N-1218 - Alphabet. Photograph.
Title
N-1218 - Alphabet. Photograph.
Subject
Honolulu
O'ahu
Hawai'i
Language
Hawaiian
Alphabets (Writing systems)
Primers
Printing
Alphabet -- Hawaiian Language
O'ahu
Hawai'i
Language
Hawaiian
Alphabets (Writing systems)
Primers
Printing
Alphabet -- Hawaiian Language
Description
The first page of the first book printer by Elisha Loomis on the Mission press, January 1822. Note Spelling of "Owhy" corrected in handwriting.
Negative: 1977 safety negative of Hawaiian Alphabet (a) and contact print (b).
Catalog card description: "Language, Hawaiian. Alphabet, Jan. 1822. Page 1."
This negative was digitized as part of a 2009 IMLS grant. Because transfer between permanent material culture collection and library was not reflected on library catalog card, we have determined to put these into a "found in collection" category with a 0__ before the collection number to key us to the fact that these have an older number with the collection that the scope of this project does not allow us to search for at this time. The third number reflects the negative number.
The data entered here is not always representative of the negative itself. For example, if we have in hand a safety negative made in 1966 of an original photograph taken in 1926, "1926" will be entered in the date field. Similarly, many negatives are photographs of books and prints in the HMCS collection. In this case, the date of the original map, book, broadside, etc. is once again the one that is used.
Most negatives are specifically identified as safety negatives based on data from catalog cards, envelopes housing the negatives, inventories, and the film itself. However, it is assumed that all negatives are safety negatives, even when they are not specifically noted as such.
Negative: 1977 safety negative of Hawaiian Alphabet (a) and contact print (b).
Catalog card description: "Language, Hawaiian. Alphabet, Jan. 1822. Page 1."
This negative was digitized as part of a 2009 IMLS grant. Because transfer between permanent material culture collection and library was not reflected on library catalog card, we have determined to put these into a "found in collection" category with a 0__ before the collection number to key us to the fact that these have an older number with the collection that the scope of this project does not allow us to search for at this time. The third number reflects the negative number.
The data entered here is not always representative of the negative itself. For example, if we have in hand a safety negative made in 1966 of an original photograph taken in 1926, "1926" will be entered in the date field. Similarly, many negatives are photographs of books and prints in the HMCS collection. In this case, the date of the original map, book, broadside, etc. is once again the one that is used.
Most negatives are specifically identified as safety negatives based on data from catalog cards, envelopes housing the negatives, inventories, and the film itself. However, it is assumed that all negatives are safety negatives, even when they are not specifically noted as such.
Publisher
Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives
Rights
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Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Files
Citation
“N-1218 - Alphabet. Photograph.,” Hawaiian Mission Houses Digital Archive, accessed April 29, 2025, https://hmha.missionhouses.org/items/show/4394.