A woman of Portuguese and Danish ancestry remembers her parents and home in Villa Franca, a neighborhood in Hilo. She recalls daily life--chores, meals, games, church. She attended St. Joseph's School and reminisces about meeting Queen Liliuokalani there. A Normal School graduate, she describes the then-new Keaukaha School and her students. She describes the destruction of her oceanfront home in both the 1946 and 1960 tsunamis.teacher; Danish-Portuguese; femaleInterview conducted in English.State, Communit
A ninety-year-old woman recalls sailing on the Falls of Clyde; Onomea Sugar Plantation; learning and...
Raised in Oxford, Ohio, a retired teacher recalls her parents and education, recruitment to teach in...
The daughter of a Tenrikyo minister recalls her Shinmachi church and home, parents, and childhood a...
A Hilo-born woman remembers her grandparents and their Keaukaha home. Only six years old when the 19...
The oldest of four, a Hilo-born woman recalls growing up in Keaukaha, a middle- and upper-class kama...
A Puunene-born woman speaks of her family and growing up in Spanish B Camp. She describes teenage li...
The eldest daughter of florists describes her Waiehu beachfront neighborhood. She tells of her famil...
A woman recalls the lifestyles of her mother, a teacher; father, a plantation engineer; uncle, a pla...
Pahoa-born daughter of Japanese immigrants tells of growing up on the plantation, schooling, and wor...
A woman recalls her family's farming lifestyle in Kona, where crops were exchanged for staples. She ...
Paia-raised woman depicts her childhood activities in that plantation town. She also talks about her...
A woman, orphaned at an early age, remembers her parents, adoption by a Waiakea family, childhood j...
Originally from Oregon, a woman tells of her family's relocation to Hawaii and subsequent moves to H...
A woman recalls her parents and growing up in Hana, Maui. She tells of moving to Molokai and meeting...
Shinmachi-born woman recalls her parents, neighborhood, home, and family life. Recounts harrowing ta...
A ninety-year-old woman recalls sailing on the Falls of Clyde; Onomea Sugar Plantation; learning and...
Raised in Oxford, Ohio, a retired teacher recalls her parents and education, recruitment to teach in...
The daughter of a Tenrikyo minister recalls her Shinmachi church and home, parents, and childhood a...
A Hilo-born woman remembers her grandparents and their Keaukaha home. Only six years old when the 19...
The oldest of four, a Hilo-born woman recalls growing up in Keaukaha, a middle- and upper-class kama...
A Puunene-born woman speaks of her family and growing up in Spanish B Camp. She describes teenage li...
The eldest daughter of florists describes her Waiehu beachfront neighborhood. She tells of her famil...
A woman recalls the lifestyles of her mother, a teacher; father, a plantation engineer; uncle, a pla...
Pahoa-born daughter of Japanese immigrants tells of growing up on the plantation, schooling, and wor...
A woman recalls her family's farming lifestyle in Kona, where crops were exchanged for staples. She ...
Paia-raised woman depicts her childhood activities in that plantation town. She also talks about her...
A woman, orphaned at an early age, remembers her parents, adoption by a Waiakea family, childhood j...
Originally from Oregon, a woman tells of her family's relocation to Hawaii and subsequent moves to H...
A woman recalls her parents and growing up in Hana, Maui. She tells of moving to Molokai and meeting...
Shinmachi-born woman recalls her parents, neighborhood, home, and family life. Recounts harrowing ta...
A ninety-year-old woman recalls sailing on the Falls of Clyde; Onomea Sugar Plantation; learning and...
Raised in Oxford, Ohio, a retired teacher recalls her parents and education, recruitment to teach in...
The daughter of a Tenrikyo minister recalls her Shinmachi church and home, parents, and childhood a...