You are cordially invited to the book launch of Kahikina Kelekona’s Kaluaikoolau. The Hawaiian Historical Society’s 5th Volume in Ke Kupu Hou: The Hawaiian Language Reprint Series. Governor Josh Green, M.D., First Lady Jaime Kanani Green, Washington Place Foundation and the Hawaiian Historical Society (HHS) will host the book launch event […]
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The 2023 Hawaiian Historical Society (HHS) calendar is still available! This year, Hawaiian Historical Society celebrates Food & Feasting with images from our collection and important historical dates exploring sustenance in Hawai‘i. In 2023, we offer histories of agriculture, processing, preparation, and gathering together from different communities across time in the islands. […]
YOU ARE CORIDIALLY INVITED TO A SPECIAL EVENT! Hawaiian Historical Society In Partnership with Awaiaulu & Kapiolani Community College Library Presents: Ke Kumu Apuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood The Hawaiian Historical Society invites its members and friends to our first program of the year on Thursday, September 21, 2023 from […]
The 2022 Hawaiian Historical Society (HHS) calendar is now available! The theme for this historical calendar is drawn from a kapa-covered photograph album, recently donated to HHS, filled with photographs from Hawai‘i in the late 1800s. Kapi‘olani Park, with Lē‘ahi (Diamond Head) in the background, is featured on the […]
The 2020 Hawaiian Historic Society’s historical calendar features the music of Hawaiʻi with images and sheet music from our collection. The images reflect both the role of music in the life of Hawaiʻi and the growing fame of Hawaiʻi in the popular imagination of the U.S. and international music scenes. […]
Known as the “Merrie Monarch,” King David Kalākaua was acknowledged to a far greater degree for his keen intellect, marked efficiency, and sophisticated diplomacy by nineteenth- century Hawaiian- and English-language publications. Reading from Reclaiming Kalākaua, Dr. Tiffany Lani Ing will examine the mōʻī’s genealogy of misrepresentation and seek to present […]
Friday, June 28th – Staff and Intern Huakaʻi Thursday, July 4th – Independence Day Thursday, August 1st – Intern Hoʻike (Afternoon research appointments may be available, please email to inquire.) Friday, August 16th – Statehood Day The Hawaiian Historical Society will be closed on the dates listed above. We apologize […]
In 2018, the Hawaiian Historical Society received a grant from the Hawai’i Council of Humanities to increase access to over 500 Hawaiian language books of literary merit and historical importance in our collection by digitizing the Hawaiian language card catalog and incorporating the digitized records into our online public access […]
Determining the Birth Date of Kauikeauoli Wednesday, April 24, 2019 • 7:00 pm Kapiʻolani Community College, Kōpiko 127B/128 Presentation by Ralph Thomas Kam, Ph.D. and Ashlie Duarte-Smith The Hawaiian Historical Society invites its members and friends to a presentation by Ralph Thomas Kam and Ashlie Duarte-Smith on Wednesday, April 24, […]
Picture Bride Stories: A Conversation with Barbara Kawakami Thursday, October 18, 2018 • 7:00 pm Kapiʻolani Community College, Hale ʻŌhiʻa The Hawaiian Historical Society invites its members and friends to a conversation with Barbara Kawakami, on Thursday, October 18, 2018, at the Kapiʻolani Community College, Hale ʻŌhiʻa, from 7:00 pm. […]