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Repository: Center for Oral History

Center of Oral Historyʻs first person primary source accounts from eight Hawaiʻian men recruited by the United States government starting in 1935 for a unique expedition in the South Seas. These were voice recorded and transcribed in 2006, sixty years later. Presented online in the Hui Panalāʻau Searchable Database with permission from the University of Hawaiʻi Center for Oral History, and Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.
Hui Panalāʻau: Hawaiian Colonists in the Pacific, 1935-1942
Hui Panalāʻau: Hawaiian Colonists in the Pacific, 1935-1942
Oral History
Interview with Elvin K. Mattson for the Hui Panalaau Oral History Project
Interview with Elvin K. Mattson for the Hui Panalaau Oral History Project
Oral History
Interview with Emanuel Sproat for the Panalaau Oral History Project
Interview with Emanuel Sproat for the Panalaau Oral History Project
Oral History
Interview with George Kahanu and Arthur Harris for the Panalaau Oral History Project
Interview with George Kahanu and Arthur Harris for the Panalaau Oral History Project
Oral History
Interview with George Kahanu for the Panalaau Oral History Project
Interview with George Kahanu for the Panalaau Oral History Project
Oral History