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 au ʻo kahi wai o Peleʻula
[Photo: View up Nuʻuanu Valley toward the Pali. Pauoa Valley is on the right, and Rooke Valley is on the left behind the Country Club.
Kū ka ʻoliʻoli i nā moku
[Photo: Lunalilo Home; Makiki, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. SP 30899] [Photo: Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith with a group of Hawaiians from Lunalilo Home, ca.1915; Hawaiʻi. SP
Nani wale ka huila o Kīlauea
[Photo: Visitors at Kīlauea Point Lighthouse; Kīlauea, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi. Photo by Laurence Hata, Bishop Museum Archives. SP 216360] Nani wale ka huila o Kīlauea Happy
E aha ʻia ana ʻo Mauna Kea
[Photo: A man, several women, and a girl wearing lei and posed on a mat, ca. 1890; Hawaiʻi. Photo by Hadley. SP 206852] E aha ʻia ana ʻo Mauna
Aloha nō au iā Kahulimoku
[Photo: Peter Kaawa; Kalaoa, North Kona, Hawaiʻi. ca. 1923; SP 59969.] Aloha nō au iā Kahulimoku Happy Mele Monday! “Mention has already been made of
Mary Kawena Pukui
[Photo: Mary Kawena Pukui making a kīkī basket of ʻilima twigs; Waimānalo, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. May 1939; SP_19704_5.] Mary Kawena Pukui “It is hoped that the
Lahilahi ē, Lahilahi ē
[Photo: Lahilahi Webb; Honolulu, Hawai‘i; SP 216335.] Lahilahi ē, Lahilahi ē Happy Mele Monday! Elizabeth Kealiioiwikinolahilahi Napuaikaumakani Webb was born in Honolulu on April 12,
Aia i Waiehu Pua Loke Lani
[Photo: View of Lahaina waterfront; Lahaina, Maui, Hawaiʻi. ca. 1930.; SP 120999.] Aia i Waiehu Pua Loke Lani Happy Mele Monday! Today’s featured mele dates
Aloha au ʻo kahi wai o Peleʻula
[Photo: View up Nuʻuanu Valley toward the Pali. Pauoa Valley is on the right, and Rooke Valley is on the left behind the Country Club.
Kū ka ʻoliʻoli i nā moku
[Photo: Lunalilo Home; Makiki, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. SP 30899] [Photo: Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith with a group of Hawaiians from Lunalilo Home, ca.1915; Hawaiʻi. SP
Nani wale ka huila o Kīlauea
[Photo: Visitors at Kīlauea Point Lighthouse; Kīlauea, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi. Photo by Laurence Hata, Bishop Museum Archives. SP 216360] Nani wale ka huila o Kīlauea Happy
E aha ʻia ana ʻo Mauna Kea
[Photo: A man, several women, and a girl wearing lei and posed on a mat, ca. 1890; Hawaiʻi. Photo by Hadley. SP 206852] E aha ʻia ana ʻo Mauna
Aloha nō au iā Kahulimoku
[Photo: Peter Kaawa; Kalaoa, North Kona, Hawaiʻi. ca. 1923; SP 59969.] Aloha nō au iā Kahulimoku Happy Mele Monday! “Mention has already been made of
Mary Kawena Pukui
[Photo: Mary Kawena Pukui making a kīkī basket of ʻilima twigs; Waimānalo, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. May 1939; SP_19704_5.] Mary Kawena Pukui “It is hoped that the
Lahilahi ē, Lahilahi ē
[Photo: Lahilahi Webb; Honolulu, Hawai‘i; SP 216335.] Lahilahi ē, Lahilahi ē Happy Mele Monday! Elizabeth Kealiioiwikinolahilahi Napuaikaumakani Webb was born in Honolulu on April 12,
Aia i Waiehu Pua Loke Lani
[Photo: View of Lahaina waterfront; Lahaina, Maui, Hawaiʻi. ca. 1930.; SP 120999.] Aia i Waiehu Pua Loke Lani Happy Mele Monday! Today’s featured mele dates
