Department of Accounting and General Services

August 2023 Fires Archives

The Public Archives of Hawaiʻi needs your help!

We are asking for your donations of digital photos, videos, stories and other memorabilia that document the August 2023 events and impact of the fires on our daily lives and ways that we are reaching out to our friends, neighbors and ʻohana to help them in these trying times. Photos and videos submissions should include sufficient details to help future researchers understand the context (when and where taken, what is in the photo and why is it significant). For artifact donations, please email us at [email protected].

PLEASE SHARE YOUR STORIES with us! As a Community Archives, we want to make sure that it is broad in its holdings and touches on the humanity of this crisis. Tell us how the fires have impacted your life: Who are your heroes? What are your heartaches? What are some of the ways neighbors and ʻohana reached out to make life better? Stories can be entered in the text box below or submitted as a ‘Selfie Video’. If a video, please be sure to tell us who you are and where you are from.

Submission can be made here:

August 2023 Fires Archives Submission Form

Please fill out the form to donate your photographs or videos of the events of the fires that took place in August 2023.

Name*
First Last
Email address*
Phone number we can contact you at
Submitted image(s), video(s), and/or story is about which island?*
Which island is depicted in the photograph, video, and/or written about in the submittal? Please submit photographs, videos, and/or stories of different islands separately. If they span several islands, select the main island and provide details of other islands in the description box.
If you selected Other for Island, where did the image(s), video(s), and/or story take place?*
Description or name of area in photograph(s), video(s), and/or stories*
Examples of a description or name of an area: Makiki; Waimea, Kauaʻi; Volcano National Park
Date of submitted item(s)*
YYYY slash MM slash DD

If a date is not known, enter today's date.
Tell us YOUR STORY about your experience during the August 2023 Fires
File Upload(s)
If you have files to upload with your submission, a file upload link will be provided after entry has been submitted.
Would you donate rights to these photographs to the State of Hawaii?*
- Yes
- No
By choosing Yes, you, the Donor, hereby donate and convey to the Hawai‘i State Archives as an unrestricted gift the submitted materials with this form. I hereby transfer, convey and assign to the Hawai‘i State Archives any and all literary rights and copyrights I possess to the contents of the above-named materials (including future additions I may make to them). These materials and any future additions I may make to them shall be accessible to the public from the date of this gift and the user may make single copies in lieu of note taking. The Hawai‘i State Archives may use its discretion in disposing of materials considered inappropriate for archival retention.
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NOTE: all photographs donated for consideration of inclusion into the Public Archives will be transferred to the State Archives for preservation and use by researchers for generations to come. Donation constitutes your willingness and consent for these photos to be placed into the Public Domain for unrestricted use. So please be sure to include location, date, and name of the photographer for proper credit and citation. Photos without this information will not be considered.

*All submitted content will be reviewed by a cross-disciplinary committee that will assess the content for appropriateness to theme, quality of execution, and future historical value.

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August 2023 Fires Archives

August 2023 Fires Archives Submission Form

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