AHA members who attended the 2005 Annual
Meeting on the island of Lāna‘i had a busy, exciting weekend and were
treated to several special events.
On Saturday, 19 February, after an ono lunch
at Pele’s Other Garden, we were welcomed to the Lāna‘i Public Library by
Peggy Fink, who graciously allowed us the use of the library for presentations
by Robin Kaye and Duane Black.
Robin discussed his book, Lāna‘i Folks, and his discovery
and love of the island and its people.
Robin donated his original photographs to the library. Duane discussed his adventures on
Lāna‘i, traveling about with Kenneth Emory, et al. Several of us took advantage of the
fact that Duane’s book, Lāna‘i, was available for sale at the Hotel
Lāna‘i, our home for the weekend.
Dinner that evening was held at Henry Clay’s in the Hotel Lāna‘i
with wine generously hosted by Larry Gates of Metal Edge and his wife
Susan. After dinner, Kanani Reppun
and Judy Kearney shared a sampling of Lāna‘i related holdings in their
respective repositories, HMCS Library and the Archives of the Bishop Museum.
Our holoholo around the island began in
earnest on Sunday morning with Robin as several early risers drove/walked to
see the sun come up over Maui from Mahana. The group visited several historic sites through the rest of
the morning and afternoon. Helen
Wong Smith, Judy Kearney, Linda Hee and Jim Cartwright talked about “Caring for
Family Treasures” at Hale Kupuna with several Lāna‘i residents in
attendance. Larry Gates of Metal
Edge generously donated the supplies that were later given to Nani Watanabe of
the Lāna‘i Cultural Center.
Dr. James (Jim) Mohr discussed his latest publication, Plague
and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown,
which was researched in many of our local repositories. The annual business meeting of the
organization proceeded in a most relaxed atmosphere over dessert. The group returned to Pele’s Other Garden for a wonderful dinner (thanks
to Mark & Barbara for staying open for us).
President Jim Cartwright reviewed the
organization’s activities over the past year and thanked the outgoing
Board. Helen Wong Smith gave the
Treasurer’s Report. The Secretary’s
Report was not available.
Jim Cartwright was elected President for
another one-year term and Kanani Reppun was elected
Vice-president/President-elect under the amended bylaws.
Barbara Dunn and Laura Gerwitz are our new
board members and Leilani Pyle was elected to a second 2-year term. Board members continuing to serve in
2005 are: Helen Wong Smith, and Ellen Chapman.
The membership approved the proposed
amendments to the bylaws. Please
refer to the last edition of the newsletter or check the AHA website for
details.
On 21 February (Monday morning), our last stop before returning to
Honolulu was the Lāna‘i
Cultural Center, hosted by Nani Watanabe.
Nani informed us of her efforts to document the history of Lāna‘i
with artifacts, photographs and other material. Several members offered their assistance and Nani responded
by offering to put up any volunteers!
Photos by Andrew Wertheimer and Robin Kaye
from AHA’s Lāna‘i adventures can be seen at http://www2.hawaii.edu/~wertheim/AHA.html.
Our Holiday social in December was well
attended and we enjoyed the sumptuous buffet at Hale Koa thanks to Linda Soma
and Francine Kaiona. Mahalo
nō to our generous members and donors for the door prizes, including:
Henry Bennet for the Kamehameha Schools publication, Kamehameha and His
Warrior and poster; Barbara Dunn of the Hawaiian Historical Society for the
donation of the HHS calendar, index and journal issue for 2004; Janet Zisk from
Kamehameha Schools for bookmarks.
Association of Hawaii Archivists, along with
Mission Houses Museum and Hawaiian Historical Society, hosted a lecture by Gary
Fitzpatrick on a digitization project for maps on Tuesday, 1 March. Gary, recently retired from the Library
of Congress, Geography and Map Division, would like to see a collaborative
effort across the state to digitize map collections. Several people in attendance were obviously interested in
this type of project and had many questions for Gary. He will be returning in May to teach Cartographic Resources
for Information Professionals for the first Summer Session of the Library and
Information Science Program at UH.
The session is scheduled for May 23 - June 9.
Additionally, Andrew Wertheimer will teach Introduction
to Archives Management in the last
summer session (July 25 - August 12) at LIS. The complete calendar for Summer Sessions is available at http://www.hawaii.edu/slis/courses/summer2005.html.
The 19th annual Western Archives
Institute will be held at the University of California, Davis in Davis,
California, in July 10-July 22, 2005. The two-week program provides
integrated instruction in basic archival practices to individuals with a
variety of goals, including those whose jobs require a fundamental
understanding of archival skills, but have little or no previous archives
education; those who have expanding responsibility for archival materials;
those who are practicing archivists but have not received formal instruction,
and those who demonstrate a commitment to an archival career.
The principal faculty member will be David
B. Gracy II, the Governor Bill Daniel Professor in Archival Enterprise, School
of Information, the University of Texas at Austin and a Fellow of the Society
of American Archivists. He teaches the practice and history of archival
enterprise, including a seminar on detection of forged historical documents,
and has taught and lectured at San Jose State University, the University of
Arizona, and universities in six foreign countries. After establishing
the Southern Labor Archives at Georgia State University, he served as Texas State
Archivist. In addition to serving as President of the Society of American
Archivists, the Academy of Certified Archivists, the Society of Georgia
Archivists, and the Austin Chapter of the Association of Records Managers and
Administrators, Gracy wrote the first SAA manual on arrangement and
description.
The program will feature site visits to
historical records repositories and a diverse curriculum including history and
development of the profession, theory and terminology, records management,
appraisal, arrangement, description, acquisition, archives and the law,
photographs, preservation administration, reference and access, outreach
programs, and managing archival programs and institutions.
Tuition for the program is $650 and includes
a selection of archival publications. Housing and meal plans are available at
additional cost. Admission is by application only and enrollment is limited.
The application deadline for the 19th Western Archives Institute is March
15, 2005. For additional information
and an application form, contact:
Administrator, Western
Archives Institute
1020 O Street
Sacramento, CA
95814
T: 916/653-7715
FAX: 916/653-7134
E-mail:
ArchivesWeb@ss.ca.gov
The application package is available in
January 2005 on the California State Archives’ website at <http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/level3_wai.html>
and is available on the Society of California
Archivists’ website at <http://www.calarchivists.org/wai.html>.
Scheduled for the month of June are two
workshops of interest to archivists that will be conducted by Sherelyn Ogden
and sponsored by Outreach College and UH Museum Studies Program. Ms. Ogden is a preservation consultant
and conservator currently head of conservation at the Minnesota Historical
Society and previously, director of book conservation at the Northeast Document
Conservation Center.
A more complete description of these
workshops is available at http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/summer/Programs/HL1-ARTS.asp.
DUES are due! It’s
that time again. If you did not
pay your dues for 2005 at the Annual Meeting, you may send a check payable to
Association of Hawaii Archivists, P.O. Box 1751, Honolulu, HI 96806.