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Waikīkī: a history of forgetting & remembering by Andrea Feeser
Call Number: DU629.W44 F44 2006 (Hawaiian Collection)

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Waikīkī: Nine Walks Through Time by Veneeta Acson
Call Number: DU629.H7 A25 2003 (Hawaiian Collection)
Waikīkī: images of America by Kai White; Jim Kraus
Call Number: DU629.H7 W47 2007 (Hawaiian Collection)
Waikīkī, 1900-1985 : oral histories
Call Number: DU629.W44 W3 1988 (Hawaiian Collection)

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Waikiki, 100 B. C. to 1900 A. D.: an untold story by George S. Kanahele
Call Number: DU629.H7 K358 1995 (Hawaiian Collection)
Aloha Waikiki: 100 years of pictures from Hawaiʻi's most famous beach by DeSoto Brown
Call Number: DU629.W44 B7 1985 ( Hawaiian Collection)
Waikiki, in the wake of dreams by Paul Berry & Edgy Lee
Call Number: DU629.H7 B47 2000 (Hawaiian Collection)
Restoring Hawaiianess to Waikiki by George S. Kanahele
Call Number: HT393.H32 W2534 1994 (Hawaiian Reference Collection-Request at Circulation Desk)
Waikiki Beachboy by Grady Timmons
Call Number: DU629.W44 T56 1989 (Hawaiian Collection)
Waikiki Yesteryear by Glen Grant
Call Number: DU629.H7 G67 1996 (Hawaiian Reference Collection-Request at Circulation Desk)
Waikiki by Allan Seiden
Call Number: DU629.W44 S4 2001 (Hawaiian Collection)
Kapiʻolani Park: a history by Robert Weyeneth
Call Number: DU629.K2785 W494 2002 (Hawaiian Collection)
The View from Diamond Head by Don Hibbard; David Franzen
Call Number: HD268.H66 H53 1986 (Hawaiian Collection)
Diamond Head: Hawaiʻi's Icon by Allan Seiden
Call Number: DU629.D53 S44 2002 (Hawaiian Collection)
Secrets of Diamond Head by Denby Fawcett
Call Number: DU629.D53 F39 2014 (Hawaiian Collection)
Honolulu Then and Now by Sheila Sarhangi
Call Number: DU629.H7 S27 2007 (Hawaiian Collection)
The saga of the Sandwich Islands by Edward B. Scott
Call Number: DU623 S37 (Hawaiian Collection)
Hawaiian Surfing: traditions from the past by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: GV839.65.H3 C53 2011 (Hawaiian Collection)

See p.409 for Waikīkī Place Names Related to Surfing.
Hawai'i Place Names by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: DU622 .C546 2002 (Hawaiian Collection-1st Floor)

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Place Names of Hawaii by Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel H. Elbert; Esther T. Mookini
Call Number: DU622 .P79 1974 (Hawaiian Reference-Located behind circulation desk)
ISBN: 9780824802080

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OR Search via Hawaiian Dictionaries Tip: Under CUSTOMIZE SEARCH, select PLACE NAMES OF HAWAII
Sites of Oahu by Elspeth P. Sterling (Compiled by); Catherine C. Summers (Compiled by)
Call Number: DU628.O3 S8 1993 (Hawaiian Collection-1st Floor)

Detailed index
Ancient Sites of Oahu by Van James
Call Number: DU624 J36 2010 (Hawaiian Collection)
The Story of Waikiki and the "Reclamation" Project
Call Number: DU629.W44 N34 1979a (Hawaiian Collection)

Hawaiian Legends Index

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

Films

Waikīkī: in the wake of dreams
Call Number: KDVD 248 ((AV/Media Collection)

DVD. The first comprehensive chronicle of Waikiki’s 500-year history brought to life with historical photographs and moving footage, Hollywood clips, and rare oral histories told by the people who made Waikiki, Waikiki.

Oral Histories

Interview with Sadao Hikida
"A longtime Moana Hotel worker writes about his father's carpentry and caretaking jobs at Ainahau and other Waikiki estates; mother's home laundry; Waikiki streams and flooding; Chinese farms; Kuhio and Moana piers and other Waikiki landmarks; Ala Wai Canal dredging; Waikiki School; Moana Hotel and its employees; 1946 tidal wave, and Kapiolani Park."

Waikiki, 1910-1985: Oral Histories
A collection of over 50 interview transcriptions

Journal & Magazine Articles

Hawaiʻi Pacific Journal Index
An index to magazines and journals published in or about Hawaiʻi & the Pacific. How to request articles from other libraries.

Use EBSCO Research Databases to find journals, magazines & newspapers.

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, full-text. Current & past issues are also available in print at KCC 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
Paradise of the Pacific
Vol. 6-15 available online, full-text (1893-1902). This magazine, commissioned by King Kalākaua in 1888, promoted local business and tourism.
Hana Hou! The Magazine of Hawaiian Airlines
Select articles available online. 2002-current
ScholarSpace
The intellectual works and unique collections of the UHM academic community. Publications from the Center for Pacific Island Studies are available here.
eVols
A UHM online repository of digitized materials.
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Newspapers

Honolulu Newspapers
Full-text articles via ProQuest:
Honolulu Star-Advertiser: 2010-current
Honolulu Advertiser: 11/02-06/2010
Honolulu Star-Bulletin: 3/96-06/2010
Honolulu Civil Beat
Online newspaper. 2010-current
Chronicling America: Historic Newspapers
Digitized English-language newspapers published in Hawaiʻi from 1836-1922
Hoʻolaupaʻi:Hawaiian Nūpepa (Newspaper) Collection
An online collection of historic Hawaiian-language newspapers published from 1834-1948.

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Historic Waikīkī
Timeline, stories, and photos of Waikīkī by DownWind Productions, a collaborative of artists, writers, teachers and activists who examine the impact of colonialism, capitalism, and tourism in Hawai'i.

History of the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium