Welo Hou
Cover Image: Three ʻōlapa, hoʻopaʻa (seated with pahu and ipu heke), and onlookers posed in front of hale pili in Moanalua, Oʻahu ca. 1883. Photo by Frank Davey, Bishop Museum Archives. SP 42080.
Mele are an invaluable primary resource for Hawaiian scholarship and cultural connection. The Welo Hou: Building Connections to the Roberts Mele Collection project, funded in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services, will improve the digitization, indexing, and accessibility of a unique and treasured collection of mele dating from pre-Western contact to the early 1900s. This pilot project will serve as a model for improved access to and increased engagement with the Bishop Museum Library & Archives’ other mele collections.
Welo Hou, or to unfurl once again, aims to provide more opportunities for researchers of all levels of Hawaiian language and cultural fluency to access the Roberts Collection with ease, and honors the connections between Hawaiian voices of the past and our community of the present.
Cover Image: Three ʻōlapa, hoʻopaʻa (seated with pahu and ipu heke), and onlookers posed in front of hale pili in Moanalua, Oʻahu ca. 1883. Photo by Frank Davey, Bishop Museum Archives. SP 42080.
Aloha ka uka ʻōpua holu i ka makani
[Photo: Lei pūpū kāhuli, lei made from endemic Hawaiian land snail shells (Achatinella sp.) called kāhuli, strung onto fine cordage. This lei belonged to Princess
Kui nā ʻāpiki lei o Makaiwa
[Photo: Mrs. Kamaka Stillman wearing a maile lei and an ʻilima head lei, ca. 1900-1910; Photo by Alonzo Gartley. SP 90740.] Kui nā ʻāpiki lei
He aloha moku o Keawe
[Photo: S.S. Australia leaving the dock in Honolulu Harbor; Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Photo by Christian J. Hedemann. SP 207229.] [Photo: S.S. Australia; Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Photo by
Nani Nuʻuanu i ka ua pehi lehua a ka puʻulena
[Photo: Solomono Huihui, ca. 1923; Lunalilo Home, Honolulu, Oʻahu. SP 115402.] Nani Nuʻuanu i ka ua pehi lehua a ka Puʻulena Happy Mele Monday! Today’s
Kīlauea ke aloha
[Photo: Mokulau, Maui and interisland steamer, Kīlauea; Hawaiʻi, May 1922. SP 50114.] Kīlauea ke aloha Happy Mele Monday! “On June 28, 1860, the Kilauea, a
Pehea mai ʻoe, ē Malulani?
[Photo: Mr. George Beckley (seated) with Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (standing); Hawaiʻi. SP 54164] Pehea mai ʻoe, ē Malulani? Happy Mele Monday! Today’s featured composition
ʻIke iā Hawaiʻi he ʻāina nui
[Photo: Group of Hawaiian fishermen and children posed in front of outrigger canoes, ca. 1905; Puna, Hawaiʻi. Photo by H.R. Hanna. SP_103652] ʻIke iā Hawaiʻi
Aia i Kohala kaʻu aloha
[Photo: View of coastal Kawaihae, Hawaiʻi; ca. 1908; SP 101273] Aia i Kohala kaʻu aloha Happy Mele Monday! Contributed to the collection by Kapeliela Malani
Aloha ka uka ʻōpua holu i ka makani
[Photo: Lei pūpū kāhuli, lei made from endemic Hawaiian land snail shells (Achatinella sp.) called kāhuli, strung onto fine cordage. This lei belonged to Princess
Kui nā ʻāpiki lei o Makaiwa
[Photo: Mrs. Kamaka Stillman wearing a maile lei and an ʻilima head lei, ca. 1900-1910; Photo by Alonzo Gartley. SP 90740.] Kui nā ʻāpiki lei
He aloha moku o Keawe
[Photo: S.S. Australia leaving the dock in Honolulu Harbor; Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Photo by Christian J. Hedemann. SP 207229.] [Photo: S.S. Australia; Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Photo by
Nani Nuʻuanu i ka ua pehi lehua a ka puʻulena
[Photo: Solomono Huihui, ca. 1923; Lunalilo Home, Honolulu, Oʻahu. SP 115402.] Nani Nuʻuanu i ka ua pehi lehua a ka Puʻulena Happy Mele Monday! Today’s
Kīlauea ke aloha
[Photo: Mokulau, Maui and interisland steamer, Kīlauea; Hawaiʻi, May 1922. SP 50114.] Kīlauea ke aloha Happy Mele Monday! “On June 28, 1860, the Kilauea, a
Pehea mai ʻoe, ē Malulani?
[Photo: Mr. George Beckley (seated) with Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (standing); Hawaiʻi. SP 54164] Pehea mai ʻoe, ē Malulani? Happy Mele Monday! Today’s featured composition
ʻIke iā Hawaiʻi he ʻāina nui
[Photo: Group of Hawaiian fishermen and children posed in front of outrigger canoes, ca. 1905; Puna, Hawaiʻi. Photo by H.R. Hanna. SP_103652] ʻIke iā Hawaiʻi
Aia i Kohala kaʻu aloha
[Photo: View of coastal Kawaihae, Hawaiʻi; ca. 1908; SP 101273] Aia i Kohala kaʻu aloha Happy Mele Monday! Contributed to the collection by Kapeliela Malani
