The Journey for Rainbows Book Launch at Bishop Museum
In September 2022, the Bishop Museum Corporate Relations team partnered with local author, Minnie Ko, to launch the children’s book, The Journey for Rainbows.
Another Issue Not Found—Yet—Online
The description provided in an article on the second page of Ka Hae Hawaii printed on December 31, 1856 talks of a larger format newspaper. What is found online however is just the normal, smaller issue.
John R. Rowe, First Hawaiian to Sacrifice his Life on WWI Battlefield
On the front page of the Kuokoa newspaper for August 23, 1918, there is a death announcement for John Rupert Rowe, the first Hawaiian to lose his life in World War I.
Sustainability Partner: Josh Gonzalez (Parley for the Oceans)
Sustainability Partner: Josh Gonzalez (Parley for the Oceans) Back to Sustainability Blogs Cover Image: Josh catching some of the summer south swell in Honolulu. Image: Josh carrying microplastic sand sifters at Wāwāmalu Beach cleanup during World Oceans Week. Who are you, how did you get to Hawaiʻi, and what does your organization do? My name […]
We found the final issue of Ka Nupepa Kuokoa!
While continuing to catalog the Hawaiian language newspapers in the Bishop Museum Library & Archives, we discovered a copy of the very last issue of Ka Nupepa Kuokoa! It is not online.
Hawaiʻi’s Own Royal Funeral, 100 Years Ago
Watching the coverage of all the ceremony accompanying the memorial of Queen Elizabeth’s passing reminded me of the passing of Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole a century ago.
Alaska Air celebrates Native Hawaiian History Month with Bishop Museum speaker series
Alaska Air celebrates Native Hawaiian History Month with Bishop Museum speaker series Back to Corporate Partnerships Cover Image: (from left to right, top to bottom) Marques Marzan, DeSoto Brown, Donnette Tuisano, Sarah Kuaiwa, Christopher S. Hobbs, Tamiko Fernilus. In recognition of Native Hawaiian History month, Alaska Airlines’ Pacific Islander Alliance (P.I.A.) leadership team invited Bishop […]
Songs of Loyalty
Hawaiian language newspapers are filled with poetic compositions. But whether they be songs of grief, of praise, or of loyalty, if you cannot make out the words, the intent of the composer is lost.
Mamo, Chief of the Small Mountain Birds
From 1858 to 1860, Zepherin Keauokalani’s groundbreaking descriptions of Hawaiian birds were published in Hoiliili Havaii.
Henry Grube Marchant and His Woodcut Prints
Henry Grube Marchant was the last to be sent under Kalākaua’s education of Hawaiian youths in foreign countries program.
