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Hawaiʻi State Archives

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Archives Announcements:

Closed in Observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. DayPosted on January 13, 2025

Aloha! The Hawai‘i State Archives will be closed this Monday, 20 January 2025 in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, 21 January 2025. Aloha! Aloha! E pani ‘ia ka Hale Waihona Palapala o ka Moku’āina ʻo Hawaiʻi ma kēia Pōʻakahi, ka 20 o Ianuali, 2025 […]

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Susan Shaner Led the Hawai‘i State Archives to Preserve and Improve Access to Hawai‘i’s HistoryPosted on December 30, 2024

Susan Shaner, who spent nearly 30 years as an archivist at the Hawai‘i State Archives, the last 12 years as the Hawai‘i State Archivist, passed away on December 8, 2024 at the age of 75. Beginning in 1978, Susan gradually developed an intimate knowledge of the Archives vast collections of 12,000 cubic feet of government […]