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Date(s)
- 1849 - 1919 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
Nine linear feet
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Mōʻīwahine Liliʻuokalani served as the eighth reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom--second of the Kalākaua line--from 1891-1893. On 17 January 1893, leaders of a coup dʻetat declared an abrogation of the Hawaiian monarchy and the creation of a provisional government for the Hawaiian Islands. A struggle over rule, legitimacy, and assets--both governmental and private—was launched that involved diplomatic and political relations in Hawaiʻi and abroad. Her Hawaiian Majesty Queen Liliʻuokalani passed on 11 November 1917 and was buried at Mauna ʻAla, the Royal Mauseleum of Hawaiʻi in Nuʻanu Valley, Oʻahu.
Repository
Archival history
A significant portion of this manuscript collection was gifted to the Public Archives of Hawaiʻi through Curtis P. Iʻaukea, private secretary and business agent to Liliʻuokalani, beginning months after her death in 1917 and continuing, in separate donations, until 1928.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Curtis P. Iʻaukea
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Scope and content
This manuscript series contains a wide range of documents covering the political, economic, and social life of Hawaiʻi's last reigning sovereign, Mōʻīwahine Liliʻuokalani from her birth till two years after her death. Also included in the collection are materials from her husband John Owed Dominis and his family.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
The series has an artificial arrangement created by the Archives after receipt of the materials.
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Conditions governing access
Collection is without access restrictions other than those of that relate to condition and handling of individual documents.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- French
- Hawaiian
- Japanese
- Russian
- Samoan
- Tahitian
Script of material
Language and script notes
Mostly in English and Hawaiian with occasional examples of other languages including French, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, Samoan, and Tahitian
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Note
Six original diaries of Mōʻīwahine Liliʻuokalani, listed below, have been withdrawn for preservation purposes, but a transcript compilation is available for reference use; M93 Box 12 folder 127.
1 January 1887 - 5 January 1888
1 January 1888 - 8 February 1888
1 January 1888 - 5 January 1889
11 January 1893 - 31 December 1893
1 January 1894 - 28 December 1894
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Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation revision deletion
July 2020
Language(s)
- English
- Hawaiian
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Archivist's note
Six original diaries of Mōʻīwahine Liliʻuokalani, listed below, have been withdrawn for preservation purposes, but a transcript compilation is available for reference use; M93 Box 12, folder 127.