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Correspondence relative to the Canadian Pacific Railway
Due to British Columbia agreeing to build transport links as per the agreement to join the Canadian confederation, this book of papers contain the context surrounding the “pacific scandal”. A scandal which saw a bribery of the first government of…
British Columbia Mission
This account of the travel experiences of the missionaries provide us with detailed insights into the areas they travelled. Details regarding the price of various services and goods, transportation costs and the general make up of cities and scenery…
Hunting for gold: reminiscences of personal experience and research in the early days of the Pacific
The book details the life of a gold rush miner as he travelled through various regions in British Columbia search of gold. The context surrounding his travels through Montreal, San Francisco and other cities, is at a time where the gold rush was in…
The Hawaiian Archipelago: Six Months Among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831 – 1904
Bird expresses her adoration for the Hawaiian Islands and discusses her many activities such as visiting volcanoes and horseback riding in the scorching heat. She also shows admiration towards the governmental structure of Hawaii regarding it as the…
Bible of Ka’ahumanu
The Bible of Ka’ahumanu is particularly important when analysing the success of the missionary project. Ka’ahumanu, the favoured wife of King Kamehameha had major influence over the political and social systems of Hawaii. Thus, missionary women such…
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
Queen Liliuokalani’s book was written during a time of great animosity between the United States government and Hawai’i as it was around the time of the US’ annexation of the land, and five years after her forced abdication. In the book she narrates…
Memoirs of Henry Obookiah
This is a second edition, 104-page book of the ‘Memoirs of Henry Obookiah’, edited by Dwight after the death of Obookiah. He was a member of Yale College that developed a close relationship with Henry, assisting him in his learning of the English…
Threes and Eights
This is an image of a manuscript found among Queen Emma’s private papers titled ‘A Short Elementary Grammar of the Owhhie Language’ along with a note on the manuscript saying ‘Believed to be Obookiah’s grammar.’ This is the first example of a grammar…
California Sketches
California sketches (1880) is the first of missionary Fitzgerald’s books outlining his stay in California, providing brief anecdotes of his life in California in the mid 1850s. A published diary entry.
The piece was printed in English, with his…
The piece was printed in English, with his…
‘Padre Junipero Serra and the Mission Church San Carlos del Carmelo’
Religious book telling the story of Padre Junipero Serra, a Catholic missionary from Spain who organised the first of 21 Spanish missions to California. Bound in a yellow cover, hardback version.
He spent his early career as a Franciscan educator in…
He spent his early career as a Franciscan educator in…