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Hawaiʻi - Researching Place: Books by Mokupuni (Island)

Resources available in the library and online to help you research place in Hawaiʻi.

Books and Ebooks by Mokupuni (Island) available through Honolulu Community College Library, or online. Some Ebooks may require a UH login for access. These are a sampling of some of the books available through HonCC's library. To learn how to search the UH system libraries (and other resources) to find more books or ebooks, see Help Finding Books.

Oʻahu

Sites of Oahu by Elspeth P. Sterling (Compiled by); Catherine C. Summers (Compiled by)
Call Number: DU628.O3 S55 1978
Publication Date: 1978
Ancient Sites of O'ahu, Revised Edition by Van James
Call Number: DU624 .J36 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Ancient Oahu by Dennis Kawaharada (Editor)
Call Number: GR110.H3 A53 2001
Publication Date: 2002
Culled from the collections of Abraham Fornander (1812-1887) and Thomas G. Thrum (1842-1932), the stories present an ancient history of the island and its people.
Pana O'ahu by Jan Becket (Editor, Photographer), et al.
Call Number: EBOOK
Publication Date: 1999
The sixty heiau photographed and described in this volume are all located on Oahu, the island that has experienced by far the most development over the last two hundred years.
Beaches of O'ahu by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: GB458.8 .C59 2005
Publication Date: 2004
All beaches, are listed with physical characteristics, recreational uses, historic information, and cultural significance. When available, the author has added brief histories of beaches as handed down through the native Hawaiian oral tradition and related Hawaiian chants and verses.
Hawaiian Street Names by Rich Budnick; Duke K. Wise; Silvia Salgado (Illustrator); Abraham Akaka (Preface by); Samuel Elbert (Foreword by)
Call Number: DU629.O3 B84 2007
Publication Date: 1993
Na Wahi Pana o Ko'olau Poko by Anne K. Landgraf; Fred K. Meinecke (Translator); Haunani-Kay Trask (Introduction by)
Call Number: DU628.O3 L36 1994
Publication Date: 1994
North Shore Place Names by John R. K. Clark; Richard Keao NeSmith (Translator)
Call Number: DU628.O3 C59 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Kalihi, Place of Transition by University of Hawaii at Manoa. Ethnic Studies Oral History Project.
Call Number: DU629.K265 K26 1984
Publication Date: 1984
3-volume set of oral histories.

Kauaʻi

Ancient Sites of Kauaʻi by Van James
Call Number: DU628.K3 J36 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Beaches of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: DU628.K3 C58 1990
Publication Date: 1989

Lanaʻi

The Island of Lanai
Call Number: AM101 .B442 no.12
Publication Date: 1924-01-01
Lana'i by Alberta de Jetley
Call Number: DU628.L3 D4 2015
Publication Date: 2015-09-21
Lānaʻi Ranch: the people of Kōʻele and Keōmuku by Center for Oral History, Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Call Number: DU628.L3 L3 1989
Publication Date: 1989
Ancient sites of Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi by Van James (Illustrator, Photographer)
Call Number: DU624 .J35 2018
Publication Date: 2018

Hawaiʻi Island

Ancient Sites of Hawaiʻi by Van James
Call Number: DU628.H28 J36 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Beaches of the Big Island by John R. K. Clark
ISBN: 0824809769
Publication Date: 1985
The Big Island, world famous for its active volcanoes and coral gardens, has many wonderful beaches. In fact its shoreline is as diverse and dynamic as the rest of this massive island and includes more than 100 black, green, and white sand beaches.
Kona Legends by Eliza D. Maguire; Eva Anderson (Illustrator)
Call Number: GR385.H3 M34 2010
Publication Date: 1999

Kahoʻolawe

Kahoʻolawe: Nā Leo o Kanaloa: Chants and Stories of Kahoʻolawe by Photographers: Levin, Salmoiraghi, Ulrich, Reeve, Foreword by: Aluli
Call Number: DU628.K25 K26 1995
Publication Date: 1995
Chants and legends in Hawaiian and English.
Recollections of Kahoʻolawe by Inez M. Ashdown
Call Number: DU628.K25 A74
Publication Date: 1979

Niʻihau

Niihau: the Traditions of a Hawaiian Island by Rerioterai Tava; Moses K. Keale
Call Number: DU628.N5 T39 1989
Publication Date: 1989
Tales of the Forbidden Island of Niʻihau by Lawrence K. Gay; John D. Holt (Editor)
Call Number: DU628 .N5
Publication Date: 1981
Niʻihau, the last Hawaiian Island by Ruth M. Tabrah
Call Number: DU628.N55 T3 1987
Publication Date: 1987
Beaches of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: DU628.K3 C58 1990
Publication Date: 1989

Maui

Ancient sites of Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi by Van James (Illustrator, Photographer)
Call Number: DU624 .J35 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Sites of Maui by Elspeth P. Sterling
Call Number: DU628.M3 S72 1998
Publication Date: 1997
Na Wahi Kapu o Maui by Kapulani Landgraf
Call Number: DU628.M3 L36 2003
Publication Date: 2015
The Beaches of Maui County by John R. Clark
Call Number: DU628.M3 C55
ISBN: 0824806948
Publication Date: 1980

Molokaʻi

Ancient sites of Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi by Van James (Illustrator, Photographer)
Call Number: DU624 .J35 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Legends of Molokai by Harriet Ne; Martha F. Smith (Illustrator); Inez M. Ashdown (Introduction by)
Call Number: GR385.H3 N4
Publication Date: 1981
Tales of Molokai by Gloria L. Cronin (Editor); Terry Reffell (Illustrator); Harriet Ne
Call Number: GR110.H38 N4 1992
Publication Date: 1992
An anthology of both traditional and contemporary tales, this work includes valuable contextual materials and an oral history of the remarkable life of the storyteller.
Molokai a Site Survey by Catherine C. Summers
Call Number: GN4 .P32
Publication Date: 1971

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