Manuscripts

Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani letters to William Lee

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Description: The letters authored by Queen Liliuokalani were written to her husband's cousin William Lee, of Lee and Shephard Publishers, while she was visiting Washington D.C. These letters deal chiefly with her book Hawaii's story by Hawaii's Queen. Liliuokalani asks Lee questions about copyright and strategies for selling the book. She also writes that she is going to sign three copies and send them to Queen Victoria, President William McKinley and Grover Cleveland; one letter mentions Gerrit P. Judd and Richard Armstrong
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: [1897]-1898.
Call number: mssHM 59567-59570
Creator: Liliuokalani (1838-1917)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance

MacFarlane, G. W. 2 letters (1899) to Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917

Manuscripts

The collection consists of 177 letters, two manuscripts, 1 piece of ephemera and 17 newspaper clippings. The majority of the collection is correspondence written to Joseph Oliver Carter (there are only two letters written by him, one of which is to Queen Liliuokalani). Notable participants include: Joseph K. Aea, attorney for the Queen; Calvert T. Bird, attorney for the James Campbell estate; Charles Reed Bishop; J. A. Cummins, Hawaiian royalty and businessman; attorney Clarence Woods DeKnight; journalist Julian Hawthorne; Hawaiian diplomat and politician Curtis Pi'ehu 'Iaukea; Prince David Kawananakoa; William Kinney, Hawaiian businessman; G. W. MacFarlane, attorney for the Queen; reporter Julius A. Palmer; Abigail Campbell Parker, widow of James Campbell and mother of Princess Abigail Kawananakoa; Senator Richard F. Pettigrew; Hawaiian Chief Justice Alexander George Morison Robertson; Hawaiian politician Robert W. Shingle; Hawaiian minister David Willis Keliiokamoku White; Albert Shelby Willis, United States Congressman and Minister to Hawaii; and Charles Burnett Wilson, Marshall of Kingdom of Hawaii and Royal Guard.

HM 76603-76604

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Fried-Griselda, A. 1 letter (1904, Sep. 4) to Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917

Manuscripts

HM 76565

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Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934. 1 letter (1901, July 3) to Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917

Manuscripts

HM 76567

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Carter, Joseph Oliver, 1835-1909. 1 letter (1906, Aug. 31) to Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917

Manuscripts

HM 76559

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De Knight, Clarence Woods, 1867-1936. 1 letter (1905, June 26) to Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917

Manuscripts

HM 76561

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Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii and Kaiulani, Princess of Hawaii, ca. 1900

Visual Materials

This collection contains approximately 10,000 photographs, negatives and ephemera created or compiled by Grace Nicholson (1877-1948), a collector and dealer of Native American and Asian arts and crafts in Pasadena, California. The bulk of the collection dates from 1903 to the 1920s and includes photograph albums and individual photographs with views of Native Americans of the Northwest Coast, California, and the Southwest of North America; pictures documenting Nicholson's basket collecting trips primarily between 1902 and 1912; images of Nicholson's stores and residences in Pasadena, including the building of the "Grace Nicholson Treasure House of Oriental Art" in the mid-1920s; and personal photographs of Nicholson, her family, friends, and associates. Nicholson's personal snapshots and photograph albums provide a valuable resource for studying Native American communities, particularly in Northern California, in the early 20th century. Many of the photographs depict daily life and include images of homes, community events, dances and rituals, families and children, and portraits. Most of these photographs were taken by Grace Nicholson or her assistant, Mr. Carroll S. Hartman, and are often accompanied by Nicholson's handwritten identifications.

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Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani letters to William Lee

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MacFarlane, G. W. 2 letters (1899) to Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917

Fried-Griselda, A. 1 letter (1904, Sep. 4) to Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917

Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934. 1 letter (1901, July 3) to Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917

Carter, Joseph Oliver, 1835-1909. 1 letter (1906, Aug. 31) to Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917

De Knight, Clarence Woods, 1867-1936. 1 letter (1905, June 26) to Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917

Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii and Kaiulani, Princess of Hawaii, ca. 1900