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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…
The Spirit of Lili’uokalani
This is a sculpture with a bronze body and stone base. The sculpture is roughly 8 feet tall with a 14 inch base underneath, and is a full-length portrait of the last reigning queen of Hawaii. Queen Lili’uokalani wears a sleeveless gown and small…
The Men’s 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii
This source focuses on the Hawaiian Natives and the struggles they faced during the plan to annex Hawaii. The source clearly shows, being a petition against annexation, that the Hawaiian natives wanted to keep their state under their nations rule.…
Surfboard/ Papa Hee Nalu
The object in question here is what people stereotypically associate Hawaiians with, the surfboard. The surfboard is a cultural and religious manifestation of indigenous Hawaiian people’s exceptional skills in water transport and leisure. However,…
Robe made of barkcloth
The barkcloth also known as Tapa cloth was a common piece of cloth found in Hawaii during the years of European exploration. Barkcloth was used for many things excluding clothing such as paintings. The art of weaving barkcloth was often practiced by…
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…
President William McKinley’s nomination of Sanford B. Dole to be Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.
This is a letter written by President McKinley to Sanford Dole, nominating him as governor over the territory of Hawaii after the annexation. Dole was born in Honolulu to Christian missionaries, which perhaps influenced his ideological thinking in…
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…
Liliuokalani to U.S. Envoy, Albert Willis
This letter by Liliuokalani to US envoy, Albert Willis was written four years before the annexation of Hawai’i and is the Queen’s final plea for the kingdom’s rights to stay as it has for centuries. She starts by expressing that the US government and…
Lili’uokalani’s vetoing the annexation of Hawaii.
Ex Queen Lili’uokalani’s resistance to the annexation of Hawaii is of the utmost importance when considering annexation. This newspaper article paints her in a power-hungry light and only leaves the last column on the page to discuss her veto against…