wood ~ 1921

No. 26 - Printing House - Designs for Plaque - Installation1 800 325 9999 of memorial plaque & inscription tablet for printing house. Merrill, Simms & Roehrig ~ 1952

No. 27 - Maui Historical Sites (1960) - 2 copies ~ August 25, 1960

No. 28 - U.S. Geological Survey - Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Coast & Geodetic Survey, Hawaii (Island of), Bureau of Census Hawaii (State) ~

No. 29 - Tax Maps - S. Kona, Hawaii 1. Zone 8 / N. Kona, Hawaii 1. Zone 7 - Hawaiian Islands ~ 1958

No. 30 - Hawaii Territory Survey - Honolulu (10/1904) - Honolulu Harbor (10/1907) by Walter E. Wall - Honolulu Harbor by Lt. C.R. Malden R.N. (1825) ~ 1825, 1904, 1907

No. 31 - Kaulani Home proposal for use of property, Dicken Association ~ 1944, 1945

No. 32 - Waioli House - Waioli Church - Blackline prints recorded by Hawaii Historic Buildings Survey (1968) ~ 1968

No. 33 - Topographical Maps, HMCS Property - R.M. Towill ~ October 8, 1968 & August 11, 1970

No. 34 - Ramage Press - Pancoast Plans from Smithsonian Prints (museum use only) ~ March 11, 1971

No. 35 - Civic Center Honolulu - Master Plan ~ 1945

No. 36 - Mission Grounds - Blue Prints to be used ~

No. 37 - Topographic map of Bond lands at Iole & Honopueo - North Kohala, HI, T.H. Blueprint, 1 sheet, 87 x 27 inches. ~ 1936

No. 38 - Library building, HMCS, plans & specifications; Merrill, Sims & Roherig, Architects, 1950. 13 numbered & 1 un-numbered sheets, 28 x 36 inches. ~ 1950

No. 39 - Library Addition, HMCS, preliminary plans, Ossipoff, architect. 5 sheets, 24 inches wide, various lengths. ~ December, 1981

No. 40 - Library addition, HMCS, preliminary plans, Ossipoff, architect. 4 sheets, 32 x 40 inches. ~ August, 1985

No. 41 - HMCS Library Building Addition, Ossipoff Preliminary Plan #9, 6 sheets, 30 x 42 inches ~ June, 1985 (Final plans, December 1985)

No. 42 - Library addition, preliminary plans, Ossipoff, Architect. 3 sheets, 30 x 42 inches, 1 un-numbered & undated sheet, 24 x 36. ~ February, 1982

No. 43 - Library addition, preliminary plans, Ossipoff, architect, 9 & 10. [5] 3sheets, 25 x 18 & 2 sheets, 36 x 18 inches with color added. ~ September & October, 1982

No. 44 - Original Frost drawings of the evolution of the Old Mission Houses, 1821 - 1968, Frost & Frost, architects, 1968. 6 sheets, 19 x 24 inches, much detail on each sheet. Appeared in reduced form in Frost report, 1969. ~ 1968

No. 45 - Blueprint of the Chamberlain House, walls, windows and stairs only, three floors, undated probably 1930's. 1 sheet, 42 x 27 inches. ~ n.d.

No. 46 - Drawings of the evolution of the Mission Houses, three buildings, 1821 - 1968, enlarged from Frost & Frost, architects, report of 1968. 6 sheets, 22 x 17.5 inches, photocopy, very clear. Very useful for museum guides, evidently not the same as 44. ~ 1969

No. 47 - Chamberlain House measured drawings, Frost & Frost, architects, 1968. 13 sheets, 24 x 19 inches, black and red on white, much detail. Detailed inventory in tube. ~ 1968

No. 48 - Mission Houses site plans, measured drawings include proposed grass house & exhibit design, visitor circulation & orientation, Gerald Ober, exhibit designer for Frost & Frost, architects . 9 sheets, 8 attached, 23 x 17 inches (slight variations) loose sheet 24 x 22 inches. ~ 1969

No. 49 - Mission Houses site plans; new pavillion, walks, rest room facilities and landscape lighting, Frost & Frost, architects . 8 numbered sheets plus extra numbered 11, 24 x 19 inches. These site plans were used with some walkway changes. ~ November, 1969

No. 50 - Frame House measured drawings, Frost & Frost, architects. 13 sheets, numbered drawings plus 1 sheet index, 24 x 19 inches. Index includes Frame House & Chamberlain House drawings. ~ October, 1968

No. 51 - Miscellaneous plans, drawings for restoration & preservation of Mission Houses, Frost & Frost, architects, mostly 1969, a few 1968 & 1970. 16 sheets, 15 sheets 24 x 19 & 1 sheet 17 x 14 inches. ~ 1968, 1969, 1970

No. 52 - Mission Houses exhibit plans, site, display cases & traffic pattern projections, Frost & Frost, architects. 14 sheets, nine 24 x 19, & five 26 x 18 inches. ~ October, 1969 & February, 1970

No. 53 - Mission Houses, restoration and preservation, drawings of plans & projections, Frost & Frost, architects. 17 sheets, 25 x 18 inches. Badly worn & marked, evidently these were the plans most used. ~ November, 1969

No. 54 - Frame House restoration plans [no date or architect mark]. 2 pages, patched photo-copy, 19 x 17 inches. ~ n.d.

No. 55 - Mission Houses Restoration; new pavillion, walkways, restroom facilities, including electrical and mechanical. Frost & Frost, architects. 11 numbered sheets, 24 x 18 inches. Index to drawings on page 1. Some are duplicates of #53. ~ November, 1969

No. 56 - Chamberlain House, second floor tract lighting. Charles B. Farrow, electrical consultant. 1 sheet, 36 x 24 inches. ~ August, 1982

No. 57 - Mission Houses restoration, phase 1, projected, in 3 parts, Anderson, Reinhardt, architects. 4 sheets, 2 sheets 36 x 24 & 2 sheets (reduced size duplicates) 18 x 12 inches. Smaller sheets used in mail out fundraising letters. ~ 1976

No. 58 - Printing House preservation & restoration plans, Frost & Frost, architects. 12 numbered sheets, 18 x 24 inches (sheet #2 is missing from the set) ~ January, 1968

No. 59 - Blueprints - Frame House blueprints of restoration, C.W. Dickey, architect. 4 sheets, one 24 x 18.5 & three 21 x 18.5. 1 sheet badly torn & marked. ~ 1934

No. 60 - Chamberlain House blueprint of floor plan for three floors. No identification, 1 sheet, 42 x 27 inches. ~ Before 1919 (written in pencil on back of the blueprint)

No. 61 - Fire sprinkler system proposed for grass houseto be built on Mission Houses grounds (not used). Gary Olber. 4 sheets, 36 x 24 inches. Stamped "approved" by city fire officials. ~ 1969

No. 62 - Maps used as endpapers for Mary Cooke's book "To Raise a Nation," Frost maps of early Honolulu. Published in 1970 by HMCS. Two sheets, 24 x 18 inches. Titled: Honolulu in 1820 & Honolulu in 1848 ~ 1970 (published by HMCS)

No. 63 - Moseley - Bingham genealogy chart on heavy photo paper. Handwritten & hard to read. 1 sheet, 22.5 x 18 inches. Mission Houses # 2514. Received from Mrs. J.M. Brown, 3/5/54 ~ n.d.

No. 64 - Maps, 1825 of Honolulu & the Harbor, by Lieut. Malden, R.N., 1825. 2 sheets, 19 x 17, & 16 x 14 inches. Heavy paper. Titled: A plan of the harbor of Honolulu... & A survey of the South Coast of Oahu... ~ 1825

No. 65 - 75th anniversary edition of the Honolulu Advertiser 1831 (1856 - 1931) 20 sheets, newsprint, 23 x 18 inches. Very poor condition, crumbling, not usable in this condition, needs copying. ~ 1931

No. 66 - Topographic maps of the Kohala area Hawaii Island Kohala Sugar Company, 1963, The Bond Estate at Iole, 1969, one undated. 3 sheets, 60 x 37, 60 x 34, & 40 x 36 inches. Clear, good condition. ~ 1963, 1969

No. 67 - Bond House, Kohala Hawaii. Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) 1967. Includes typescript summary & description. 1967. Five copies, 7 sheets each, 22.5 x 18 inches, one slightly larger, untrimmed copy. 9 page typescript. Note: Prints of original sepia in tube #22. ~ September, 1967

No. 68 - Drawings from tax maps of 1935 of Kohala, Hawaii Bond property & surroundings. Also includes smaller drawing of premises in 1910 by William L. Bond. 4 sheets, (3) 32 x 21, hand colored, (1) 17 x 24 inches, on clothpaper. Note: Iole Development Corporation copy. ~ 1910. 1935, printed 1970

No. 69 - Drawing of the Mission Cemetry at Kawaiahao. Thompson & Thompson, landscape architects. 4 sheets (copies) 36 x 34 inches. One sheet is an unusable mirror reversed copy. ~ 1942

No. 70 - Blueprints of the Mission Cemetery at Kawaihao. Thompson & Thompson, landscape architects, 1942. Baldwin & Alexander, surveyers, 1912. 2 sheets, 36 x 34, & 22 x 18 inches. Larger blueprint same as copies in tube #69. Smaller gift of R.R. Midkiff, 1953. ~ 1912, 1942

No. 71 - Frame House drawings for proposed restoration; C.W. Dickey, architect. 8 numbered sheets, size varies, approx. 21 x 20 inches. ~ 1930

No. 72 - Frame House drawings for restoration, 1934. C.W. Dickey, architect. 13 un-numbered sheets, suze varies, approx. 21 x 20 inches. ~ 1934

No. 73 - Drawing of the Central Union Church Plot in the Makiki Cemetery by Abel Rodriques, 1968. 1 sheet, 33 x 17 inches. Portuguese section, formerly Pilgrim Church, merged with Central Union Church. Cemetery at Pensacola & Wilder Ave. ~ 1968

No. 74 - Second floor plan of a building, undated, unidentified. Probably former Mission Memorial Building on King Street, now part of City Hall Complex. 24 x 17 inches on clothpaper. ~

No. 75 - Certificate: Morning Star (missionary ship) to Carrie Bray, Boston, January, 1884. 1 copy; mutilated, in several pieces, not usuable, no measure taken. Mission Houses #534 ~ January, 1884

No. 76 - Missionary ship posters & certificate: Sch. Missionary Packet, Boston, 1826; Missionary Packet Morning Star, 1866 (Morning Star II); Missionary Steam-Barkentine "Morning Star" Boston, 1884. 3 sheets, 24 x 19, 23 x 21, 17 x 14 inches. Mission House numbers 531, 532, 533. 1884 certificate badly damaged, unusuable. ~ 1826, 1866, 1884

No. 77 - Diplomas & certificate: Diploma of Thomas Lafon Gulick (1839-1904) from Williams College, Mass., in Latin, undated. Diploma of Laura C. Green (1964-1943) Boston, Y.W.C.A. School of Domestic Science & Christian Work, 1900. Rev. Thomas L. Gulick honorary membership in A.B.C.F.M., Boston, 1868. 3 sheets, 22 x 19, 21 x 16, & 19.5 x 16 inches. Mission Houses numbers 548, 549, certificate un-numbered, very poor condition. ~ 1868, 1900, one undated

No. 78 - "Lahaina, The Whaling Capital of the Pacific" historical narrative framed with illustrations of related imagery, 1 sheet, 32 x 22.5 inches, browntones, produced by Visitor Ventures Inc. ~ n.d.

No. 79 - Map showing distances from and clock times of major world cities from Honolulu. 1 sheet, 32.5 x 28.5 inches, coated cloth, peeling & lightly stained, top & bottom wooden rollers. For Hawaii Promotion Comm. ~ n.d. (1915?)

No. 80 - Maps: Waikiki premises of G(eorge) P(armelee) Castle, Walter E. Wall, surveyor, 1900, 1904. Copied with additions by Baldwin & Alexander, surveyors, 1912, updated, 1925 by Wright, Harvey, & Wright. 2 sheets, 40.5 x 37, & 40.5 x 32 inches, heavy cloth backed paper, slightly faded. ~ 1900, 1904, 1912, 1925

No. 81 - Aerial view (map) of the Bond lands at Kohala, Hawaii. 1 sheet, heavy photograph paper, 37.5 x 38 inches. ~ n.d. (probably about 1975)

No. 82 - Maps of Honolulu. Photocopies. Honolulu in 1810, drawn by Paul Rockwood. Honolulu 1847, Metcalf (?). 1858, by J.M. Makalena. 1887, W.A. Wall ~ 1810, 1847, 1858, 1887

No. 83 - Library addition, HMCS, site plan, index, general notes, other plans / details. Ossipoff, Rowland, & Snyder, Architects, 11/7/85. 17 nembered sheets, 30 x 40 inches ~ 1985


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Bank 4 - Drawer E

History of HMCS & Staff ~

History of HMCS & Staff ~ 1857, 1912, 1913, 1927, 1932, 1945, 1946, n.d.


Insurance ~

Insurance ~ 1858, 1962


Introduction to MHM & HMCS ~

Introduction to MHM & HMCS ~ 1988 (?)


Land & Property ~

Correspondence ~ 1914 - 1944

Deeds & Leases ~ 1848 - 1969

Legacies & Trusts ~ 1914 - 1974

Kekela Watch ~

Maps ~


Library ~

Annual Reports ~ 1932 - 1968

Carter, George R., Deed of Gift ~ 1922

Clippings & articles about the library ~ 1920 - 19581 800 325 9999

Financial Statements (quarterly) ~ 1947 - 1958

Vault ~ 1950 - 1953


Library Building ~

Remodeling Planning ~ 1982 - 1986

Correspondence ~ 1945 - 1949

Correspondence & Financial Reports ~ 1950 - 1951


Maile Wreath (Essays) ~

Essays ~


Maile Wreath (Newsletters) ~

Newsletters ~ 1972 - 1976

Newsletters ~ 1972 - 1991 (Summer)

Newsletters ~ 1992 -


Meetings ~

Meetings ~

Meetings, Annual - Miscellaneous ~

Meetings, Annual - Newspaper clippings (photocopies) ~

Meetings, Annual - Photos ~ 1991

Meetings, Annual - Photos (Centennial of Pioneer Company) ~ 1918, 1920

Meetings, Annual - Photos ~ 1932 - 1962

Meetings, Annual - Photos ~ 1969

Meetings, Annual - Plays ~ 1918 - 1930

Meetings, Annual - Plays - "Parthian Pilgrims" ~ 1928


Bank 5 - Drawer E

Meetings, Annual - 100th ~

Meetings, Annual - Reports ~ 1943

Meetings, Monthly - Essays ~ 1857

Meetings, Annual - Programs & Hymns ~ 1918 - 1989

Meetings, Annual ~ 1957 - 1967


Membership ~

Certificates ~ 1852 - 1909

Genealogy ~

Miscellaneous ~

World War II service records of members ~


Miscellaneous ~

Miscellaneous ~


Mission Children's Society - Micronesia - Marquesas ~

Mission Children's Society, Micronesia - Marquesas ~


Mission Houses ~

Adobe Schoolhouse ~ 1920 - 1924, n.d.

Chamberlain House ~ [1851] - 1909

Chamberlain House - Catalogue ~ 1920

Chamberlain House - Floor Plans ~

Chamberlain House - History ~

Chamberlain House - Miscellaneous Papers ~

Newspaper clippings ~ 1933 - 1936, n.d.

Depository ~ 1869 - 1870

Depository - Newspaper Clippings ~ 1948 - 1951

Existing Condition Report by Andersson & Reinhardt ~ 1976

Frame House - Floor Plan

Frame House - Newspaper Clippings ~ 1930 - 1951

Frame House ~ 1896 - 1973

Frame House - University of Hawaii School of Architecture Report ~ 2001

Frame House - Miscellaneous ~

Grass House proposal ~ 1969

History - Miscellaneous ~

History - Newspaper Clippings ~

History - Publications & Manuscripts ~

Newspaper Clippings ~ 1970, 1981

Photos ~

Printing House ~

Printing House - Printing Press ~

Restoration & Repairs ~ 1925 - 1968 / 1969

Frost Report on Restoration & Repairs (includes photos) ~ n.d.


Mission Memorial Building ~

Mission Memorial Building ~ 1914 - 1848

Vault ~


Missionary Album ~

Missionary Album (use permissions) ~ 1959, 1960


National Historic Landmark ~

Dedication Ceremony - Photos ~ 1965

Corresponence ~ 1965 - 1966


Newspaper Clippings ~

News Clippings ~ n.d. - 1984

News Clippings ~ 1985 - 1986

News Clippings ~ 1987 - 1989

News Clippings ~ 1990 - 1993

News Clippings ~ 1994 - 1995


Operations ~

Operations ~


Photos ~

People - Hawaiian Children's Society Centennial Meeting ~ 1920

Photos - Annual Reports ~ 1982, 1983

Photos - Miscellaneous ~ 1965, 1993, 1994


Planning ~

Planning ~ 1987 -


Printing ~

Printing ~

Celebrations ~

Correspondence ~ 1838 - 1974

Exhibit - 2 maps from Lahainaluna copper plate from Printing House Exhibit ~ February 1976

Newspaper Clipping (photocopies) ~

Photos ~

Samples ~

Samples (folder 1 of 2) ~ 1989 -

Samples (folder 2 of 2) ~ 1989 -

Traveling Exhibit - Jim Rumford, Project Coordinator & Designer ~


Publicity ~

Publicity ~


Reports ~

Annual Reports - Tally of old reports ~

President ~ 1957 - 1958

Secretary, Corresponding ~ 1855

Treasurer ~ 1855 - 1959


Schools ~

Girls Industrial Home - Bills & Expenses ~ 1890 - 1891

Maunaolu Seminary - Correspondence ~ 1913 - November, 1930

Maunaolu Seminary - Correspondence ~ December, 1930 - 1950


Sesquicentennial ~

Addresses & Remarks ~

Committee ~

Information About Events ~

Kekela Celebration ~

Miscellaneous ~

Newspaper Clippings & Photocopies ~

Opukahaia Celebration ~

Photos (folder 1 of 2) ~ 1970

Photos (folder 2 of 2) ~ 1970

Press Releases ~

Programs and Invitations ~ 1968 - 1970

Smith, J.W. Celebration ~

Thaddeus ~


Special Events ~

Exhibits ~

Photos ~

Plays ~

"Moral Wars" - Drama - Missionaries in Hawaii ~ 1985 - 1986



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