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The Steve Thomas Traditional Micronesian Navigation Collection is comprised of unpublished papers, audiovisual and photographic materials (including oral history transcripts and 35mm slides), publications and miscellaneous items related primarily to traditional navigation on the Western Carolinian island of Satawal, which is located within Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia.July 13, 2010: Master Navigator Mau Piailug Dies. Several news outlet are reporting today that Mau Piailug passed away over the weekend on his home island of Satawal: Honolulu Star-Advertiser1 ;  KITV Honolulu web story2 July 20, 2010: News outlets worldwide continue to publish memorials to Mau Piailug: Wall…

Isami Doi (1903-1965) was a printmaker, painter, jewelry maker and one of Hawaii’s first visual artists to garner an international reputation. He was a mentor to younger artists who blossomed after World War II. He was raised on Kauai and was influenced by its natural beauty throughout his career. He became interested in art at an early age and in the 1920s took University of Hawaii classes in design, drawing and ceramics. His early career as an artist took him to New York. He returned to Kauai before leaving in 1930 to spend several months in Paris.This collection was gifted to Hamilton Library in 2002 with the core material being the personal letters from Isami Doi to his friend and…

About Daniel K. Inouye (1924-2012) The son of Hyotaro and Kame Inouye, Daniel Ken Inouye was born in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi on September 7, 1924. He was a graduate of McKinley High School in Honolulu with ambitions on becoming a physician. Due to his interest in medicine, Inouye served as a medical volunteer during the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. He joined the United States Army after the enlistment ban was lifted for Japanese Americans. He served in the highly decorated 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Italy and France. Inouye lost his right arm in combat and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart with…

The central ceiling of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, Sicily was constructed and painted between 1140 and 1143, followed by the side aisle ceilings that were completed by 1180. The Norman king Roger II (r. 1130–1154) built the chapel. The Cappella Palatina represents the visual amalgamation of three distinct cultures. It combines a Latin basilica plan with a Byzantine central plan where the domed sanctuary and the walls of the nave and aisles are covered with Byzantine mosaics, but the ceilings of the nave and aisles are distinctly Islamic. Accompanying diagrams indicate the location of the photographs on the ceilings. Click to view the full sized image.

This album was put together by Henry Warner while he served in the US Army at Schofield Barracks in what was then the Territory of Hawaii. Commentary about the pictures is by his son, Gary View the album in PDF format

The site contains images of graphic designs used in Japanese advertisements during the 1920s.The images were published in 1928 as supplements to the publication, Shoten zuan senshu 商店図案撰集(advertisement designs) by the now-defunct Shotenkai 商店界. The Library accession record indicates that the supplement was donated by Bishop Yemyo Imamura Memorial Library of Honpa Honguanji Hawaii 本派本願寺in 1939.No information is available on individual graphic designs. The titles were created by the Library Asia Collection staff to identify each image. All the categories have been assigned by the Asia Collection staff based on the image.ResourcesNanba, Koji 難波功士, “Showa…

The Korean War, a conflict between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), resulted in the loss of at least 2.5 million lives. The war escalated to international proportions in June 1950 when North Korea, backed by the Soviet Union, invaded the South. The United Nations, led by the United States, intervened on behalf of South Korea, while the People’s Republic of China supported North Korea. After over a million combat casualties on both sides, the fighting ceased in July 1953, leaving Korea divided into two hostile states. Subsequent negotiations in 1954 failed to produce further agreements, solidifying the front line as the de…

Unpublished drawings by Jean Charlot originally created for Paul Claudel's A Travers les Vitraux de Apocalypse and related textual materials held by the Jean Charlot Collection, University of Hawai'i Library.Drawings are described by the chapter and page numbers written on the original source. Paul Claudel and Jean Charlot met in 1928 and collaborated on many published projects. However, the largest project they planned has remained unpublished: an illustrated version of Claudel's A Travers des Vitraux de Apocalypse. Claudel sketched and described the illustrations he wanted, and Charlot acted as a kind of artistic medium to realize them. The drawings are, therefore, a unique witness to the…

The Islamic boarding school textbooks in this collection were published in the 1960s and 70s in Southern Thailand, Northern Malaysia, and East Java (Indonesia). They reflect a unique convergence of regional Islamic educational traditions and the broader dynamics of that time. These texts, commonly used in traditional “pondok” and “pesantren” schools, focus on classical Islamic disciplines like Qur’anic studies, Tafsir (exegesis of the Qur’an), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Hadith (teachings, sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad), and Sufism (mystical and spiritual tradition within Islam that seeks direct and personal experience of the divine). The books are written in…

Welcome to the India Post-Independence (1947-1959) Photo CollectionThe India Post-Independence Photo Collection is a collection of 36 photographs taken from the moment of Indian independence in 1947 through 1959. Some of the photographs were issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India, some by the United States Information Service (USIS), and some by Life Magazine photographers.The content of the photographs vary. There are images of statesmen, such as Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Lord Mountbatten, U.S. President Eisenhower, and the first President of India—Dr. Rajendra Prasad; political activity, including campaigns and protests; village life and…