{"id":4249,"date":"2017-04-25T09:59:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T19:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/workable-level.flywheelsites.com\/?p=4249"},"modified":"2017-04-25T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T21:11:00","slug":"hawaiian-historical-society-to-celebrate-125-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/25\/hawaiian-historical-society-to-celebrate-125-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian Historical Society to Celebrate 125 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Kayla Valera<\/a> | Staff Writer<\/p>\n

Since its establishment in 1892, the Hawaiian Historical Society, also known as Ahahui Ho\u02bbopa\u02bba Mo\u02bbolelo Hawai\u02bbi, has served as an organization that preserves and promotes all things pertinent to Hawai\u02bbi’s history through the archiving of invaluable documents. What has set the H.H.S. apart from other preceding institutions is the concentration on all of Hawai\u02bbi’s history, including the early Polynesian settlers of Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people think that it’s Hawaiian history only, and of course that’s a major part of it, but it is Hawai\u02bbi’s history that they collect and preserve,\u201d said\u00a0Shari Tamashiro, the current president of the Hawaiian Historical Society.<\/p>\n

This year, as the society observes its 125th anniversary, the Hawaiian Historical Society will celebrate this milestone through two banquets, one in the middle of the year and one at the end of the year. Both events, one on\u00a0May 20,\u00a0and another on Oct.\u00a021, are set to take place at KCC.<\/p>\n

The events will be an opportunity to honor those who have taken on the role of\u00a0Kahu \u02bbIkena, or caretaker of knowledge, over the years. Each month the society will celebrate honorees, one from the past paired with one from the present, and will\u00a0honor the first half of them at the first banquet and the second half at the later banquet.<\/p>\n

Those who will be posthumously celebrated in the first six months of the year include Te Rangi Hiroa,William Maioho , Sheldon Dibble, Eleanor Williamson, Joseph Poepoe and Richard A. Greer. The living honorees paired with the past historians include\u00a0Ben Finney, Tamalani Kaleleiki, Chieko Tachihata, Larry Kimura, DeSoto Brown, John Clark and Linda Menton.<\/p>\n

A second list will be drawn up for the honorees of the second half of the year once permission is given by the living historians. For both banquets\u00a0the cover charge for the buffet is $50.<\/p>\n

The society’s first home was placed in the Honolulu Library and Reading Room from up until 1912. Today, the society and its archives are located downtown in the The Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site.<\/p>\n

Having been based in O\u02bbahu since the beginning, Tamashiro\u00a0shares that the recording of later Hawaiian history tends to be more O\u02bbahu centric. This coverage of O\u02bbahu\u02bbs history also features the cultural history that has been integrated since the plantation era, including artifacts such as early Portuguese language newspapers and other non-Hawaiian records that helped to shape Hawaiian history.<\/p>\n

Students who want to utilize the resources from the society but don’t want to fare the trip to The Hawaiian Mission Houses, the society also has \u201cThe Hawaiian Journal of History,\u201d which is an annual peer review journal that is worked on by specialists, such as Dr. Kelly Nakamura, who works at KCC as a history professor. Starting at $20, students can pay for membership if they wish to support the work of the\u00a0<\/span>Hawaiian Historical Society and also receive a free publication of \u201cThe Hawaiian Journal of History,\u201d whereas individuals pay\u00a0$40. However, viewing the journals is also free and available at the University of Hawai\u02bbi’s eVols website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A second educational offering that the society holds for the public are its lectures, which feature specialists who speak on certain historical topics that they have studied. One of these recorded lectures, which are usually filmed from KCC’s International Cafe, was taught by John R. K. Clark\u2013 a co-editor for \u201cThe Hawaiian Journal of History,\u201d and discussed his research titled The North Place Names. His lecture and others can be accessed at the Hawaiian Historical Society website.<\/p>\n

Using social media as another platform for its\u00a0historical recounting, the Hawaiian Historical Society’s Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0also has a feature\u00a0called “This Day,” which is written by Dr. Ron Williams and shows events that have happened on a certain day in Hawai\u02bbi’s history.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions about the Hawaiian Historical Society and the upcoming events for their 125th anniversary, email president Shari Tamashiro at sharit@hawaii.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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