Lanai Archives
One of the important programs of the Lanai Culture & Heritage Center is the collection of historical records of Lanai — describing the land, resources, people and history of the island. A part of this work includes the digitization of records which would otherwise be unavailable to most people. We are now in the process of scanning documents covering, Hawaiian land history, Lanai newspapers and newsletters, plantation and family records, and many other resource materials which will help families connect with their heritage, the land and history of Lanai. Records from the Lanai Culture & Heritage Center archives will be made available in PDF form, identified by title, series and page number.
The links below feature our first digitized records. Among these are selections from:
“The Lanaian” A paper published on Lanai commemorates the 1978-1979 Lanai High & Elementary School year. An index created by students during the summer of 2008, also accompanies this publication.
"Pine Parade" A monthly publication by employees of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company, which documents life and plantation work on Lanai and at other HAPCo sites. Selections from the archive now available on-line (in chronological order, most recent issue to earliest issue) include the January, 1952 issue is from the collection of Alfonsa Lopez, and 1948 issues from the collection of Natsuko Minami. If you have copies of the Pine Parade publications, please consider donating them to the Lanai Culture & Heritage Center. Please note some of the pages are damaged and not shown in their entirety.
**"Lanai Times" One of the important records of Lanai's history is the "Lanai Times," which was first published in December, 1989, in a period when the "familiar" Lanai was being transitioned to a new path. The pages of the first issue reminds us of our past and what thoughts at the time were, for the future of Lanai. It seems there are lessons to learn from our history.
**April 26, 2010. "Lanai Times" It is with regret that the links to early editions of the Lanai Times—documenting the transitional history of Lanai from a plantation community to the David Murdock era—cannot be made available for online viewing. At the request of the present owner of the paper, the digitized issues have been removed from the online archive. For those interested in researching the papers, hardcopies are available in the Lanai Culture & Heritage Center archives. Mahalo.
Please note that due to the size of the scans (made to create fairly good quality prints) files are quite large. Opening the individual file links may take a few moments.