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
Aina Moana 1840 Engravings
Ala Nui I Hele Ai ka Iseraela mai Aigupita aku ai Kanaana 1842 Engravings
Amerika Akau 1840 Engravings
Amerika Hema 1840 Engravings
Amerika Huipuia 1840 Engravings
Animal skeletons 1836 Engravings
Appearance of the Three Hills formed by the late eruption 1840 Engravings
Asia 1840 Engravings
Asia Uuku a me na Aina e Pili Ana 1842 Engravings
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
Europa 1840 Engravings
Female Seminary 1840 Engravings
Grave of Mr. McDonald 1840 Engravings
Hana Ma Maui 1843 Engravings
Hawaiian Costume 1840 Engravings
Hilo, Hawaii 1840 Engravings
Holden 1838 Engravings
Honolulu as seen from the foot of Puawaina Punch-Bowl Hill 1837 Engravings
Kaluaaha ma Molokai 1838 Engravings
Kamehameha 1840 Engravings
Kulanakauhale o Ierusalema 1842 Engravings
Lahainaluna 1840 Engravings
Map of the Hawaiian Islands 1843 Engravings
Maui from the Anchorage at Lahaina 1838 Engravings
Mission House, Hana 1838 Engravings
Mission Houses, Honolulu 1837 Engravings
Mission Seminary 1838 Engravings
Na Mokupuni o Hawaii 1839 Engravings
Na Mokupuni o Hawaii 1839 Engravings
Na Mokupuni o Hawaii Nei 1837 Engravings
Na Muliwai 1840 Engravings
The Night-Blooming Cerius 1840 Engravings
Oahu Charity School 1838 Engravings
Palapala aina no Iudea 1842 Engravings
Palapala aina no Kanaana 1842 Engravings
Palapala ho ka Poepoe 1840 Engravings
Temperance Map 1843 Engravings
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