Bibliography for my Hawaii Genealogy Research Trip

Books I read ahead or bought along the way:

The Betrayal of Liliuokalani, Last Queen of Hawaii, by Helena G. Allen, 1991

Washington Place: A First Lady’s Story, by Jean Aryoshi, 2004

Around the World with a King, by William N. Armstrong, 2009 (King Kalakua’s international trip of 1881 to Asia, Europe and the United States)

Mauna A’la: Hawai’I’s Royal Mausoleum, by Don Chapman with William Kaihe’ekai Mai’oho, 2004

Oahu Revealed, 3^rd Edition, by Andrew Doughty, 2010

The Queen’s Quilt, by Rhoda E. A. Hackler and Loretta G. H. Woodard, published by the Friends of Iolani Palace, 2004

Hanai: A Poem for Queen Liliuokalani, by John Dominis Holt

Monarchy in Hawaii, by John Dominis Holt

Recollections: Memoirs of John Dominis Holt, 1919-1935

Robert William Holt: Founder of the Holt Family in Hawaii, by John Dominis Holt and Terry Lawhead, 1988

The Hawaiian Kingdom, Volumes 1 – 3, by Ralph S. Kuykendall, 1996

Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen- by Lili’uokalani, Queen of Hawai’i, 1991(basically her autobiography)

The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant, by Lili’uokalani with Martha Warren Beckwith, 2008

The Hawaiian Monarchy, by Allan Seiden, 2005

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Websites to check out:

Washington Place

320 Beretania Street

Honolulu, Hawaii

(808) 536-8040

http://www.washingtonplacefoundation.org/

Iolani Palace

364 South King Street

Honolulu, Hawaii

(808) 522-0822

The bookstore is located in the historic Barracks Building

M-Sat, 9:30 AM to 5PM (phone orders, too, for books and gifts)

http://www.iolanipalace.org/

Bishop Museum and Library

1525 Bernice Street

Honolulu, Hawaii

(808) 847-3511

www.bishopmuseum.org

Hawaii State Archives

Kekauluohi Building

Iolani Palace Grounds

354 South King Street

Honolulu, Hawaii

(808) 586-0329

http://hawaii.gov/dags/archives

Native Books/ Na Mea Bookstore

Ward Warehouse

1050 Ala Moana Blvd, Suite 1000

Honolulu, Hawaii

(808) 597-8967

http://www.nativebookshawaii.com/

“Read like an Iolani Palace Docent”

http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/?p=3383 blog post dated 23 July 2010, a list of books required if you would like to be a docent at Iolani Palace. Many of the books I listed above are on this list. I could give tours, but it’s a long commute!

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Copyright 2010, Heather Wilkinson Rojo