On July 30, 1889, Robert W. Wilcox mounted a failed attempt to overthrow the Cabinet of the time, and return the throne to powers that had been diminished through the "Bayonet Constitution" of 1887, which had stripped the Hawaiian monarchy of its power. Ka Buke Mo‘olelo o Honorable Robert William [...]
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Kaua Kuloko 1895 was printed in the same year of the famous civil battle between the patriots of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Republican forces that had overthrown the constitutional monarchy. The goal of the failed rebellion was to return Queen Lili‘uokalani to the throne. This is the only known [...]
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Reverend Ephraim Weston Clark's arrival in Hawai‘i in 1828 was the beginning of 35 years of missionary service in the islands. Clark's work included the publishing of Hawaiian language texts; his translation of this Bible dictionary in 1872 was the last of many such publications. In He Buke Wehewe [...]
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A collection of nearly 300 songs that were popular and widely sung during the last decades of the 19th century. Prominent political figures and well loved ali‘i composers, such as Lili‘uokalani, Leleiohoku, and Kalakaua, are nicely represented in this group, which includes love ballads, tributes [...]
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In the district of Ka‘u, spread across the Kama‘oa Plain, live the Children of the Gourd. This magical tale delves into the past to reveal how the people of this region came to be named. During the old days of Hawai‘i, a young man and woman fell in love. Though both were descended from chiefs, [...]
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In just over a century, from 1834 to 1948, Hawaiian writers filled 125,000 pages in nearly 100 different newspapers with their writings. The contents of those papers span a period when noted historians, expert genealogists, skilled storytellers, and cultural specialists were numerous, and their know [...]
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This volume features a selection of the ancient Hawaiian mele (songs and chants) collected and recorded in 1923 by anthropologist and musician Helen H. Roberts. The  Roberts Mele Collection, housed at the Bishop Museum Archives, is the most extensive compilation of Hawaiian mele from the early part [...]
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Huakai Makaikai a Kaupo, Maui is a narrative of a journey to a time and place little known in our histories. It is the record of a 1922 trek through rural maui by Bishop Museum anthropologist Kenneth P. Emory and his native Hawaiian guide, Thomas K. Manunupau. Written in the Hawaiian language by Man [...]
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Kamapua‘a, the deified Robin Hood of Hawaiian legend, takes us on another thrilling adventure, this time across his homeland, O‘ahu, where he boldly defies all law and authority for the pursuit of justice and equality for his family. Challenging a supernatural dog for his grandfather and stealin [...]
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Vocabulary is basic to a child's development of intelligence and achievement. This picture vocabulary book provides a very enjoyable and effective means for teaching basic Hawaiian and English vocabulary to children and adults, using the cross-age learning method. The format in which parts of a whol [...]
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