On 6 November 2002, The University of Hawaii at Manoa
rededicated
Hamilton Library following the construction of phase III and the
renovation of phases I and II. As part of the celebration, the University
Archives mounted an exhibit documenting the early years of the Manoa
campus and focussing upon the role the University played in the lives of
students, faculty and staff.
As part of the Archives contribution to and celebration of the upcoming
Centennial of the University, much of materials in this exhibit has been
mounted on the web. We
welcome all potential patrons to come to the Archives to pursue research
topics. Currently we are only able to open by appointment, but we can make
archival finding aids and, in most cases, the archival materials available
for use in Special Collections reading room. For further information,
please
contact the Archivist at jimc@hawaii.edu or telephone (808) 956-6995 or (808)
956-8264 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Hawaii Standard Time.
| Early College of Hawaii football team practices outside the Maerten
House --
Home of the College of Hawaii, 1908 - 1912 (University
Archives Photograph)
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Hawaii Hall Cornerstone Laying, 22
January
1912 (University Archives, Photograph GPB-004)
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Hawaii Hall Cornerstone Laying, 22 January 1912 (University Archives Photograph GPB-006) |
| Hawaii Hall shortly after construction, Front (Ewa
side) View. This, as well as several other early images, is a glass plate
photograph. This glass plate negative has been broken; the print was made
after the plate was broken as shown by the lines above the building and alongthe
right hand side. (University Archives Photograph
GPA-005) |
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Hawaii Hall, rear view (Koko Head), shortly after
completion (University Archives Photograph
GPA-002) |
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Commencement Ceremony, Hawaii Hall, 1919. Sanford Dole
handing diplomas to graduates (University Archives
Photograph GPB-uncat) |
| 1919 Hawaii Football Champions. College of Hawaii
Football Team on Koko Head side (rear) of Hawaii Hall
(University Archives Photograph OURD Football 1a & 1b) |
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Flag Rush, traditional competition between sophomore and freshman
classes. Sophomores began the competition with a man and their class flag at
the top of a pole. Freshmen tried to get past sophomores guarding access to the
pole, to climb the pole and take the sophomore flag down, and to place the
freshman flag on the top of the pole. Then the freshmen tried to defend their
banner from sophomores trying to restore the sophomore flag. Earliest recorded
Flag Rush occurred 1 October 1919. (University Archives
Photograph GPB-011) |
| Faculty, most of them at least, on the rear lanai of Hawaii
Hall, no earlier than 1920 since Dr. Romanzo Adams, standing third from right,
came to UH that year. Are these two images the same photograph? No; Dr.
Arthur Andrews, center front, looked the other way.
(University Archives Photographs GPB-008 and GPB-009) |
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Aerial view of campus, late 1910s, showing Hawaii Hall
and first building of Engineering Quad, the two oldest buildings still
standing on campus. Beau Press currently occupies this part of the
Engineering Quad. (University Archives Photograph OURD
220) |
| Aerial photograph, 4 April 1926, shows George Hall
(the Library) and Gartley Hall, the two newest buildings. Note that
University Avenue extends from Vancouver Highway in Manoa Valley makai to
Metcalf Street. (University Archives Photograph OURD
99B) |
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| Aerial photograph, 4 April 1932, shows several changes in the six
intervening years: University Avenue extends all the way makai to Moiliili; Wist
Hall, Atherton House, Farrington Auditorium, and the Gymnasium have been built.
(University Archive Photograph OURD 231A) |
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Aerial photograph, 6 January 1937, shows Andrews Amphitheatre, old
Gilmore Hall, an expanded Pineapple Research Institute (now Krauss Hall),
and Campus Gate. Dole Street runs from McCully area (beyond the left
margin of photograph) to University Avenue. Note also the distance
between the quarry edge and Andrews Amphitheatre.
(University Archives Photograph OURD 227A) |
| Aerial photograph, 6 April 1939. Two years brought numerous
changes. How many can you spot? (University Archives
Photograph OURD 223B) |
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Aerial photograph above Waahila Ridge, approximate date 1944. Note
shadow of airplane in the lower right hand corner and edge of wing along
the right margin (University Archives Photograph OURD
232B) |
| Aerial photograph 1948/49. Addition to Hemenway Hall is
nearly finished; construction of Bachman Hall has just begun. (University Archives Photograph OURD 242A) |
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Aerial photograph, c 1955, showing development in quarry still
limited: baseball diamond and tennis courts. Gymnasium just beyond
Sinclair Library sill in use. (University Archives
Photograph OURD 248) |
| Sam Mukaida leads fellow students at UH in song during
special rally on steps of Hawaii Hall saying Aloha to Varsity Victory
Volunteers, 25 February 1942. (Hawaii War Records
Depository [HWRD] Photo #765) |
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Coed gives Varsity Victory Volunteers leis at rally at
Hawaii Hall, 25 February 1942. (HWRD Photo #761) |
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VVV men walking to Army trucks following farewell at Hawaii
Hall, 25 February 1942 (HWRD Photo #760) |
| VVV men in Army trucks at Varney Circle waiting for
departure for Schofield Barracks, 25 February 1942 (printed
in Star Bulletin; HWRD Photo #758 |
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Col. T.H.
Green...inspects Varsity Victory Volunteers, 25 February 1942
(printed in Star Bulletin 27 Feb. 1942; HWRD Photo #757)
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