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Nathaniel Bright Emerson Papers
Emerson's Research Material
Mele
O mai ka hiapo nona ia inoa

Manuscripts

O mai ka hiapo nona ia inoa

Description: With notes regarding the mele and incomplete English translation.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1898, Mar. 3).
Call number: EMR 260.
Creator: Emerson, Nathaniel Bright (1839-1915)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Robert Van Dyke, December 1984.
Associated people: Alexander, W. D. (1833-1913.); Bishop, Sereno Edwards, (1827-1909.); Castle, William R. (1878-1963.); Coan, T. M. (1836-1921.)

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Cooke, Charles Montague, (1849-1909.)

Dutton, Joseph, (1843-1931.)

Emerson, Arthur Webster. (1800-1867.)

Emerson, J. S. (1845-)

Emerson, John Smith, (1855-1938.)

Emerson, Oliver Pomeroy, (1806-1888.)

Emerson, Sarah Eliza Pierce, (1871-1933.)

Emerson, Ursula Sophia Newell, (1812-1887.)

Farrington, Wallace R. (1864-1956.)

Fornander, Abraham, (1846-1933.)

Hodge, Frederick Webb, (1874-1939.)

Holmes, William Henry, (1824-1904.)

Judd, A. F. (1795-1853.)

Kekela, James Hunnewell, (1850-1922.)

Lane, Lot. (1793-1847.)

Malo, Davida, (1831-1902.)

Pinkham, L. E. (1840-1922.)

Richards, William, (1848-1929.)

Rood, Ogden N. (1858-1931.)

Rowell, William E. (1855-1903.)

Smith, S. Percy

Smith, William O.

Soper, John H.

Stevens, John L.

Thurston, Lorrin A.

Wilcox, George Norton.

Wilcox, R. W.

Wilder, Samuel Gardner.

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