{"id":159400,"date":"2022-05-18T13:20:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T23:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=159400"},"modified":"2025-06-23T10:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:28:11","slug":"350k-to-digitize-hawaii-history-uluulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/350k-to-digitize-hawaii-history-uluulu\/","title":{"rendered":"$350K to digitize decades of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s history at \u02bbUlu\u02bbulu"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Screengrab from the documentary “Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority” from the Making Waves Films Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Editor’s note<\/strong>: The federal government withdrew grant funding for this project in 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n

The National Endowment for the Humanities<\/a> (NEH<\/abbr>) awarded a $350,000 grant to ʻUluʻulu:<\/span> The Henry Kuʻualoha<\/span> Moving Image Archive of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>–West Oʻahu<\/span> in support of its project titled, “20th Century Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>: Moving Images from Territory to Statehood.” The project will preserve and make accessible the stories of the Nisei and Hawaiian struggles and achievements through the digitization of audiovisual recordings of oral histories, documentaries, festivals, conferences and live performances.<\/p>\n

In April, NEH<\/abbr> announced $33.17 million in grants<\/a> for 245 humanities projects across the country. These grant awards include support for historic collections, exhibitions and documentaries, humanities infrastructure, scholarly research and curriculum projects.<\/p>\n

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“I am so honored that the NEH<\/abbr> recognizes the historical significance of ʻUluʻulu:<\/span>\u2019s moving image collections,” said project director and ʻUluʻulu:<\/span> head archivist Janel Quirante<\/strong>. “Their support will make it possible for us to digitize and describe hundreds of hours of footage which hasn\u2019t been viewed in decades.”<\/p>\n

ʻUluʻulu:<\/span>\u2019s “20th Century Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>: Moving Images from Territory to Statehood” is a three-year project set to begin in September 2022, and involves the digitization of 890 audiovisual assets spanning eight collections that document Hawaiian history and culture from the 1920s to 2000s.<\/p>\n

“I\u2018m looking forward to sharing this newly digitized footage with our students and researchers, as well as with the filmmakers who recorded the original reels, and with the family members of the people whose images, voices and stories are captured on these videotapes and films,” Quirante said.<\/p>\n

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Videotapes of recordings of 442nd Infantry veterans from the 442nd Legacy Center Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The materials to be digitized come from collections such as Juniroa Productions, 442nd Legacy Center, Katsugo Miho, Samuel P. King, Making Waves Films, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> People\u2019s Fund and Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Council for the Humanities.<\/p>\n

The nominated collections for digitization align with NEH<\/abbr>\u2019s A More Perfect Union initiative<\/a>, in highlighting the stories of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s citizens who witnessed and participated in the road to statehood and the consequences of admission into the union.<\/p>\n

“NEH<\/abbr> is proud to support these exemplary education, media, preservation, research, and infrastructure projects,” NEH<\/abbr> Chair Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo) said in a statement. “These 245 projects will expand the horizons of our knowledge of culture and history, lift up humanities organizations working to preserve and tell the stories of local and global communities, and bring high-quality public programs and educational resources directly to the American public.”<\/p>\n

Read more in Ka Puna O Kaloʻi<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.
\n—By Zenaida Serrano Arvman<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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