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Introduction
The Digital Archive Collections at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Library include historical and cultural material in digital form, made
accessible via the World Wide Web.
The Streetprint Engine began in 2002 when a collection of British street literature needed an online home, a place where students and researchers could interact with these fragile texts as though they were sitting down with the original artifacts. The technological complexity of this task soon became a problem. In search of a solution, the team in the Canada Research Chair Humanities Computing Studio of the University of Alberta developed Streetprint: free software that gives researchers and collectors easy-to-use tools to create powerful digital archives and share them on the web. Streetprint is a comprehensive content management system which can showcase much more than "street print." Click here for more information about, and/or to download the Streetprint software
The University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries has been using Streetprint since 2005.
The Streetprint Engine began in 2002 when a collection of British street literature needed an online home, a place where students and researchers could interact with these fragile texts as though they were sitting down with the original artifacts. The technological complexity of this task soon became a problem. In search of a solution, the team in the Canada Research Chair Humanities Computing Studio of the University of Alberta developed Streetprint: free software that gives researchers and collectors easy-to-use tools to create powerful digital archives and share them on the web. Streetprint is a comprehensive content management system which can showcase much more than "street print." Click here for more information about, and/or to download the Streetprint software
The University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries has been using Streetprint since 2005.
Collection Descriptions
Asia
At Work - Images from Books Within
the vast body of literature on Asia held by the Asia Collection at the
University of Hawaii are fascinating illustrations of the people of
Asia and the environment in which they live. These images are a visual
record of the lives of the people and their surroundings.
Bob Krauss Research Index In 2006 the Hawaiian Collection received the private research index created by the late Bob Krauss, longtime columnist for the Honolulu Advertiser and commentator on cultural, social, historical, and political developments in Hawaii. The index is by no means comprehensive in subject or time coverage. It largely reflects Krauss's research interests. Nonetheless it provides critical starting points into Hawaii's newspaper literature, covering periods of time and subjects in newspaper titles that have been formally indexed nowhere else. Transcription of the index is underway as of spring 2007.
Dakin Fire Insurance Maps: Honolulu (1891, 1899, 1906) Fire insurance maps of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands surveyed for the Board of Fire Underwriters of Honolulu. M.D. Monsarrat and Alfred Richard Gurrey, survey inspectors.
Hawai'i War Records - U.S. Army Signal Corps Photographs includes 880 photographs taken by the U.S. Army Signal Corps and the U.S. Navy between 1941 and 1946. They depict Army and Navy activities in Hawaii and illustrate the military's relationship with Hawaii's civilian population.
Hawaii/Pacific Film & Video Hawaii and the Pacific region have been favorite subjects for documentary filmmakers. One of the earliest films was made in Hawaii in 1906 (by Robert K. Bonine for Thomas Edison). It has been preserved by Library of Congress. However, the majority of film and video made in Hawaii in the 20th century has been lost, or is in danger of being lost in an environment with high humidity and warm temperatures year round. The University of Hawaii Preservation Department’s goal is to raise awareness about how much we have already lost, and the urgency of taking preservation steps.
Hawaiian Photo Album The Hawaiian collection contains a number of photograph albums and miscellaneous collections of photos. Most are incompletely identified however the images are of historical and research interest. Scanning of the images is underway as of spring 2007.
Lian Huan Hua Chinese Picture Story Books Lian Huan Hua literarily means "linked serial pictures." They are pocket sized picture-story books first published by a Shanghai publisher in the 1920s. Lian huan hua is also commonly known as Xiao ren shu, children's book for their simplicity and heraldic subjects. In the early 1920s, lian huan hua first appeared mainly as adaptations of Jingju (Peking Opera) and Chinese literary classics. The pictures were created mostly in line drawings, sketches, and oil-wash painting. After the People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded in 1949, lain huan hua became an extremely popular art form and was used to popularize new government policies and regulations. From 1951 to 1956, more than 10,000 titles, and approximately 26 billion copies were published in China.
Magic Lantern Slides Collection from Japan
Produced in
the late 1800's and early 1900's; some were exhibited in the Treasures
from
the Library show in 2005. The slides were donated by the
grandchildren
of Reverend Takie Okumura, a local spiritual leader and founder of
Makiki Christian Church, established 1904, as well as the Okumura Boys
and Girls Home (originally called Okumura's Christian Home) established
in 1901.
Maps: flood-damaged items restored by Preservation A sample of items damaged in the 2004 flood, restored by the University of Hawaii at Manoa Preservation Department.
Margo Duggan Collection: Slides of Micronesia and Hawai´i, 1949-1954 Margo Duggan served in the United States Marine Corps in World War II, from 1943 through 1945. In late 1949 she began work as a civilian employee of the United States Trust Territories Administration. Between 1949 and 1954, she worked on or visited a number of locations in the Marshall, Mariana, and Caroline Islands, as well as in Hawai´i. Her photographs document an important moment in the history of Micronesia, as the various island nations emerged from the life and death struggles of World War II and began the process of redefining their political status.
Opium in Asia - Images from Books Within the vast body of literature on Asia held by the Asia Collection at the University of Hawaii are fascinating images related to opium usage in Asia. These images are a visual record of the impact opium has had on Asian peoples during certain historical times.
Save Our Surf (SOS) a collection of unpublished material from the SOS organization begun by John Kelly, including posters, flyers, articles, petitions, etc. SOS was an environmental, social, political, and cultural association that contributed to the contemporary Hawaiian Sovereignty movement.
Social Movements Collection Pamphlets, brochures, and periodicals about the labor movement in the United States as well as global radical political movements, including anarchism, communism, and fascism. Acquired from Eugene Bechtold, a bookseller and former instructor at the Chicago Worker’s School; the collection also includes items from the collection of John Reineke.
South East Asia Posters This website was created in late 2006 and is dedicated to digitizing posters from countries in the South East Asia region.
Steve Thomas Traditional Micronesian Navigation Collection is comprised of unpublished papers, audiovisual and photographic materials (including oral history transcripts and 35mm slides), publications and miscellaneous items related primarily to traditional navigation on the island of Satawal Island, Yap. 1866 color slides have been digitized.
TRAIL-Technical Report Archive and Image Library is a collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975. Organizations involved in this pilot site are libraries in the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA - http://www.gwla.org) and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL - http://www.crl.edu).
Bob Krauss Research Index In 2006 the Hawaiian Collection received the private research index created by the late Bob Krauss, longtime columnist for the Honolulu Advertiser and commentator on cultural, social, historical, and political developments in Hawaii. The index is by no means comprehensive in subject or time coverage. It largely reflects Krauss's research interests. Nonetheless it provides critical starting points into Hawaii's newspaper literature, covering periods of time and subjects in newspaper titles that have been formally indexed nowhere else. Transcription of the index is underway as of spring 2007.
Dakin Fire Insurance Maps: Honolulu (1891, 1899, 1906) Fire insurance maps of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands surveyed for the Board of Fire Underwriters of Honolulu. M.D. Monsarrat and Alfred Richard Gurrey, survey inspectors.
Hawai'i War Records - U.S. Army Signal Corps Photographs includes 880 photographs taken by the U.S. Army Signal Corps and the U.S. Navy between 1941 and 1946. They depict Army and Navy activities in Hawaii and illustrate the military's relationship with Hawaii's civilian population.
Hawaii/Pacific Film & Video Hawaii and the Pacific region have been favorite subjects for documentary filmmakers. One of the earliest films was made in Hawaii in 1906 (by Robert K. Bonine for Thomas Edison). It has been preserved by Library of Congress. However, the majority of film and video made in Hawaii in the 20th century has been lost, or is in danger of being lost in an environment with high humidity and warm temperatures year round. The University of Hawaii Preservation Department’s goal is to raise awareness about how much we have already lost, and the urgency of taking preservation steps.
Hawaiian Photo Album The Hawaiian collection contains a number of photograph albums and miscellaneous collections of photos. Most are incompletely identified however the images are of historical and research interest. Scanning of the images is underway as of spring 2007.
Lian Huan Hua Chinese Picture Story Books Lian Huan Hua literarily means "linked serial pictures." They are pocket sized picture-story books first published by a Shanghai publisher in the 1920s. Lian huan hua is also commonly known as Xiao ren shu, children's book for their simplicity and heraldic subjects. In the early 1920s, lian huan hua first appeared mainly as adaptations of Jingju (Peking Opera) and Chinese literary classics. The pictures were created mostly in line drawings, sketches, and oil-wash painting. After the People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded in 1949, lain huan hua became an extremely popular art form and was used to popularize new government policies and regulations. From 1951 to 1956, more than 10,000 titles, and approximately 26 billion copies were published in China.
Magic Lantern Slides Collection from Japan
Produced in
the late 1800's and early 1900's; some were exhibited in the Treasures
from
the Library show in 2005. The slides were donated by the
grandchildren
of Reverend Takie Okumura, a local spiritual leader and founder of
Makiki Christian Church, established 1904, as well as the Okumura Boys
and Girls Home (originally called Okumura's Christian Home) established
in 1901.Maps: flood-damaged items restored by Preservation A sample of items damaged in the 2004 flood, restored by the University of Hawaii at Manoa Preservation Department.
Margo Duggan Collection: Slides of Micronesia and Hawai´i, 1949-1954 Margo Duggan served in the United States Marine Corps in World War II, from 1943 through 1945. In late 1949 she began work as a civilian employee of the United States Trust Territories Administration. Between 1949 and 1954, she worked on or visited a number of locations in the Marshall, Mariana, and Caroline Islands, as well as in Hawai´i. Her photographs document an important moment in the history of Micronesia, as the various island nations emerged from the life and death struggles of World War II and began the process of redefining their political status.
Opium in Asia - Images from Books Within the vast body of literature on Asia held by the Asia Collection at the University of Hawaii are fascinating images related to opium usage in Asia. These images are a visual record of the impact opium has had on Asian peoples during certain historical times.
Save Our Surf (SOS) a collection of unpublished material from the SOS organization begun by John Kelly, including posters, flyers, articles, petitions, etc. SOS was an environmental, social, political, and cultural association that contributed to the contemporary Hawaiian Sovereignty movement.
Social Movements Collection Pamphlets, brochures, and periodicals about the labor movement in the United States as well as global radical political movements, including anarchism, communism, and fascism. Acquired from Eugene Bechtold, a bookseller and former instructor at the Chicago Worker’s School; the collection also includes items from the collection of John Reineke.
South East Asia Posters This website was created in late 2006 and is dedicated to digitizing posters from countries in the South East Asia region.
Steve Thomas Traditional Micronesian Navigation Collection is comprised of unpublished papers, audiovisual and photographic materials (including oral history transcripts and 35mm slides), publications and miscellaneous items related primarily to traditional navigation on the island of Satawal Island, Yap. 1866 color slides have been digitized.
TRAIL-Technical Report Archive and Image Library is a collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975. Organizations involved in this pilot site are libraries in the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA - http://www.gwla.org) and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL - http://www.crl.edu).