Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1849 - 1919 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
6.5 linear feet
Context area
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 M93 sub-series was gifted to the Public Archives through Col. Curtis P. Iaukea, private secretary and business agent to Liliʻuokalani, beginning month sprior to her death in 1917 and continuing in separate donations, until 1928. Iaukea also served as a trustee of the Liliʻuokalani Trust.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This M93 sub-series contains a wide range of documents including a group of correspondence, with an earlier artificial arrangement by the Archives, that is assigned numbers 1-589. In addition to this set are calling cards, invitations, visitor books, scrapbooks, and an early draft manuscript of "Hawaiiʻs Story by Hawaiiaʻs Queen" with the draft title "Variegated Leaves." The sub-series makes up the core body of the M93 series and offers materials documenting the life of Hawaiʻi's eighth ruling monarch and first ruling Queen, Her Majesty Queen Liliʻuokalani.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
This series has an artificial numerical arrangement created by the Archives after receipt of the materials.
Conditions of access and use area
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
- Spanish
- Tahitian
Script of material
Language and script notes
Mostly in English and Hawaiian