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Kamehameha I portrait
This source is a portrait of king Kamehameha the Great who reigned Hawaii from 1782 to 1819. By 1810 Kamehameha was the first king to rule all the Hawaiian islands and unite the archipelago. Kamehameha upheld religion and tradition with the threat…
Ka Leo O Ka Lahui
This source is a contemporary Hawaiian newspaper which demonstrates two significant cultural changes in Hawaii. Firstly, it marks the gradual decline of the Hawaiian language due to the increasing American influence in schooling and other areas of…
Lili’uokalani wearing westernised clothing
A photo of the last reigning monarch of Hawaii, Queen Lili’uokalani wearing western clothing. This is a representation of how female missionaries bribed monarchs with western clothing to eventually stop Hawaiian women dressing in ways that they…
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…
David L. Gregg to Abraham Lincoln
This is a letter to Abraham Lincoln from David L. Gregg who served as the United States minister to Hawai’i from 1853 to 1858. This source is very much a private notice as Gregg expresses his feelings of deep embarrassment over Thomas Dryer’s…
Emma, Queen consort of Kamehameha IV (1836 - 1885)
This photograph shows a glamorously dressed Queen Emma of Hawai’i posing near a christening font for her son, Prince Albert Kamehameha. This was gifted to her by Queen Victoria of England, his godmother. The friendship between Queen Emma and Queen…
Queen’s Hospital, Honolulu
This is an image of the Queen’s Hospital in Honolulu taken by Frank Davey; a photographer who took many photos of Hawaii during his lifetime. This photo shows a hospital in the midst of the scenic Hawaii, it shows some people sitting on the porch of…
Letter from King Kalākaua regarding the Reciprocity Treaty
This is a handwritten letter by King Kalākaua to his ‘dear friend’, who seems to represent the United States. He writes to him regarding what would become the reciprocity treaty, and aims to attain a decision from the United States government. This…
Franz & Pope Sock Knitting Machine
This is a colour image of a sock knitting machine used by the girls at the Kamehameha School. It was co-patented by Ida May Pope’s father, William Pope, alongside William Franz. The existence of such device in a school, and its creation for the…
KSG Nursing Class
This is a black and white image of dimensions 1200x879 depicting Hawaiian girls in Miss Ida May Pope’s nursing class at Kamehameha School for Girls, first established in 1897. The school was established by Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop’s will to…