#hawaiihistory — Public Fediverse posts

Ka Wai Ola: The Oʻahu Cemetery Project Preserved on Papakilo. “In 1986, Nanette Napoleon surveyed gravesites across 46 Oʻahu cemeteries, documenting the information recorded on tombstones and grave markers. These cemeteries were selected because they had no publicly accessible burial records at the time….The digitization of the Oʻahu Cemetery Project was a three-year endeavor that took a […]

State of Hawaii: More than 1,000 Aloha Stadium Events Now Available Online Through Stadium Stars Digital Archive. “More than 1,000 videos from Aloha Stadium’s Stadium Stars collection are now available to stream online, marking a major milestone in the ongoing effort to preserve and share the stadium’s history. Since 1991, Stadium Stars has captured high school football, baseball and soccer […]

Honolulu Civil Beat: Data For Dummies: Hawaiʻi Facts For Those Of Us Who Can’t Read Spreadsheets. “Now that another primary election has come and gone, I’ve been wondering: Is Hawaiʻi still the worst in the nation when it comes to voter turnout? Fortunately, the folks who built Hawaiʻi Dashboard, a cool new database of key Hawaiʻi facts, figures and trends, were reading my mind.”

Maui News: UH oral history center receives $538K for Maui projects. “Four grants totaling $538,000 will support University of Hawaii projects recording dozens of oral histories about Lahaina, water, women’s history and the Lahaina Jodo Mission. Researchers say documenting residents’ experiences, cultural knowledge and memories will help preserve Maui’s history for future generations and […]

University of Hawaii: Preserving Maui’s stories: UH Center for Oral History lands $538K in new funding. “A surge of new funding is highlighting the critical mission of one of Hawaiʻi’s most significant digital archives. Multiple grants are flowing into the College of Social Sciences’ Center for Oral History (COH) in recognition of its vital work to preserve the history, voices and […]

Honolulu Civil Beat: Kirstin Downey: Hawaiʻi’s Historic Sites Are At Risk As Regulations Crumble. “Native Hawaiian sites may be among those at risk, historic preservation experts said Thursday at a webinar organized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation because, like tribal lands, supporters seek to protect not just historic buildings but also historic or sacred landscapes. The […]

Hawaii Statehood Day, August 21: A Visitor's Guide to a Quietly Complicated Holiday https://www.hawaii-guide.com/blog/hawaii-statehood-day-visitor-guide?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #HawaiiStatehoodDay #VisitHawaii #HawaiiHistory #AlohaSpirit #ExploreHawaii

https://www.europesays.com/2989426/ Washington, D.C., exhibition spotlights Filipino migrant workers in Hawaiʻi : Maui Now #AANHPIHeritageMonth #AsianAmericanPacificIslander #FilipinoAmericans #FilipinoMigrantWorkers #HawaiiHistory #LuceCellerAct #MazieHirono #migrant #sakadas #smithsonian #WashingtonDC

Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea: Hawaiʻi's Other Flag Day, July 31 https://www.hawaii-guide.com/blog/la-hoihoi-ea-hawaiian-sovereignty-restoration-day-2026?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #LāHoʻihoʻiEa #HawaiianSovereignty #HawaiiHistory #FlagDay #ThomasSquare

State of Hawaii: DAGS Receives Rare, Important War History Artifacts. “The 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans Educations Center, also known as Club 100, on Friday donated a packet of correspondence to the DAGS division Hawaiʻi State Archives…. There are 111 of these so-called Turner Letters written between 1944 and 1945. They spell out in great detail the conditions of the war, the impact […]

Nov 12, 1960 Saturday Evening Post cover, "First Vote in the New States" by Constantin Alajalov, celebrating Hawaii and Alaska residents new ability to vote in a national election thanks to statehood. #alaskahistory #hawaiihistory #alaska #Hawaii

State of Hawaii: DAGS’ Hawaiʻi State Archives Digitizing KSSK Perry & Price Shows. “The Perry & Price Show aired six days a week for 33 years. During the week, it was in studio. On Saturdays, it traveled to a restaurant in the community. That’s what organizers recorded for posterity: the Perry & Price Saturday Morning Show, a live breakfast broadcast that aired from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. HST […]

University of Hawaii: Hawai‘i CC expands traditional Hawaiian place name mapping. “Hawaiʻi Community College faculty, staff and students are helping revive the traditional place names of Hawaiʻi Island through a growing series of bilingual geographic maps that honor ancestral knowledge and strengthen community connection to the ʻāina (land).”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/11/university-of-hawaii-hawaii-cc-expands-traditional-hawaiian-place-name-mapping/

University of Hawaii: Lahainaluna boarding stories preserved in new UH oral history collection. “The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Center for Oral History in the Department of Ethnic Studies has released a new collection documenting the lives of Native Hawaiian Lahainaluna High School alumni who were boarding students between the 1950s and 1990s.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/14/university-of-hawaii-lahainaluna-boarding-stories-preserved-in-new-uh-oral-history-collection/

Hawaii Public Radio: UH West Oʻahu project preserves Hawaiʻi’s collection of moving images. “In this time of disinformation, it is more important than ever to have a place of record. … For the last decade and a half, the state’s archive for moving images has developed into a resource and hub for the community. Head archivist Janel Quirante and collections specialist and producer Heather […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/28/hawaii-public-radio-uh-west-o%ca%bbahu-project-preserves-hawai%ca%bbis-collection-of-moving-images/

Hoover Institution: Hoover Acquires the Hawaii Hochi Collection. “Leading newspaper of the Japanese Hawaiian community donates materials to Hoover amid closing, enhancing the Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection, the world’s largest online archive of open-access, full image Japanese diaspora newspapers.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/21/hoover-institution-hoover-acquires-the-hawaii-hochi-collection/

Ian Lind: “Hawaii Observer” has been digitized by UH Library and is publicly available online. “The Hawaii Observer appeared on the scene in February 1973, and its final issue was dated just five years later in March 1978. The University of Hawaii at Manoa Library has completed the project to digitize the Observer the result is now online.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/12/ian-lind-hawaii-observer-has-been-digitized-by-uh-library-and-is-publicly-available-online/

Exciting News! The King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center Archive is now live on Permanent! Discover Hawai'i’s rich legal and civic history from the early 1800s to present day: https://permanent.org/blog/the-king-kamehameha-v-judiciary-history-center-archive/
📜✨ #HawaiiHistory #DigitalArchives #Byte4Byte

(Photo by Justin Scalera/Historic American Buildings Survey)

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.

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How the US Stole Hawaii.

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#AmericanImperialism
#HawaiiHistory
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#Sovereignty
#Restoration
#KingdomofHawaii
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https://youtu.be/XK2MBnw6RlY?si=aTsLelWutyEA1a3A

Nov 12, 1960 Saturday Evening Post cover, "First Vote in the New States" by Constantin Alajalov, celebrating Hawaii and Alaska residents new ability to vote in a national election thanks to statehood. #alaskahistory #hawaiihistory #alaska #Hawaii

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/princess-luka-ruth-ke-elikolani.htm

#MaunaLoa #HawaiiHistory #NativeHawaiianHistory

My Native Hawaiian friend reminded me of the story of Princess Ruth and the 1880-1881 eruption of Mauna Loa.
https://www.usgs.gov/news/volcano-watch-hilo-had-close-call-1881-mauna-loa-lava-flow

(Ignore rhe outdated volcano activity section at the end of the article.)

#MaunaLoa #HawaiiHistory #NativeHawaiianHistory