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You may have seen the PBS documentary Finding Kukan, about the story of Li Ling-Ai, a female film producer from Hawai‘i who was uncredited for her work on an Oscar-winning documentary about […]

In March 2005, Okinawa Prefectural Government decreed that October 25th is a Karate Day. This year there are some events planned to commemorate the Karate Day. Okinawa Karate Kaikan […]

The Asahi Shinbun Digital article has published an article on hajichi, tattoo practice, in Okinawa. The article’s headline reads,” […]

The Okinawa Collection in Hamilton Library is pleased to announce that it will host a book talk event with the author, Lee A. Tonouchi, and the illustrator, Laura Kina, on the recently published a […]

The Hawai’i United Okinawa Association (HUOA) has announced that it will host a book signing event with the author, Lee A. Tonouchi, and the illustrator, Laura Kina, on August 17, 2019. Lee, […]

The Hawaiʻi United Okinawan Association has announced that this yearʻs Okinawan Festival will be held on Saturday, August 31 & Sunday, September 1 at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center. […]

Hawai’i Film Premier & Community Talk Event Documentary Film: Our Island’s Treasure (=私達の島の宝） Date: Sunday, June 30, 2019 Time: 5 PM […]

At one time the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) and the Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi (ASUH) were the major shareholders of the Honolulu Stadium located on King and Isenberg […]

A high school student in Oregon, who is an American with Okinawan ancestry, created a video concerning the environment in Henoko. The creator, YONAMINE Kaiya, is 17-year old. She wrote: My name is […]

Prof. Dana Masayuki (田名真之）, currently the Director at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, published an article on tombs in Okinawa in The World of […]

Established in Hawaiʻi in 1901, one of the services of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Experiment Stations was to assist local farmers on widely cultivated local products. This work […]

The University of Hawaiʻi News (May 13, 2019) “Award-winning student lenses focus on rare Hamilton Library collections” “Hamilton Library at the University […]

May 8th in Okinawa is Gōyā ( or gōya; Okinawan bitter melon) Day! (go=5)+(ya=8)=gōyā People in Okinawa eat gōyā in many ways, but the most well-known dish is […]

Today in history — April 15, 1865 — President Abraham Lincoln died — John Wilkes Booth shot him while he watched a show in Ford’s Theater. A nine-car funeral train carried the […]

This post was written by University Archives & Manuscripts student assistant Sharnelle Renti Cruz. The Roger A. Long Papers contain the research and academic work of Roger Long, the former […]

Today in history — February 14, 1883 — King Kalakaua unveiled the King Kamehameha I statue. Wearing a Hawaiian flag and a royal standard, the statue stood in front of Aliiolani Hale […]

Today in history – February 3, 1864 – King Kamehameha IV was buried with his son Prince Albert at Mauna Loa. On South King Street, a hearse with four white horses pulled Kamehameha […]

Today in history — January 26, 1911 — Joseph Aea, Queen Liliuokalani’s attendant, died in his Pauoa home at 10 p.m. With a “picturesque” personality, he has known […]

  “Words in Motion: Sharing Writing and Cultural Perspectives E Ho`olauna Kākou” Tuesday, January 22, 11:30am – 12:30pm Building 7, Room 521, Honolulu Campus, 874 […]

Christmas eve in Honolulu in 1908 is similar to today’s: last-minute shopping, church services, and parties. The Hawaiian Star captured these scenes and more in “Christmas Well […]

Listen online to nearly 3,000 recordings in the Hawaiian music collection. In 2002, UHM Library acquired the Hawaiian music collection of Dirk Vogel, who had been collecting Hawaiian music since the […]

New in Kaipuleohone, the UH audio/video ethnographic archive: Transcripts of Ka Leo Hawaiʻi radio program on KCCN, 1972-1988 in ELAN format and plain text. Interactive audio for the transcripts […]

Biographical directories of noteworthy men and women of Hawaii. 1954, 1966 and 1972. Permission to digitize and post was granted to the UHM Library by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and Oahu […]

Read chapters contributed by UH West Oahu faculty to the 2014 UH Press publication about the Honouliuli Internment and POW Camp, including: Psychic Wounds from the Past, Reviving the Lotus, Ka […]

The latest East-West Center Wire addresses interesting issues:  “How will China’s authoritarian politics change the internet?” “Can Google thrive without China?” […]

Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society article detailing the life and achievements of Dr. Harris. The Scholarspace record includes a video presentation delivered April 2012 during the […]

Thanksgiving 1916 — people in Honolulu attended church services, dinners (including luau) at schools and hospitals, and performances. Read more about it in “Thanksgiving in Honolulu Is […]

The Hoot student-run newspaper was first published in February 2012 by the University of Hawai’i – West O’ahu when it was located at its old Pearl City campus. It is produced and […]

As the calendar year winds down it is Holiday Season. Learn more about how Hawaii has celebrated holidays in the Hawaiian Journal of History article by Robert C. Schmitt, retired statistician for the […]

The mission of Hawaiʻi Library Association is to promote library service and librarianship in Hawaiʻi. Next conference is November 16-17. Presentations from recent conferences are available […]

This site created and hosted by the UHM Library contains brief biographical records and related images for each of the personalities honored by having a building or architectural feature named after […]

This month in history — November 1847 — the Polynesian described a three-day journey to Kilauea Volcano’s summit, which meant a chilly, voggy thirty-mile horseback […]

During the fall 2018 and spring 2019 semesters, we will once again be open on all Sundays (excluding standard holidays, the fall interim and spring break). Our hours through […]

Today in history — “On the morning of August 12, 1898, troops from the warship USS Philadelphia marched ashore for the ceremony at Iolani Palace formally recognizing the annexation of the […]

Today in history — August 1, 1916 — the National Park Service established the Hawaii National Park: Haleakala National Park on Maui and Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes on the Big Island […]

This post is by Univ. Archives & Manuscripts student assistant Steven Fluckiger, who processed the Brandon Papers. A new addition to the University Archives, the James R. Brandon Papers contain […]

As previously mentioned, the past several months have been occupied with planning for an exhibit celebrating the 75th anniversary of the formation of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT). Early on […]

As previously noted, the Hawaiian & Pacific Collections reading room is currently closed to the public, and we are providing services on a slightly more limited basis via Hamilton Library's […]

Beginning February 12 and lasting until approximately February 21, the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections reading room will be closed to the public for a construction project. During this period, we […]

The University Archives & Manuscripts Department gladly welcomes our newest staff member, Ashley Kajioka!  Ashley has been hired as our Reference Archivist, and thanks to her presence we are […]

Beginning Monday night, November 13, the Hawaiian & Pacific Collections reading room will be part of a construction project that will replace a section of the exterior windows on the third, […]

This post details the planning for and progress on an exhibit scheduled for March 2018 in Hamilton Library.  The exhibit will commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the formation of the 442nd […]

As mentioned last time, this past quarter has been busy for us!  However, the work the students, volunteers, and staff are putting all revolves around the contributions of materials placed in […]

THE HAWAIIAN & PACIFIC COLLECTIONS, THE UH-MANOA CENTER FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES AND THE UH-MANOA CENTER FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES PRESENT:Opeta AlefaioDirector of the National Archives of […]

With classes back in session, the workroom in the University Archives and Manuscripts Department is once again bustling with activity.  We have two students and three volunteers continuing work […]

On the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 26, a signing ceremony for the newly established "Hawaiian and Pacific Collections Endowment in Honor of Its Faculty and Staff" was held in the Hawaiian and Pacific […]

Volume 28, no. 2 of The Contemporary Pacific is now available in open-access format at: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/2828 The Contemporary […]

The UH-Manoa Library Administration recently released the below announcement, regarding changes in hours to the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections. *******The UH Library is instituting […]

Maria AhsingKa Wahine 'o Kaionawoodcut printThe Hawaiian and Pacific Collections are currently hosting "From Beneath the Surface: Recent Prints Concerning Hawai'i." The seventeen prints in this […]

The Hawaiian Collection is pleased to announce that the full run of the Honolulu Weekly is now available online at: […]

In late January 2017 digital and print copies of several genealogies from the Jack Tobin Papers were given to the Council of Iroij (Council of High Chiefs) of the Marshall Islands. The […]

The Pacific Collection recently acquired a set of twenty-four cabinet card images of Tahiti, taken circa 1895 by an unidentified member of an American tourist group. The photographs include a range […]

--> Pacific Collection librarian Eleanor Kleiber recently finished processing the Jack Tobin Papers, and they are now available for public use. Jack Adair Tobin, Ph.D. (June 15, 1920-June […]

Volume 48 (2014) of the Hawaiian Journal of History is now available online via eVols, the UH-M Library digital repository devoted to materials produced outside of the UH System. (The Library also […]

Yosihiko Sinoto: A Life of Research at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop MuseumThursday, May 7, 7:30pmHale ʻŌhiaKapiʻolani Community CollegeA Hawaiian Historical Society event in support of […]

The Hawaiian & Pacific Collections will host a walk-through and talk story with Joy Enomoto this Wednesday, 3/18, from 3-4 p.m. in the H&P reading room. Nautilus the Protector, a series of […]

The Hawaiian & Pacific Collections are currently exhibiting a sculpture titled "snitch," by Aotearoa-based artist Brett Graham. The sculpture is on loan from the UH Art Gallery, which provided […]

The Hawaiian & Pacific Collections are proud to exhibit Nautilus the Protector, a collection of woodcut prints by Joy Enomoto. The series will be only display through mid-April. Joy's artist […]

The Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for the Pacific Islands offers a $15,000 stipend and tuition assistance for graduate recipients as well as $5,000 for undergraduates. The […]

The University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa Library recently coordinated the purchase of a subscription to Ethnographic Video Online, which provides faculty, staff and students throughout the UH […]

It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Dr. George W. Grace (September 8, 1921 - January 17, 2015). Dr. Grace was a professor emeritus at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, where he served […]

The below is quoted directly from an email circulated by the UH-Manoa Center for Japanese Studies. For more information and a downloadable symposium flyer, click here:Please join us this Friday, […]

The below is quoted directly from an email sent by the Na Pua Noeau Ke Ola Mau Scholars Program:The Na Pua Noeau Ke Ola Mau Scholars Program is now acceptingapplications for the Spring 2015 semester. […]

The below is quoted directly from an email circulated by the UH-M Center for Pacific Islands Studies.Aloha kākou!Hereʻs some of the exciting events/activities happening around campus this […]

The Hawaiian & Pacific Collections at UH-Manoa Hamilton Library are preparing for a construction project that will ultimately provide better shelving for our print newspaper collections. The […]