Halewai? Walakahausi? Walakahauki? Who?
When foreigners came to Hawaiʻi, many times they found themselves being called by alternate names. It is important to know these names if you are doing research on these people.
Advertisements and Announcements
Advertisements, though most times tiny and insignificant looking, can add much to our understanding of history.
Words of Advice
The Hawaiian newspapers not only reported on the news, they would offer advice in light of what was happening.
Food Resiliency in Hawaiʻi
Food Resiliency in Hawaiʻi Back to Sustainability Blogs Cover Image: Clyde Imada, botany research specialist, teaching Bishop Museum docents about Native Hawaiian Plants. Food Resiliency Did you know that 85-90% of food in Hawaiʻi is imported? Hawaiʻi is one of the most geographically isolated island chains in the world, nearly 2,500 miles from the nearest […]
Serial Histories Published as Books
The Hawaiian newspapers ran lengthy moʻolelo, both native and foreign, as serial columns. These entertaining and instructive stories would attract readers to subscribing to the papers so that they could be amongst the first to find out what the latest installment of the moʻolelo would reveal.
Serial Kaʻao Published as Books
The Hawaiian newspapers ran lengthy kaʻao, both native and foreign, as serial columns. These entertaining stories would attract readers to subscribing to the papers so that they could be amongst the first to find out what the latest installment of the kaʻao would reveal.
Little Free Diverse Libraries at Bishop Museum
Little Free Diverse Libraries at Bishop Museum Back to Library & Archives Image: Justine Espiritu, Director of Membership and Annual Giving at Bishop Museum and Founder of The Greener Reader worked with Bishop Museum Press to curate books to seed the libraries with. In the fall of 2021, Bishop Museum joined the network of “Little […]
Sustainability Champion: Teora Morris
Sustainability Champion: Teora Morris Back to Sustainability Blogs Cover Image: Teora in the press department with donated packaging for press parcels. Image: Teora with her dog at the park. Who are you, what do you do at Bishop Museum, and how did you get here? My name is Teora Morris. I have been working at […]
The Latest Foreign News
The Hawaiian newspapers not only were a source for local news and stories, but within its pages were published the latest news from outside of Hawaiʻi.
English Column in Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (1890–1891)
The Kuokoa ran an English column under the title, “Our English Column: ‘In Youth Prepare for Manhood.’” It began on April 5, 1890 and continued until January 3, 1891.
