Posted: July 31, 2016 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, News, Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Public Figures, Teasers, U.S. History | Tags: chronicling america newspaper |
Rev. James Kekela got a watch and chain from President Abraham Lincoln for saving an American citizen from being eaten by cannibals. Read more about it in “Lincoln’s Gift to a Honolululan.”
Pacific commercial advertiser, January 15, 1901, Page 6
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Posted: July 28, 2016 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Teasers |
ANCIENT MELE. I want to obtain Mele about the arrival of Papa folks, and perhaps others, and Mele with each individual name, and Mele about the Kaiakahinalii [Great Flood], and Mele showing what the ancient people thought about the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars. For those who know these Mele, write them down and […]
via The call for information on traditional knowledge, 1860. — nupepa
Posted: July 26, 2016 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Events, Newspaper History, Search, Topics in Chronicling America |
Chronicling America will expand its date scope from 1836-1922 to 1690-1963, and newspaper pages with these dates will be included.
Chronicling America will not offer Hawaii newspaper pages before 1836 or after 1963 in the near future, but eventually may do so contingent on funding (donations can be made here).
The University of Hawaii at Manoa Library offers additional Hawaii newspaper titles online at eVols and ScholarSpace, UH Manoa’s institutional repositories. Hawaii newspaper categories include community/alternative, Filipino-language, Portuguese-language, and English-language (mirroring the Chronicling America collection). Titles include Roach, Ka Leo O Hawaii, and Hawaii Mainichi.
Anything published before 1923 is in the public domain. From 1923 to 1963, materials fell into the public domain if their publishers did not renew their copyrights.
Chronicling America is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress, thirty-nine state partners, and one territorial partner. Over 11 million newspaper pages are freely available to the public.
For more information, read “Expanding Our Current Scope.”
Expanding Our Current Scope
http://www.neh.gov/news/expanding-our-current-scope-ndnp
Posted: July 24, 2016 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Hawaiian Culture, Teasers |
Native Hawaiians wove hats made of peacock quills, fern, pumpkin fiber, palm, coconut fiber, and bamboo straw. Read more about it in “The Making of Native Hats.”
“The Making of Native Hats”
The Pacific commercial advertiser, January 12, 1901, Page 15
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Posted: July 19, 2016 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Day in History, Deaths, Events, News, Public Figures, Teasers, Topics in Chronicling America, U.S. History |
This month in history–July 9, 1850–U.S. President Zachary Taylor died of a stomach-related illness. The Southern Press (Washington, DC) described the former major general: “His splendid military achievements won the admiration of his countrymen,– his simplicity of character a large measure of their confidence.”
Read more about the twelfth U.S. President in “Death of President Taylor.”
“Death of President Taylor”
The Southern press, July 10, 1850, Image 2
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Posted: July 16, 2016 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Teasers |
Memories Awakened By Passing Of Old Church June 25th was a memorable day at the Makawao Union Church of Paia because it was the last Sunday during which religious services were to be held previous to the dismantling of the building. The exercises were especially marked by a beautiful solo by Mrs. Jones, and an […]
The Maui news, June 30, 1916, Image 1
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via Makawao Union Church comes to an end, 1916. — nupepa
Posted: July 12, 2016 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Day in History, Deaths, Firsts, Kingdom of Hawaii, Public Figures, Teasers |
Today in history — July 12, 1892 — Known as the inventor of modern baseball, Alexandar Joy Cartwright Jr. passed away in Hawaii, where he lived during the second half of his life.
While people have recently questioned Cartwright’s role as the inventor, he definitely spread modern baseball throughout Hawaii. As his two youngest sons, Bruce and Allie, attended Punahou School (then Oahu College) from 1864 to 1869, the school also popularized modern baseball in Hawaii. In fact, Allie played baseball with his classmate Lorrin A. Thurston–decades before he led the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy.
As a friend to Hawaiian royalty, Cartwright served in political posts. He founded the Honolulu Fire Department and managed it as chief for years. As the Consul of Peru, Cartwright assisted Peruvian merchants in Honolulu. Cartwright also served as executee and trustee of royal wills including Princess Likelike’s (Princess Kaiulani’s mother) and Queen Emma Rooke’s.
Cartwright’s legacy still lives on today. People still play ball on Makiki Field, now known as Cartwright Field. Each year, the Hawaii state high school baseball champions receive the Cartwright Cup. And Cartwright’s descendants still live in Hawaii.
Read about Cartwright’s legacy in “A Great Loss.”
“A Great Loss”
The Daily bulletin, July 13, 1892, Image 4
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Posted: July 11, 2016 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Day in History, Teasers |
Today in history — July 11, 1842 — Oahu College, known as Punahou school today, held its first class. Fifteen students, missionary children, learned in a little building covered by a thatch roof. Read about Punahou School’s first sixty years in “History of Oahu College as Told by Different Men.”
“History of Oahu College as Told by Different Men”
The Honolulu republican., October 20, 1901, Page FIVE, Image 5
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Posted: July 5, 2016 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Articles, Business, Citings, Daily Bulletin, Events, Firsts, government, Kingdom of Hawaii, News, Newspaper History, Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Public Figures, Royalty, Teasers, Topic Guides | Tags: Kalakaua |
Iolani Palace lit up
Honolulu Civil Beat used Chronicling America to illustrate Hawaiian Electric Co.’s history in a special report “How One Company Turned ‘Darkness Into Day:'”
On a long-ago summer night, thousands of people gathered on the grounds of Iolani Palace for what might be described as an illuminating tea party with David Kalakaua, Hawaii’s last ruling king.
There was tea, coffee, ice cream, Hawaiian music, dance and high society in fine evening wear. But the real draw on the evening of July 21, 1886, was the simple spectacle of electric light that few locals had ever seen.
The 49-year-old king, who was fascinated by the potential of electricity, was something of an early adopter who had promised to bring electric light to Hawaii. Even the White House wouldn’t have electric lights for years after Iolani Palace, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, was electrified.
In 1881, during a trip around the world, Kalakaua had dropped in on Thomas Edison’s “invention factory,” a laboratory in New Jersey, to see if he could find a way to brighten Hawaii’s future. It was less than two years after the inventor had come up with the incandescent light bulb.
As night fell on that July evening in 1886, a small steam engine located in the Honolulu Iron Works on Merchant Street successfully powered up cables that led to five lamps outside the palace. During the course of the night, the light around Palace Square drew a gawking crowd that the Honolulu Daily Bulletin put at more than 5,000. That amounted to one in every six people on the island.
It was, according to another news report in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, a “soft but brilliant light which turned darkness into day.”
Soon, the newspaper said, the Royal Hawaiian military band began playing, soldiers marched on the grounds and a tea party for children got underway, hosted by Princess Liliuokalani and Princess Likelike.
“The Palace was brightly illuminated, and the large crowd moving among the trees and tents made a pretty picture.”
A nonprofit online news source, Civil Beat is currently publishing “Electric Dreams,” a special report series:
For the past 125 years, Hawaiian Electric Co. has helped shape Hawaii’s development, its politics and its culture. We explore its past to see what we can learn about its future.
Civil Beat Article: How One Company Turned ‘Darkness Into Day’
http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/07/how-one-company-turned-darkness-into-day/
Hawaii’s First Electric Lights
https://hdnpblog.wordpress.com/…/hawaiis-first-electric-li…/
Electric Light (second column from left, bottom)
The Daily bulletin, July 22, 1886, Image 3
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Kalakaua Visits Edison: The King in Search of a Means to Light Up Honolulu (column on the extreme right)
The sun, September 26, 1881, Image 1
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Points in Hawaiian History (second column from left, middle)
The Daily bulletin, September 30, 1887, Image 3
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Honolulu Electric Works: Starting of the Machinery (third column from left, top)
The Daily bulletin, March 21, 1888, Image 3
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Posted: July 4, 2016 | Author: Alice Kim | Filed under: Teasers |
THE ARRANT COWARDS. It is refreshing to hear the supporters of the revolutionary Americans accuse the loyal citizens of Hawaii of cowardice. The attitude on the 17th of January of the men, who boast of their patriotism and heroism, was not a proof of the qualities now claimed by them. The p. gs. remind us […]
Hawaii holomua, July 2, 1894, Image 2
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via On patriotism, 1894. — nupepa
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