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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Digital Library

 

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Image Title Date Format
Aha Elele / Convention 1864 Newspapers
Alaula 1866 Newspapers
Au Okoa 1866 Newspapers
Elele 1845 Newspapers
Elele Hawaii 1848 Newspapers
Hae Hawaii 1856 Newspapers
Hoku Loa 1860 Newspapers
Kumu Hawaii 1834 Newspapers
Kumu Kamalii 1837 Newspapers
Lau Oliva 1871 Newspapers
Nonanona 1843 Newspapers
Nuhou Hawaii 1873 Newspapers
Nuhou: The Hawaiian News 1873 Newspapers
Nupepa Kuokoa 1862 Newspapers
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1856 Newspapers
The Polynesian (1840) 1840 Newspapers
The Polynesian (1844) 1844 Newspapers
Weekly Argus 1852 Newspapers