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Julia Napelakapuokakaʻe Kapi‘olani was born on December 31, 1834, in Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Her father was high chief Kūhiō, and her mother Kinoiki was the daughter of Mōʻī (King) Kaumualiʻi of Kauaʻi who negotiated peace with Kamehameha Paiea to unify the islands in 1810. Her first marriage was to Bennet Namakeha – a man thirty-five years her senior – making her an aunt of Mōʻī wahine (Queen) Emma. She served as the wet nurse to Prince Albert, the son of Mōʻī Kamehameha IV and Mōʻī wahine Emma, who died when he was only four years old. Kapiʻolani married David Kalākaua in 1863, the first postmaster general of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

In 1882, Mōʻī wahine Kapi‘olani took legal custody of 11-year-old Kamāli‘i kāne (Prince) Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaole, and his two brothers—Kamāli‘i kāne David Laʻamea Kawānanakoa and Kamāli‘i kāne Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui after their mother had passed.

According to the 1864 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, if a king died without naming a successor to the throne, the legislature must elect a new king from a pool of candidates of noble birth. Thus, David Kalākaua was elected to replace the deceased MōʻīLunalilo in 1874, making Kapiʻolani the Queen Consort to King Kalākaua. Kapiʻolani was a visible monarch, often traveling throughout the kingdom. In 1887, en route to England to attend Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, Kapiʻolani made headlines when President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland hosted a formal state dinner at the White House in her honor. She also visited schools, hospitals, and other public institutions in San Francisco, Washington D.C, Boston, and New York. As the first queen to visit the United States, her activities received extensive coverage in various U.S. newspapers.

Queen Kapiʻolani reigned for nearly seventeen years and was much beloved by the Hawaiian people. The king named Kapiʻolani Park in Waikīkī in honor of his queen. She visited Kalauapapa in 1884 to learn how she could assist those who were diagnosed with leprosy and exiled there, and she raised the funds to build the Kapiʻolani Home for Girls whose parents had leprosy. Though childless, the Queen cherished the Hawaiian family and the role of mother. In 1890, she established the Kapiʻolani Maternity Home, which is today the Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children.

In 1891, King Kalākaua passed away at the age of fifty-four. Since the royal couple bore no children, the king’s sister Lili‘uokalani succeeded the throne. Mōʻī wahine Kapiʻolani was sixty-four years old when she died on June 24, 1899, at Pualeilani, her modest home in Waikiki.

Appointed executive secretary of the Hawaiian Historical Commission that was tasked with prodcuing a general history of Hawaiʻi from 1778-1893. The outcome was the three-volume series "Hawaiian Kingdom."

Ray Jerome Baker was born to William Baker and Sarah Palmer in Rockford, Illinois on December 1, 1880. He married Edith Mary Frost Baker and first came to Hawaii in 1908 for a planned 2 week stay. After four months, they returned to their Eureka, California home to move permanently to Hawaii in 1910. His studio and home were located at the corner of Kalakaua Avenue and John Ena Road for nearly 40 years. In addition to photography, he specialized in movie work and for years was a newsreel cameraman for Pathe News. Mr. Baker earned a degree at the University of Hawaii in 1934 and retired in 1959. He died on October 27, 1972 at the Laniolu Retirement Home in Waikiki.

1867 Jan. 7 born Cambridge, Ohio. educated in Ohio public schools.
1891 June 16 married Grace E. O'Hara, Columbus, Ohio. Two children.
1901 came to Hawaii as representative of U.S. Department of Labor
1903 became associated with U.S. Immigration Service.
1906 appointed Inspector in Charge, U.S. Immigration Service, at Honolulu.
1911 Dec. resigned; spent next two years recruiting labor in Europe for Hawaiian sugar planters.
1914 returned to Honolulu; appointed secretary, Chamber of Commerce.
1921 appointed Secretary of Hawaii by President Harding.
1934 June 15 resigned to run for Territorial House of Representatives; won.
1935 served one term in Territory of Hawai‘i House of Representatives.
1944 July 28 died, Honolulu.

Real Estate Commission was formerly known as the Real Estate License Commission and was established on May 15, 1933.

Act 45, SLH 1987, the State Water Code, provided for a seven-member Review Commission on the State Water Code (RCSWC), attached to the LRB, and directly responsible to the Legislature.
The purpose of the RCSWC was to perform a comprehensive review of the state water code, and to develop recommendations for its improvement. The review was to include all water issues in the state water code, other water matters which should be included in the state water code, and the identification of agencies of the state and counties which should be responsible for developing, protecting and controlling water.
Act 45 specified that the RCSWC was to begin its work five years following passage of the state water code, and to complete its work two years after that, with the submission of a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature. The commission of seven members was appointed per Act 45 on September 25, 1992. Subsequently, Act 101, SLH 1994, increased the Commission membership from seven to nine. The two additional members were appointed on June 29, 1994.
The Commission held its first meeting on November 13, 1992. It approved its by-laws, contracted an executive director to run its day-to-day operations and initiated a program of research and study to identify the issues which needed to be addressed in its review, to include working and consulting with existing water agencies. The Commission conducted regular and executive meetings at frequent intervals until its final report was submitted, and a few times thereafter. It held its final meeting on December 13, 1995. Throughout this time, the Commission instituted a vigorous public information program, both to advise the public of its existence and its charter and to solicit public help in identifying major issues, providing perspective and commenting on the draft proposals of the Commission. The public affairs program included mailing flyers, etc., to an extensive list of individuals, corporations and interest groups; depositing reference materials in various state libraries; making presentations to professional and community groups; conducting or participating in various workshops and symposia; creating a newspaper insert; holding public informational meetings (in 1993) and public hearings (in 1994); and testifying before standing committees of the state legislature.
At the request of the legislative leadership, the Commission submitted an interim report, which identified the major issues to be addressed and provided a plan of action, to the 1994 legislature. Its final report, including a recommended revised state water code in the form of a draft bill, was submitted to the 1995 legislature.
The issues of water rights and water management was complex and sometimes contentious, as is reflected in the records of the Commission, which have been divided into two series: records of meetings and administrative records.

Reverend Richard Armstrong was born on April 13, 1805 in Turbotville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1827 and attended Princeton Seminary, graduating with a Doctor of Divinity in 1831. He was part of the Fifth Company of ABCFM missionaries to arrive in Hawaii on May 7, 1832. Reverend Armstrong was stationed in the Marquesas Islands for one year. He returned to Hawai‘i in 1834 stationed in Haiku then in 1835, Wailuku, Maui. He returned to Honolulu and became the pastor of Kawaiaha‘o Church in 1840 replacing Rev. Hiram Bingham. In 1848, he was appointed the Minister of Public Instruction, serving until the abolition of the Office in July 1855. Reverenc Armstrong died in Honolulu on September 23, 1860.

Robert Wilson Andrews was born on June 8, 1837 in Honolulu to Rev. Lorrin Andrews and Mary Wilson Andrews. He was schooled at Royal School and Punahou. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1862 from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He apprenticed for three years in Weston's machine shop, Honolulu; laterworking in New England machine shops for several years. In 1863, Andrews returned to Hawaii. From 1864-1882, he was employed as sugar mill engineer at Wailuku, Kohala, Pahala, Papaikou and Hamakuapoko.
From 1882-1889, he lived in Berkeley, California. In 1889, Andrews returned to Hawaii and became principal of Kauai Industrial School. In 1892-1893, he was employed at Ewa Plantation. In 1894, he was appointed deputy registrar of conveyances under Thomas G. Thrum. Andrews died in Honolulu on May 19, 1922.