Posted: October 27, 2015 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Events |
Graduate research assistant Alice Kim presented about using Chronicling America for research. Many of the sixteen attendees wanted to use Chronicling America for genealogical research. The presentation took place at the Kaimuki Public Library on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Many thanks to Friends of the Library of Hawaii and Kaimuki Public Library, especially librarian Christin Lozano.
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Posted: October 23, 2015 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Day in History, Firsts, Teasers, Technology |
One hundred forty-two years ago this week, The Pacific Commercial Advertiser reported the first electric telegraph in Hawaii:
The line connecting Mr. Rawson’s store and Mr. Eckart’s jewelry manufactory, is now in successful operation, and a crowd of the curious have been flattening their noses against Kinney’s front window to see the machine work. For the sake of satisfying everybody, messages will be sent over the wires for a few days from 12:30 to 1 o’clock P.M., when any one can witness their transmission.
“The Telegraph”
The Pacific commercial advertiser, October 19, 1872, Image 3
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1872-10-19/ed-1/seq-3/
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Posted: October 18, 2015 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Uncategorized |
Presentation at Kaimuki Public Library
When: Tuesday, October 20, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Where: Kaimuki Public Library, 1041 Koko Head Ave, Honolulu, HI 96816
Description: Alice Kim, a graduate research assistant and digitization coordinator, will conduct this one-hour presentation which will feature topics of interest from Hawaii newspapers and demonstrate search strategies on Chronicling America’s newspaper database. The end of the presentation will included a question & answer session for participants.
This one-hour program is sponsored by the Friends of Kaimuki Public Library and is suitable for ages 12 and older.
The University of Hawaii at Manoa runs the Hawaii Digital Newspaper Project, which are sponsored by the Library of Congress and National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information, call 733-8422.
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Posted: October 13, 2015 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Day in History, Teasers |
This week in history — October 16, 1884 — Bernice Pauahi Paki Bishop, the largest private landowner in the Kingdom of Hawaii, died. Upon her death, part of her estate funded the birth of Kamehameha Schools, a private-school system for Native Hawaiians. Read more about this philanthropist and alii in “The Late Mrs. C. R. Bishop.”
“The Late Mrs. C. R. Bishop”
The Hawaiian gazette., October 22, 1884, Image 2
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1884-10-22/ed-1/seq-2/
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Posted: October 10, 2015 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Teasers, Topics in Chronicling America |
“Oh, here’s to good old germs, Drink ’em down!,” goes a toast published in the December 6, 1903 St. Louis Republic.
Over a century ago, twelve government-sponsored volunteers, dubbed “the Poison Squad,” recite this toast before consuming food laced with toxic additives such as borax and salicylic acid. Scientific experiments on food using human guinea pigs eventually resulted in the signing of the Pure Food & Drug Act in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt. Read more about it in this topic guide.
Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 Topic Guide
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/purefood.html
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Posted: October 3, 2015 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Teasers |
In 1904, many arrested men in Honolulu were found with knives — new and old, shiny and rusty. Sailors often held tobacco and rarely money and keys. Ordinary civilians usually carried matches, tobacco, letters, books, pipes, purses, knives, cards, a rabbit’s foot, handkerchiefs, and medicines. Read more about it in “Curious Trinkets Found.”
“Curious Trinkets Found”
The Pacific commercial advertiser., March 18, 1904, Page 7, Image 7
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1904-03-18/ed-1/seq-7/
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