Printing in the Hawaiian Language

Na Mokupuni o Hawaii Nei, Lahaina, Hawaii, 1837.

Support for this project has been provided by a grant from the Pine Tree Foundation of New York.

This resource provides access to primary sources printed in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (the Hawaiian language) or created by Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) before 1900. Most were published in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. For more information on the history of printing in Hawaii, visit Early Printing in Hawaiian.

The AAS General Catalog contains detailed records for nearly 300 titles published in the Hawaiian language between 1822 and 1900, in addition to many other English-language Hawaiian materials.

The digital library below provides direct access to approximately one third of AAS's Hawaiian language collection. Newspapers, engravings, lithographs, and a selection of books are included.

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Image Title Date Format
Aferika 1840 Engravings
Aferika 1858 Lithographs
Aha Elele / Convention 1864 Newspapers
Ai o ka la. No. 1. 1833. Oihana. 1833 Books
Aina Moana 1840 Engravings
Aina Moana 1858 Lithographs
Ala Nui I Hele Ai ka Iseraela mai Aigupita aku ai Kanaana 1842 Engravings
Alaula 1866 Newspapers
Alemanaka Hawaii, no ka makahiki ... 1835 1834 Books
Alphabet 1822 Books
Amerika Akau 1840 Engravings
Amerika Akau 1858 Lithographs
Amerika Hema 1840 Engravings
Amerika Hema 1858 Lithographs
Amerika Huipui 1858 Lithographs
Amerika Huipuia 1840 Engravings
Animal skeletons 1836 Engravings
Ao ana Kiritiano he olelo hoonaau ao i ke kanaka i ka ke Akua 1841 Books
Ao Kiko 1844 Books
Appearance of the Three Hills formed by the late eruption 1840 Engravings
Aritemetika oia Ka hoike helu 1828 Books
Asia 1840 Engravings
Asia Uuku a me na Aina e Pili Ana 1842 Engravings
Atlas in Hawaiian 1858 Books
Au Okoa 1866 Newspapers
Be-a-ba 1825 Books
Bread Fruit Tree, The Banana, The Bamboo 1838 Engravings
Chart of Ocean Island 1838 Engravings
Chinese Sugar Mill 1838 Engravings
Christmas Island 1837 Engravings
Diamond Hill as seen from Honolulu 1838 Engravings
Elele 1845 Newspapers
Elele Hawaii 1848 Newspapers
Euanelio a Luka  1827 Books
Europa 1840 Engravings
Europa 1858 Lithographs
Female Seminary 1840 Engravings
Government schools, 1854. He papa hoike o na kula o ke aupuni o ko Hawaii nei pae aina M.H. 1854. 1855 Books
Grave of Mr. McDonald 1840 Engravings
Hae Hawaii 1856 Newspapers
Hana Ma Maui 1843 Engravings
Hawaiian Costume 1840 Engravings
Hilo, Hawaii 1840 Engravings
His Majesty's speech at the opening of the Legislature of 1862 1862 Books
Hoike o ka halawai 1867 Books
Hoike o ka halawai makahiki o ka Ahahui Kula Sabati, ma Honolulu, Iune, 1868. 1868 Books
Hoike o ka halawai makahiki o ka Ahahui Kula Sabati, ma Honolulu, Iune, 1869 1869 Books
Hoike o ka halawai makahiki o ka Ahahui Kula Sabati, ma Honolulu, Iune, 1870. 1870 Books
Hoike o ka halawai makahiki o ka Ahahui Kula Sabati, ma Honolulu, Iune, 1871. 1871 Books
Hoikehonua, he mea ia e hoakaka'i i ke ano ... 1832 Books
Hoikekonua a me na palpala Aina no ka Olelo a ke Akua 1842 Books
Hoku Loa 1860 Newspapers
Holden 1838 Engravings
Honolulu as seen from the foot of Puawaina Punch-Bowl Hill 1837 Engravings
Kaluaaha ma Molokai 1838 Engravings
Kamehameha 1840 Engravings
Kanawai o Iehova 1825 Books
Ke kumumua na na kamalii 1837 Books
Kulanakauhale o Ierusalema 1842 Engravings
Kumu Hawaii 1834 Newspapers
Kumu Kamalii 1837 Newspapers
Kumumua 1843 Books
Lahainaluna 1840 Engravings
Lau Oliva 1871 Newspapers
Map of the Hawaiian Islands 1843 Engravings
Mau palapala aina 1840 Books
Mau palapala aina 1842 Books
Maui from the Anchorage at Lahaina 1838 Engravings
Mesiko Guatimala a me Inia Komohana 1858 Lithographs
Mission House, Hana 1838 Engravings
Mission Houses, Honolulu 1837 Engravings
Mission Seminary 1838 Engravings
Moo olelo no Iosepa 1828 Books
Na Hana i ka wa hoolaa i ka luakini hou. 1842 Books
Na liu o ka waiwai 1874 Books
Na Mokupuni o Hawaii 1839 Engravings
Na Mokupuni o Hawaii 1839 Engravings
Na Mokupuni o Hawaii 1858 Lithographs
Na Mokupuni o Hawaii Nei 1837 Engravings
Na Muliwai 1840 Engravings
Na olelo-pule no ka poe Kiritiano o ko Havaii Pae Aina 1841 Books
Namoku o Beritania 1858 Lithographs
The Night-Blooming Cerius 1840 Engravings
Ninau ma ke ao ana Kiritiano, i hooponopono hou ia ma kekahi vahi 1841 Books
No ka moe kolohe. 1829 Books
Nonanona 1843 Newspapers
Nuhou Hawaii 1873 Newspapers
Nuhou: The Hawaiian News 1873 Newspapers
Nupepa Kuokoa 1862 Newspapers
O ke Koma, oia ke kiko hoomaha iki 1842 Books
Oahu Charity School 1838 Engravings
Oihana a ka poe Lunaolelo 1832 Books
Olelo a Iesu ma ka mauna 1828 Books
Olelo a ke akua 1825 Books
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1856 Newspapers
Palapala aina no Iudea 1842 Engravings
Palapala aina no Kanaana 1842 Engravings
Palapala aina o Asia 1858 Lithographs
Palapala aina o Farani, Sepania, Potugala, Italia 1858 Lithographs
Palapala ho ka Poepoe 1840 Engravings
Palapala kauoha a ka luna helu o 1866. 1866 Books
Papainoa no na kahu, a me na kumu, a me na haumana o ke Kulanui o Hawaii nei, ma Lahainaluna i Maui. 1836
Poepoe Hikina 1858 Lithographs
Poepoe Komahana 1858 Lithographs
The Polynesian (1840) 1840 Newspapers
The Polynesian (1844) 1844 Newspapers
Temperance Map 1843 Engravings
Ui no ka olelo a ke akua 1827 Books
Vahi hoike Katolika 1841 Books
Vahi katekimo a me kekahi mau pule ... 1842 Books
View of a Stream of Lava as it Entered the Sea at Nanawale 1840 Engravings
View of Kailua, Hawaii, 1836 1839 Engravings
View of the Bay of Kaawaloa 1840 Engravings
View of the Country Back of Kailua 1839 Engravings
Wahi olelo no na makua mea keiki 1842 Books
Weekly Argus 1852 Newspapers