Department of Accounting and General Services

Indexes and catalogs for certain records, the library, photograph, maps and artifact collections are available in the Archives reference room.

Hawai‘i State Archives Indexes to Marriages (1826-1929), Divorces (1848-1929), Naturalization (1844 to 1894), Denization (1846-1898), Passports (1845-1874), Probates (1848 to 1915) and Wills (1852-1915) have been digitized and are now available online through Alu Like’s  Ulukau website.

Archives collections (maps, library, some photographs) and summary of finding aids are cataloged online.  To see the online catalog, click on “Library and Map Catalog” link on our home page under Research Our Records..

Some of the Hawai‘i State Archives finding aids may be downloaded in its entirety in PDF form.  Adobe Reader is required for viewing finding aids.  Download Adobe Reader
Below is a list of finding aids available for download.

Photograph Collections
Photograph Collection Finding Aid
Aerial Photograph Collection Finding Aid

Government Collections

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Index

A

• Accounting and General Services
• Commission on Aging
• Board of Commissioners of Agriculture & Forestry, 1903-1959
• Agriculture, 1960-1980
• Attorney General

B

• Banana Claims Commission
• Commission on Boundaries
• Budget and Finance
• Finance
• Business, Economic Development and Tourism

C

• Government Cemeteries, 1893-1967
• Census Collection, 1840-1896
• Charter Revision Commission of the City and County of Honolulu, 1937-1939
• Office of Children and Youth, 1939-1996
• Chinese Bureau, 1842-1902
• Citizens Guard, 1893-1902
• Office of Civilian Defense, 1940-1945
• Collector General of Customs
• Compilation Commission, Revised Laws of Hawaii 1955
• Cook Sesquicentennial Commission, 1927-1931
• Commerce and Consumer Affairs
• Constitutional Convention, 1864
• Constitutional Convention, 1894
• *The 1894 Constitutional Convention records has been digitized and can be found here: https://ags.hawaii.gov/archives/online-exhibitions/1894-constitutional-convention/
• Constitutional Convention, 1950
• Constitutional Convention, 1968
• Constitutional Convention, 1978

E

• Education

F

• Farm Loan Board
• Fence Commission
• Fire Claims Commission
• Fleet Entertainment Commission
• Foreign Office & Executive, 1790-1849
• Foreign Office & Executive, 1850-1900
• Foreign Office & Executive, Records of the Chamberlain

G

• Genealogy of Hawaii Chiefs, Board of
• Governor’s Ad Hoc Commission on Operations, Revenues, and Expenditures (CORE)
• Governor’s Advisory Commission on Crime
• Governor’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization
• Governor’s Advisory Committee on Motor Vehicle Regulation and Taxation
• Governor’s Advisory Committee on Taxation
• Governor’s Advisory Committee on the Tourist Industry
• Governor’s Agriculture Coordinator’s Office
• Governor’s Conference on the Year 2000
• Governor’s Coordinating Committee for the 1985 Japanese 100th Anniversary Celebration
• Governor’s Emergency Food Committee
• Governor Sanford Ballard Dole, 1900-1903
• Governor George Robert Carter, 1903-1907
• Governor Walter Francis Frear, 1907-1913
• Governor Lucius Eugene Pinkham, 1913-1918
• Governor Charles James McCarthy, 1918-1921
• Governor Wallace Rider Farrington, 1921-1929
• Governor Lawrence MCCully Judd, 1929-1934
• Governor Joseph Boyd Poindexter, 1934-1942
• Governor Ingram Macklin Stainback, 1942-1951
• Governor Oren Ethelbert Long, 1951-1953
• Governor Samuel Wilder King, 1953-1957
• Governor William Francis Quinn, 1957-1962
• Governor John Anthony Burns, 1962-1974
• Governor George Ryoichi Ariyoshi, [1963-] 1974-1986
• Governor John David Waihee III, 1986-1994
• Grants Survey Notes, 1846-1983, 1988

H

• Harbor Commissioners, 1911-1949
• Hawaii County Investigation Commission, 1905-1914
• Hawaii Bicentennial Commission, 1970-1979
• Hawaii Emergency Labor Commission, 1921-1923
• Hawaii Equal Rights Commission, 1935-1947
• Hawaii Legislative Commission, 1932-1933
• Hawaii Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, 1934-1936
• Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, 1971-1990
• Hawaii Statehood Commission, 1947-1959
• Hawaii Statehood Celebration Commission, 1959-1960
• Hawaiian Home Lands, 1921-1997
• Hawaiian Post Office, 1850-1905
• Hawaiian Royal Orders, 1865-1893
• Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council, 1993-1996
• Health
• Historical Commission, 1921-1932
• Commission on Historical Sites, 1924-1960
• Honolulu Charter Commission, 1956-1958
• Honolulu Park Commission, 1896-1913
• Honolulu Water Commission, 1915-1917
• Honolulu Water Works, 1861-1905
• Hospital Service Study Commission, 1945-1947
• Department of Human Services, 1946-1980

I

• Board of Industrial Schools, 1916-1939
• Insanity Commission Proceedings, 1909-1910; 1917-1939
• Department of Institutions, 1939-1958
• Department of Interior, 1845-1900
• Island Governors, 1838-1897

J

• Judiciary, 1839-1970

L

• Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, 1915-1983
• Department of Land and Natural Resources, 1846-1997
• Land Applications, 1876-1886, 1938-1960
• Land Study Bureau, 1957-1973
• Legislative Reapportionment Commission [1973]
• Legislative Reference Bureau, 1982-1996
• Legislature
• Commission on Legislative Salary, 1971-1978
• Lieutenant Governor, 1840-1998

M

• Military and Navy Department, 1844-1893

N

• National Guard of Hawaii, 1893-1900
• National Guard, 1900-1914; 1918
• New York World’s Fair Committee, 1961-1966

O

• Commission on Organization of Government, 1975-1977
• Okinawan 80th Anniversary Celebration Commission, 1979-1982

P

• Pacific War Memorial Commission, 1949-1981
• Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1911-1915
• Police Records, 1844-1918
• Population and the Hawaiian Future, 1970-1983
• Board of Prison Inspectors, 1891-1905; Prison Inspectors, First Judicial Circuit, 1905-1906, 1927-1931
• Private Ways and Water Rights, 1856-1887
• Public Accountancy, 1924-1929
• Board of Commissioners of Public Archives, 1905-1959
• Department of Public Safety, 1851-1941
• Public Works Records, 1845-1900

Q

• Quasi-Judicial Executive Actions Records, 1856-1986

S

• Salary Standardization Board, 1951-1953
• School Fund Commission, 1909-1910
• State Plan Policy Council, 1975-1991
• Statuary Hall Commission, 1966-1970
• Survey, Hawaiian Government, 1870-1915

T

• Department of Taxation, 1847-1990
• Tax Commission, 1907-1908
• Territorial Food Commission, 1917-1918
• Territorial Nutrition Committee, 1938-1948
• Territorial Planning Board, 1938-1955

U

• Unemployment Relief Records, 1931-1941
• U.S. Department of Interior, Hawaiian Homes Commission Representative, 1936-1939

V

• Vital Statistics Collection, 1826-1929

W

• Waiakea Homestead Commission, 1925-1929
• Water Commission of the Territory of Hawaii, 1915-1917

Y

• Commission of the Year 2000, 1970-1981

Index

• Index of Government Record Groups

Manuscript Collections

• Alphabetical List
• Numerical List
• Congressional Collections
• Manuscript Collections A
• Manuscript Collections B
• John A. Burns Papers
• Manuscript Collections C
• Manuscript Collections D
• Sanford Ballard Dole Papers
• Manuscript Collections E
• Queen Emma Collection
• Manuscript Collections F
• Manuscript Collections G
• Chant and Genealogy Book
• Manuscript Collections H
• Hawaiian Chants and Mele Manuscript Collection
• Victor S. K. Houston Collection
• Manuscript Collections I
• Manuscript Collections J
• Manuscript Collections K
• Theodore Kelsey Collection
• Samuel Wilder King Collection
• Manuscript Collections L
• Oren Ethelbert Long Papers
• Manuscript Collections M
• Manuscript Collections N
• Manuscript Collections O
• Manuscript Collections P
• Manuscript Collections R
• Manuscript Collections S
• Manuscript Collections T
• Manuscript Collections U
• Manuscript Collections V
• Manuscript Collections W
• Manuscript Collections Y
• Manuscript Collections Z

Administrative Rules governing the use of Public Archives describes current rules and procedures that must be followed when visiting Hawai‘i State Archives.

• For filming at the State Archives, as per our administrative rule section 3-20-5(d), “Due to limitations in space, not more than one user of video recording or photocopying equipment may be permitted at a time. Previous arrangement should be made.” In addition to contacting the State Archives to set an appointment, any filming for the purpose of film, television and/or commercial use will need to secure a Film Permit from the Hawaii Film Office. Permits must be submitted five working days prior to date of filming. See https://filmoffice.hawaii.gov/news/film-permit-application/ for more information.