Hawaiian & Pacific Collections

The below is quoted directly from an email circulated by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies: Aloha Mai Kakou, Hafa Adai, Bula Vinaka, Talofa Lava, Alii, Malo e Lelei, Kia Ora, Namaste, Kia Orana and Halo Olgeta, Pacific Trivia Night, hosted by the Pan-Pacific Association (PPA), will be held Friday, 4 November. Information is on the attached flyer. There are many great prizes to be won, so PPA invites you to invite your friends and come share in the fun of the night. E-mail panpacifichawaii@gmail.com for details about registering as a team; the team registration deadline is Friday, 28 October. --

The below is quoted directly from an email circulated by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies:   Please join the Department of Anthropology for today's colloquium: The Pros and Cons of Long-term Fieldwork by Alan Howard, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, UH Manoa Date: Thursday, 27 October Time: 3:00 pm Place: UHM Crawford Hall 105 During the 20th century most anthropological fieldwork was conducted in a single visit, usually of about a year's duration. This led to narrative accounts in the "ethnographic present," which fostered a rather static view of culture. Improvements in transportation and communication have made return visits over long periods of time more feasible for ethnographers, providing opportunities to come to grips with changes over time, changes in the culture being studied, changes in anthropology, and changes in the ethnographer(s). Alan Howard will discuss the pros and cons of such long-term fieldwork based on his experience of more than 50...

This article, retrieved via TROVE from The Brisbane Courier, dates from Wednesday 21 August 1889, and discusses the Wilcox rebellion in Hawai'i (click to enlarge) Both the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections have a great many historic newspapers, dating from the 19th century through present. Many are in microfilm format, and most have not been indexed, meaning that if you're searching for a specific event, your only option may be to go to the microfilms and begin reading papers dating from the period you're interested in. However, some have been digitized, and in these cases are searchable and readable online. In some cases, these newspapers are housed in paid-access databases; below are three open-access sites: Chronicling America : Covers U.S. newspapers from 1836 to 1922, including (to date) fifteen different titles from Hawai'i (with more to come). Although these are U.S. and Hawai'i papers, they often cover major Pacific events of the day, and in terms...

The Center for Pacific Islands Studies is sponsoring this presentation by Joseph Genz and Rachel Miller on Wednesday, October 26, from Noon to 1:15 p.m. For more information, click on the flyer at right. Those interested in images of Marshallese canoes and canoing, numerous images can be found in the following online collections, which derive from photo holdings of the Pacific Collection at Hamilton Library: Jack Tobin Marshall Islands Anthropology Collection   Nuclear Diaspora: Bikini and Enewetak     Trust Territory Photo Archives

The Geography Department at UH-Manoa has recently put online a revised edition of The Rainfall Atlas of Hawaii , which was last published in 1986 . This new online version includes data from 1978 through 2007, along interactive maps and other material that is unique to the online version. To view the new Atlas, click here.

The October 18, 2011 online edition of the New York Times includes a photo essay on Tuvalu. To access it, click on the image at right.

Chronicling America is a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) / Library of Congress (LOC) project to digitize and provide free online access to historical English-language newspapers from across the United States, spanning the dates 1826-1922.   The University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Hamilton Library has been participating in this project since 2008, and has to date digitized and made available online fifteen of Hawaiʻi's newspapers, with new content added quarterly.Hawaiian Collection Librarian Dore Minatodani has created an online library guide detailing the project and how best to use it for Hawaii-related research. To view the guide, click here . To go directly to the individual Hawaii newspapers that have been scanned and added to the Chronicling America site, click the links below. Austin's Hawaiian Weekly (Honolulu) 1899-190?   The Daily Bulletin (Honolulu) 1882-1895   The Daily Herald (Honolulu) 1886-1887   Daily Honolulu Press (Honolulu) 1885-...

The below is quoted directly from an email circulated by the UH-Manoa Center for Pacific Islands Studies. For more information, click on flyer at right:   Please join us on Wednesday for Chinese Exceptionalism at the 42nd Pacific Islands Forum: A preliminary report by Gerard A Finin, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center Wednesday, 12 October 2011 Noon-1:15 pm EWC John A Burns Hall, Room 3012

The below is quoted directly from an email circulated by Brian Richardson, as part of the Windward Community College "Common Books" program. All events take place on the Windward Community College campus. Several of Tricia Allen's tattooing publications are available at the UH-Manoa Hamilton Library, including The Polynesian Tattoo Today (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2010) and Tattoo Traditions of Hawaii (Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2006): Tattoo Traditions of Polynesia Tattooing was far more than body decoration in traditional Polynesia. It was intricately woven into the social, political, and religious systems of the Polynesian people. Tattooist, author, and historian Tricia Allen will present a three-part series of beautifully illustrated presentations on the cultural practices in early historic times. A Tattoo Tour of Polynesia Tues. Oct. 11 12:30-2pm Hale Akoakoa 101-103 Tattoo Traditions of the Marquesas Tues. Oct. 18 12:30-2pm Hale Akoakoa 101-103 ...