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Now online: Guide to Sheet Music Collection from the Hawaiian Historical...
Guide to Sheet Music Collection Now On Line The Hawaiian Historical Society library includes a modest but growing collection of Hawaiian and hapa-haole sheet music spanning the 1860s to the 1960s. An...
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On the name Kamehameha, 1838.
KAMEHAMEHA. That is the name of the Alii nui of Hawaii nei. This name is known to the native people, but the spelling by the haole is confused; in their letters, this and that one’s spelling is...
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Children born on Christmas, 1920.
THERE WERE MANY BABIES BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY. There are perhaps many more babies that were born on Christmas Day, but there were not reported to the office of the board of health, where births must be...
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Christmas acrostic, 1868.
Christmas Day. Tomorrow is Christmas, We should remember, Its rays rise in triumph, The drifting clouds lie outstretched, Joyous were the angels, the people, The [illegible word] beautiful day of the...
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Native plants! 2013.
There are many descriptions of plants and their uses and where they grew, found in the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers. Check out this site from Kapiolani Community College and Leeward Community College,...
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Christmas at Iolani Palace, 1920.
THE PALACE IS AGLOW WITH ELECTRIC LIGHTS. The trees were bright with electric lights and the minds of the children were amazed, filled with wonder; the singing of Christmas joy and the skits were...
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Duke denied, 1913.
HE WILL BE LEFT WITHOUT GIFTS. That gift was given to Duke Kahanamoku, given by the multitudes of Honolulu, that being land and a house. Duke Kahanamoku is being required to return it, or his title of...
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Kahili from Washington Place to go to Hanaiakamalama, 1918.
KAHILI TO BE RETURNED TO THE HOME OF EMMA. Because Washington Place [Wakinekona Hale] will be placed under the care of Governor McCarthy, as a home for him to live in with his family, twenty-six...
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Vital Statistics, 1913.
MARRIAGES. John Kaiama Keka to Esther P. Kamana, Dec. 18. BIRTHS. To Jacob Ahwai and Angeline Kahananui, a son, Dec. 17. To Charles Kekoa and Minne Perkins, a daughter, Dec. 17. To Sam Maii and Mary...
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“Ka Ipo Lei Manu,” 1891.
KALANI KAULILUA. He manao he aloha Na ka ipo lei manu Ua manu kuu hoa Noho mai ka nahele Iiwi o uka Polena i ka ua Elua maua I ka po ua nui Ua o Hanalei Anu au maeele Ua anu hoi au I ka ua noe anu Na...
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New organ being assembled at Kawaiahao Church, 1901.
Organ of Kawaiahao. The new Organ of the Church has arrived, and if you go inside, you will see all sorts of small parts of this organ strewn here and there of the church. It is being assembled as...
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Wind and Rain and Lighting, oh my, 1863.
Wind and Rain. O Kuokoa Newspaper: Aloha oe: On the 13th of Dec. and that night, a very strong wind appeared, along with rain, here in the town of Lahaina. When it came, we were sleeping in our beds,...
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Near tragedy on the way from Kauai to Niihau, 1864.
Barely survived at sea O Kuokoa Newspaper; Aloha oe:—Perhaps you and your Editor can be tolerant and include this in a Column of your entire stout body, about a crisis at sea, like this: Several skiffs...
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Strange fish in Honomalino, South Kona, 1865.
Fish that Washed Ashore. On the 26th of December, a very strange fish washed ashore at Honomalino, South Kona, Hawaii, and was found by a little girl. The length of this fish was 18 inches, and the...
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Maria Whitney Pogue passes, 1900.
THE FIRST HAOLE GIRL TO BE BORN IN HAWAII NEI. Santa Clara, Apr. 20. This morning Mrs. Maria Whitney Pogue, the first haole girl to be born in the Hawaiian archipelago, died after a long illness. She...
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Birthday of Queen Kapiolani, 1876.
Queen Kapiolani. Yesterday, December 31, was the birthday of the Alii, Queen Kapiolani, the royal daughter of Kuhio (m) and Kinoiki (f), and this made her forty-first year, for she was born on this day...
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Hauoli Makahiki Hou! 1906 / 2014.
Wishing you all a very happy 2014. This calendar is fashioned after the one given by the newspaper Aloha Aina in 1906 to its readers. It features a picture of the typesetters and the paperboys of the...
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Princess Kaiulani celebrates the new year in Waimea, 1899.
New Year’s Celebration in Waimea. The people of Waimea held a Happy New Year party at 3 p. m. on this past Tuesday [1/3/1899], at the Courthouse here in Waimea. The table was given honor by the young...
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The birthday of Queen Emma, 1880.
The Birthday of Emma Lani.—Friday (yesterday), the 2nd of January, 1880, was the 44th birthday of the life of Queen Emma Kaleleonalani. Just as usual, the day on which her royal mother suffered...
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