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Glimpses of Hawaii
A front cover of Austin’s Hawaiian Weekly from October 1899, with the tagline “Devoted to the Interests of the Pacific”. This description ties in with the paper’s address of the Boer War later in one of its articles. The description of the paper and…
Pearl Lochs Map
The map displays the area that would come to be known as Pearl Harbour. It shows that mapmakers may have used local knowledge (in this case place names) to effectively map out the territories which they were interested in exploiting. This is also…
Hawaii’s “Blue” Laws
A newspaper article which examines the ‘constitution and laws’ of Hawaii as suggested by missionaries after they arrived in Hawaii. Amongst these laws were those that were focused upon the Ten Commandments. However, this article deals with laws…
Weapon
A weapon made of a dark brown wood, with shark teeth affixed at one end, believed to be from ninetieth century. This object is useful for thinking about the ways in which indigenous Hawaiian groups used the materials that they had around them for…
Hewahewa - Ali`i Letters - 1830.07.29 - to Chamberlain, Levi
The letter is a short note written from a Christian Hawaiian, to Levi Chamberlain. Chamberlain was a Christian Missionary teacher and accountant. Chamberlain completed three tours on foot of Oahu. He went to Hawaii with his wife Maria. It details was…
The Planter’s Monthly, Published for the Planters’ Labor and Supply Company of the Hawaiian Islands, No. 8, Vol. 5
Hawaii was seen as ideal land for agriculture during both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; Hawaiians had already been farming there throughout their history to great success. The establishment of agricultural businesses by Europeans and…
Queen Liliuokalani entering Iolani Palace to begin her imprisonment
A drawing based on a photograph, depicting Queen Liliuokalani beginning her confinement in her palace. The picture was featured in an unknown San Francisco paper. Although no specific date is given Queen Liliuokalani’s region of Hawaii, as its last…
Molokai Map
A map produced for a Hawaiian government survey of the island of Molokai. The place names are described in Hawaiian, but the text at the bottom is in English. During 1897, there was an effort to annex Hawaii, which succeeded the following year, and…
Honolulu display of traditional native and Western building styles
The image clearly shows the impact the missionaries had on Hawaii. From this piece of artwork you can see the traditional Hawaiian building styles followed by western style structures in the background. This shows the occupation of the Hawaiian…
Kawaiaha`o Church
When missionaries first arrived in Hawaii they were granted land for their residence, this would include their place of worship and in this instance the Kawaiaha’o Church, as shown in the photographic source. On July 21, 1842 the Church was complete…