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Guest post by Martha S. Cheng, 2023-2024 HCPC travel award recipient Government apologies for historical wrongs elicit strong opinions with some welcoming them as long overdue justice and others […]

In February, ʻUluʻulu: the Henry Kuʻualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawaiʻi at the University of Hawai‘i – West O‘ahu and the Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection at the […]

The papers of Dr. Colette V. Browne provide primary and secondary resources on her research, teaching, and advocacy and center on promoting the well-being of older adults through the advancement and […]

2023 was a very busy year for the Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection. We continued digitizing collections, we supported researchers, and we embarked on major collaborative projects–all with […]

Guest post by Meagan Harden, 2022-2023 HCPC graduate student fellow As a geographer, I’m constantly paying attention to space and place. Space refers to a general location – for example, “the […]

The American Congress Digital Archives Portal Project, led by West Virginia University Libraries, has received a nearly $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand the […]

It has been 10 years since the passing of U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye. One way to understand the Senator’s legacy is through his Senate press releases, which have recently been digitized by the […]

Aloha, my name is Yeajin (Jin) Park, and I am a new intern in the archives and manuscript department for Spring 2023. I received my M.A. in archives from South Korea, and I came to the U.H. Library […]

This post was written by University of Archives & Manuscripts internship student Wen Lin who is trained under the Archivist for University Records Helen Wong Smith.   The University Archives is […]

Hi – my name is Jill Seapker and I am a new student worker in the Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection at UH Mānoa. I am in my first year in the MLIS program, and after twenty years of […]

An even flyer by the Okinawan Prefectural Archives suggest that Thomas Tarō Higa (比嘉太郎; hereafter spelled as Taro Higa, a convention in English spelling) made a video titled "Hawai ni […]

The 2021 Mōkaulele Leadership Series presents the following online event. Title: Uchinaaguchi, A Language of Duuchuu: Learning to Appreciate What is Yours Time & Date: Thursday, April […]

The List of Newly Available Resources in English for Research on Okinawa - Spring 2021 Notes: Those who are not affiliated with the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa do not have access to the […]

仲本和彦、『在米沖縄関係文書の資料地図』 An archivist named NAKAMOTO Kazuhiko (仲本和彦) at the Okinawa Prefectural Archives in Okinawa, Japan, has complied a list of […]

The Center for Korean Studies (CKS) at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa presents a Webinar on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 1:00pm-2:30pm (HST). About the Webinar During World War II, the […]

Virtual Colloquium: Dialogue on Japan’s Marginalized: Ainu and Okinawans    The Asian Program at the Florida International University is going to have a free, virtual colloquium […]

Online Study Meeting on Okinawa Shrine: Its Birth and History by the Research Center for Nonwritten Cultural Materials in the Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture at Kanagawa University  […]

More Titles Available, including the Philippines, Brazil, and Singapore at the Hōji Shinbun Digital Collection The Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection has added some new newspaper titles. Those below […]

The University of the Ryukyus Library Joins Minna de Honkoku Project On January 6, 2021 (JST), the University of the Ryukyus Library has announced that it would join a project named Minna de […]

The Pacific commercial advertiser., December 25, 1909, SECOND SECTION, Page 15 Pacific commercial advertiser, Dec. 25, 1909, Page 1 The Hawaiian gazette., December 23, 1913, Page 5, Image 5

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 […]

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 across from […]

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 IV’s body, […]

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 Liliuokalani’s family […]

  “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 Dillingham Blvd. Honolulu, […]

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 Kept.” […]

The Okinawa Collection regrets to inform that one of the resources, Kindai Okinawa shinbun shūsei DVD-ban (Call Number DVD ROM 119) is currently unavailable due to technical issues. We apologize for […]

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 Day Widely […]

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 ride and an overnight […]

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 Friday, December 14 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 Pacific, which is co-published by […]

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 Ahsing Ka Wahine 'o Kaiona woodcut print The 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: https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/55438 […]

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 Museum Thursday, May 7, 7:30pmHale ʻŌhiaKapiʻolani Community College A Hawaiian Historical Society event in support of the […]

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 system with […]

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 […]

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 […]