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Place Names of Hawaii by Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel H. Elbert; Esther T. Mookini
Call Number: DU622 .P79 1976 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Also available online as an eBook via Ulukau,
OR Search via Hawaiian Dictionaries Tip: Under CUSTOMIZE SEARCH, select PLACE NAMES OF HAWAII
Hawaiʻi Place Names: Shores, Beaches, and Surf Sites by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: DU622 .C546 2002 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Available online via Ebook Central.
Also available online as an eBook via Ulukau.
Native Planters in Old Hawaii: Their Life, Lore, and Environment by E.S. Craighill Handy, Elizabeth Green Handy, & Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: GN424 .H3
(Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
See pt. 5: Descriptions of areas of habitation on each island.
ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings by Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: PN6519.H4 P84 1983 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
See p. 344 for Index to Place Names.

Kepano's Complete Hawaiian Concordance to Mary Kawena Pukui's ʻŌlelo Noʻeau
An index to all the Hawaiian words in the ʻōlelo noʻeau themselves.

Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions From the Past by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: GV839.65.H3 C53 2011 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Also available online via Ebook Central.

Oʻahu

The moku (districts) of Oʻahu (click to see a map of the ahupuaʻa of each district):

Wahi Hoʻōla Inventory: Moku o Kona, Mokupuni o Oʻahu
"The overall goal of this project was to develop an inventory of wahi hoʻōla or “healing spaces” for Kona moku, Oʻahu."

Sites of Oahu by Sterling, Elspeth P.; Catherine C. Summers (Compiled by)
Call Number: DU628.O3 S8 1993 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Refer to the Detailed Index online to see what might be included about your area.
Ancient Sites of Oʻahu: A Guide to Hawaiian Archaeological Places of Interest by Van James
Call Number: DU624.65 .J36 2010 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Hawaiian Street Names by Rich Budnick; Duke K. Wise
Call Number: DU629.O3 B84 1989 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Beaches of O'ahu by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: GB458.8 .C59 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Hawaiian Place Names: the significance of Hawaiian sites, their locations, and interpretation of their names
Call Number: DU622 .H388 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
The View from Diamond Head by Don Hibbard; David Franzen
Call Number: HD268.H66 H53 1986 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Na Wahi Pana o Ko'olau Poko by Anne K. Landgraf; Fred K. Meinecke (Translator)
Call Number: DU628.O3 L36 1994 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Pana Oʻahu: Sacred Stones, Sacred Land
Call Number: DU624.65 .P36 1999 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Also available online via Ebook Central.
Ancient Oʻahu: Stories from Fornander & Thrum by Dennis Kawaharada (Editor)
Call Number: GR110.H3 A53 2001 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
O'ahu's Hidden History by William H. Dorrance
Call Number: DU628.O3 D67 1998 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Secrets of Diamond Head: A History and Trail Guide by Denby Fawcett
Call Number: DU629.D53 F39 2014 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
North Shore Place Names: Kahuku to Kaena by John R. K. Clark; Translations by Keao NeSmith
Call Number: DU628.O3 C59 2014 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Also available online via Ebook Central.
The Saga of the Sandwich Islands by E. B. Scott
Call Number: DU623 S37 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Includes historic photos. See Part 2: Place Names on Oʻahu.

Maui

Sites of Maui by Elspeth P. Sterling
Call Number: DU628.M3 S72 1998 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference, Ask at Circulation)
Ancient Sites of Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi by Van James
Call Number: DU624 .J35 2001 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
The Beaches of Maui County by John R. Clark
Call Number: DU628.M3 C55 1989 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Maui Street Names: The Hawaiian Dictionary and History of Maui Street Names by Rich Budnick; Hōkūlani Holt-Padilla
Call Number: DU628.M3 B84 1991 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference, Ask at Circulation)

Molokaʻi

Tales of Molokai by Gloria L. Cronin (Editor); Harriet Ne
Call Number: GR110.H38 N4 1992 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Ancient Sites of Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi by Van James
Call Number: DU624 .J35 2001 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Lanaʻi

Ancient Sites of Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi by Van James
Call Number: DU624 .J35 2001 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
The Story of Lana'i by George C. Munro
Call Number: DU628.L3 M86 2007 (Hawaiian Reference-Ask for Assistance
The Island of Lanai by Kennth P. Emory
Call Number: DU624.65 E47 1969 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Lana'i: the Elusive Hawaiian Island by Anderson Duane Black
Call Number: DU628.L3 B52 2001 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)

Kahoʻolawe

Kaho'olawe: na leo o Kanaloa by Wayne Levin
Call Number: DU628.K25 K26 1995 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Kahoʻolawe Island : restoring a cultural treasure : final report of the Kahoʻolawe Island Conveyance Commission to the Congress of the United States
Call Number: DU628.K25 K255 1992 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Alphabetical listing of known place names: pp. 131-147.
This title is also available online [PDF] via Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission.

Hawaiʻi Island

Beaches of the Big Island by John R. Clark
Call Number: DU628.H28 C53 1985 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Ancient Sites of Hawaiʻi by Van James
Call Number: DU624.H32 J36 1995b (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)

Ka Leo o ka Uluau
Beginning January 2021, join a huakaʻi or journey around Hawaiʻi Island as storytellers explore the six traditional moku or districts of the Island in this 24-episode podcast series.

Kauaʻi

Archaeology of Kauai by Wendell Clark Bennett
Call Number: GN670 .B4 no.80 (Hawaiian Reference-Ask for Assistance)
Kauaʻi in History: a guide to the resources by Christopher Leland Cook
Call Number: DU628.K3 K346 2000 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Kaua'i: Ancient Place Names and Their Stories by Frederick B. Wichman
Call Number: GR110.H38 W47 1998 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Kauai Tales by Frederick B. Wichman
Call Number: GR385.H3 W53 1985 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
More Kaua'i Tales by Frederick B. Wichman
Call Number: PS571.H3 B35 no.70 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Polihale and Other Kaua'i Legends by Frederick B. Wichman
Call Number: GR110.H38 W5 1991 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)

Land Divisions: maps & names

AVAKonohiki.org
ʻAhupuaʻa and ʻIli names. historic maps
Kīpuka Database
Geographical information system (GIS) that "links historic data sets to geographic locations reinforcing the concept of information embedded in the ‘aina (land), encoded in the wahi inoa (place name)."
Kūikaunupaʻa
A Kohala Community Resource Site.
Wahi Hoʻōla Inventory: Moku o Kona, Mokupuni o Oʻahu
"The overall goal of this project was to develop an inventory of wahi hoʻōla or “healing spaces” for Kona moku, Oʻahu."

Moʻolelo: Find stories/legends - Hawaiian Legends Index

Search here to help you locate myths and legends indexed in 77 books.

Additional Moʻolelo

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Nā Makani & Nā Ua: Winds & Rains

Winds & Rains of Hawaiʻi
compiled by Annie Thomas (PDF)
The Wind Gourd of Laʻamaomao by Moses K. Nakuina
Call Number: GR110.H38 N3413 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
See pp. 132-135 for "Winds and Rains of Hawai'i" list (compiled from the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary).
Treasury of Hawaiian Words in One Hundred and One Categories by Harold W. Kent
Call Number: PL6446 K46 1993 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
See list of rains on p. 377 & winds on p. 437
Na Makani o ka Mokupuni by Compiled by Roy Kākulu Alameida
Winds by Island (PDF)
Winds of Oahu
Ahupuaʻa maps & wind names. Asia-Pacific Digital Library.
Ka Ua: Mai ka Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo ʻo Hawaiian Dictionary by e Samuel Elbert a me Mary Kawena Pukui
Rains from the Hawaiian Dictionary by Elbert & Pukui, 1971 (PDF)
Index of Winds by Genie Alvarado
(PDF)
Index of Winds by Island by Genie Alvarado
(PDF)
Index of Rains by Genie Alvarado
(PDF)
Index of Rains by Island by Genie Alvarado
(PDF)
Hānau Ka Ua: Hawaiian Rain Names by Collette Leimomi Akana with Kiele Gonzalez
Call Number: PL6449 .A43 2015 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)

Nā Mele: Place Names in Song & Chant

Huapala: Hawaiian Music and Hula Archives
Hawaiian lyrics & translation. Many Hawaiian mele (songs) describe special places in Hawaiʻi.
Hawaiian Sheet Music Index
Search Hawaiian songs and sheet music in the Bishop Museum Library, the Hawaiʻi State Library and the UH Manoa Libraryʻs Hawaiian Collection.
MELE: Hawaiian Music Archive

Websites

Census Interactive Online Maps
eVols at UH Mānoa
"eVols is an open-access, digital institutional repository for the University of Hawaiʻi community and researchers around the world."
Hawaiian Place Names (via Ulukau.org)
A Catalog of
Hawaiian Place Names Compiled from the Records of the Boundary Commission and The Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles of the Kingdom of Hawaii
Collected and annotated by Lloyd J. Soehren
Historic Waikiki
"Historic Waikiki is a project by DownWind Productions, a collaborative of artists, writers, teachers and activists who examine the impact of colonialism, capitalism, and tourism in Hawai'i."
Papakilo Database - Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Includes historic sites database, mahele aina index, maps.
Place Names in Hawaiʻi Research Guide
Created by UH-Mānoa Hamilton Library Hawaiian Collections librarians
ScholarSpace at UH Mānoa
"ScholarSpace is an open-access, digital institutional repository for the University of Hawaii at Manoa community. ScholarSpace stores the intellectual works and unique collections of the UH at Manoa academic community and also provides a permanent web location for those accessing these resources. "
Traditions of Oʻahu: Stories of an Ancient Island
Ulukau - the Hawaiian Electronic Library
Waikīkī Research Guide
Wehewehe
Online Hawaiian dictionary.
Search for a Hawaiian word or definition.
Wehewehe Wikiwiki (Wehe²wiki²)
Online Hawaiian Dictionaries via UH Hilo

Find Newspaper Articles

Current:

Honolulu Newspapers (ProQuest)
Full text access to articles from:
Honolulu Star-Advertiser (06/07/2010 - Present)
Honolulu Advertiser (01/01/1999-06/06/2010)
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (03/18/1996-06/06/2010)

Honolulu Civil Beat (online newspaper)

Ka Wai Ola
The newspaper of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). Full access to articles, including back issues. "Browse through 40 years of archives."

Historic:

Papakilo Database
Search Hawaiian-language newspapers (1834-1948), Mahele land records, and more.
Hoʻolaupaʻi:Hawaiian Nūpepa (Newspaper) Collection
An online collection of historic Hawaiian-language newspapers published from 1834-1948.
Chronicling America: Historic Newspapers
Digitized English-language newspapers published in Hawaiʻi from 1836-1922.

Hawaiʻi Newspaper Index

Search these indexes of Honolulu newspapers going back to 1929.

1989-current: Hawaiʻi Newspaper Index Online

1929-1988: Index to the Honolulu Advertiser and
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Print;
Located in the Hawaiian
Reference Collection)

1929-1967: Online access to index

Once you find a citation to an article in the index, you must then go to the newspaper microfilm to find the full-text. Newspaper Microfilm is available at selected public libraries, including Kaimukī Public Library, and UH-Mānoa Hamilton Library.

1840-1944: Bob Krauss Research Index
                      an index of select English-language
                      newspapers from Hawaiʻi,
                      links to full-text if available online

Journal & Magazine Articles

Hawaiʻi Pacific Journal Index
An index to magazines and journals published in or about Hawaiʻi & the Pacific; citations only. See the Reference Desk for help locating the print issue. Indexes the following journals and magazines: http://hpji.lib.hawaii.edu/HPJITitles.htm

The Hawaiian Journal of History
An annual scholarly journal devoted to original articles on the history of Hawai‘i, Polynesia, and the Pacific area. Available online in full-text from UH Mānoa eVols (1967-2019) and via EBSCOhost's Academic Search Complete (2003-2020).
Current & past issues are also available in Print at Lama Library.
Thrum's Hawaiian Annual
"A handbook of valuable and statistical information relating to the Hawaiian Islands." Includes articles on a variety of Hawaiʻi-related topics. 1875-1936
Available in Full-Text Online.
Paradise of the Pacific
Vol. 6-15 available online, full-text (1893-1902)
Hana Hou! The Magazine of Hawaiian Airlines
Select articles available online. 2002-current
Honolulu Magazine
Select articles available online. 2004-current

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