Title	Guide to Hawaiian Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, 1766-1977: subject guide.
Scope and Content	The Manuscript Department of the Huntington has over 5,000 items in its holdings related to the subject of Hawaii. This material spans 200 years of Hawaiian history (inclusive dates are 1766 to 1977) and ranges from individual letters and journals to collections containing over 1,000 items. More specifically, this material is made up of correspondence, journals, diaries, logbooks, letterbooks, essays, short stories, monographs, sketches, and photographs. The wide range of subjects covered in this material include: Hawaiian history, culture, mythology and folklore; social work and hospitals in Hawaii; Hawaiian language, poetry, education, commerce; smallpox outbreaks; Hawaiian crops (sugar, rice) and plantations; Chinese and Japanese immigrants in Hawaii; American missionaries in Hawaii; family and social life in 18th, 19th, and 20th century Hawaii; the Hawaiian royal family; Hawaiian government and politics, including annexation to the United States and the rebellions of 1893 and 1895, the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941 and research about tsunamis in Hilo Harbor in the 1960s.
Notes	Curator statment
Date	1766-1977.
Provenance	Various provenances.
Subject	Punahou School. Missionaries -- Hawaii. Physicians -- Hawaii. Plantations -- Hawaii. Sugar growing -- Hawaii. Women -- Hawaii. Hawaii -- History -- 18th century -- Sources. Hawaii -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Hawaii -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. Hawaii -- Kings and rulers. Hawaii -- Politics and government. Hawaii -- Social life and customs. Hawaii -- Religion.
Form/Genre	Diaries Hawaii. (aat) Letters (correspondence) Hawaii. (aat) Manuscripts Hawaii. (aat) Photographs Hawaii. (aat)
Contributors	Bishop, Sereno Edwards, 1827-1909. Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin, 1844-1918. Dole, Sanford B. (Sanford Ballard), 1844-1926. Emerson, Nathaniel Bright, 1839-1915. Frear, Walter Francis, 1863-1948.
Department	Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscripts Department.
Digital Collection	Finding Aids, Huntington Digital Library
Physical Description	12 p.
Digitization Specifications	Original finding aid converted into PDF document by B. Black, 2013-03-22.
Date Digital	2013-03-22.
DCMI Type	text
Digital Format	pdf
Original Finding Aid	Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black, June 30, 2000 and updated 2004, 2011, 2013.
Citation Information	Guide to Hawaiian Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California.
Restrictions	Images in this collection are for scholarly research; please review the Huntington Library's copyright information: http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about. For purchasing images for publication please review our permission to publish policy: http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=590.
Cataloging Notes	Note: The following list of Hawaii related material in the Huntington Library’s holdings is by no means complete. Items will be added to the guide as they are cataloged or accessioned.