The 2018 AHA Annual Meeting was held Feb. 18th on Maui at the UH Maui College ʻIke Leʻa Building. Here are some pictures from the day along with information on the panels and presenters we had.
The weather got mad, but we were happy to be in the new, fancy science building at UH Maui College
Our panel sessions were terrific!
Hawaii State Archives digital guru Aleks Drozdov shares how they are implementing the OAIS model at the archives
The Digital Deal Panel
Lunch! Mahalo to Three Sisters Catering for the ʻono food!
Here’s our UH Maui host Shavon Matsuda who saved the day!
A quick visit to the college library after lunch
Malia Van-Heuklem is a valued member of AHA and gives some of the best advice!
That lunch really hit the spot! Storm tales a quick rest.
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The day before the Annual Meeting, AHA conducted a Holoholo Day where we toured Maui repositories and museums. Our first stop was the Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum, where they recently established a working archive.
Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum
Front view of museum
The HC&S Sugar company hauled its last harvest before closing the mill in 2016. The mill is located right across the street from the museum!
Meeting our hosts!
Visting the A&B archive
Visting the A&B archive
Hollu Bulland pulls photographs to show AHA
Hollu Bulland pulls photographs to show AHA
Hollu Bulland pulls photographs to show AHA
Holly Bullan shows plantation bango tags
Holly Bullan shows plantation bango tags
Holly Bullan shows plantation bango tags
Holly Bulland talks to AHA about the fairly new A&B archive
Holly Bulland shows a plantation employment card to AHA
Many maps of sugar ways, water ways, and other surveying are stored in the A&B archive
Typical plantation house door knob. This was in the home that houses the A&B archive.
The home that houses the A&B archive belonged to a manager and came with more rooms and many decorative parts like this fancy door hinge!
The home that houses the A&B archive belonged to a manager and came with more rooms and many decorative parts like this fancy lamp!
AHA visits the A&B museum.
wow! Thats a very long pipe!
Compared to the previous picture which shows the length of an irrigation pipe, these workers seem awfully small!
Providing change back in the day…
To give you an idea of how big irrigation piping could be in the sugar industry
These small jucing contraptions were used to collect samples from sugarcane to test a crop for sugar content at the mill lab
Dawn checks out a mini mock up of the factory machines
How cane is processed
Kahului… Dream City!
When “Dream City” was built, a set of restrictions were set forth.
Chickens… a part of plantation life and allowed in the Kahului housing development according to the association rules in the previous picture.
these propane cast iron stoves could come with an oven attachment
Bibles in different languages
The next stop on our Holoholo day was the Maui Historical Society Hale Hōʻikeʻike at the Bailey House
Meeting our hosts at Hale Hōʻikeʻike. Sissy Lake-Farm speaks to the group.
Docent Kimo talks to AHA about the history of the the museum, its structures, and the story of Edward Bailey.
Mr. Bailey was a talented man and jack of many trades. He loved to paint! He was also said to have been a strong advocate for Native Hawaiian rights and education.
A painting by Edward Bailey. Self taught!
AHA visits the original, single room structure built in the 1840s
A robust Kahuli shell collection is housed in the original 1840s structure of Hale Hōʻikeʻike.
A robust Kahuli shell collection is housed in the original 1840s structure of Hale Hōʻikeʻike.
These artifacts from the island of Kahoolawe made their way to Hale Hōʻikeike from original archaeological surveys done by the Navy in the 1980s
These artifacts from the island of Kahoolawe made their way to Hale Hōʻikeike from original archaeological surveys done by the Navy in the 1980s
Visiting the Hale Hōʻikeʻike archive!
Visiting the Hale Hōʻikeʻike archive!
Visiting the Hale Hōʻikeʻike archive!
Visiting the Hale Hōʻikeʻike archive!
An exquisit lauhala hat housed in the Hale Hōʻikeʻike archive
The museum recently received a donation of Kahuli shells to add to their robust collection on display in the 1840s structure. Here they are in pre-processing.
AHA got a real treat when weavers were meeting on the Hale Hōʻikeʻike premises. Here, members ask questions and talk story with the weavers.
This group of weavers often makes replicas using rattan instead of ʻieʻie or olona
Kuulei Reyes (R) snaps a picture with weaver Kumulaʻau Sing from Kamehameha Schools
Our last stop on the Holoholo Day was the Makawao History Museum
On our drive from Kahului to Makawao
The Makawao History Museum was very small, but big in heart and soul!
Makawao is known as a paniolo town and is deeply rooted in horse and cattle culture
Branding irons on loan to the museum
Volunteer Gail Ainsworth established a walking tour brochure of Makawao town in which you can visit historical buildings such as the barbers shop, fish market, and gas station. She took AHA on a tour to see these historic buildings!
Original buildings were pretty close together, and the community still functions this way.
Gail Ainsworth shows AHA historic buildings in the town
The Famous Komoda Store Bakery is still operated by family members. But, you gottah catch them on a good day when they feel like opening!!
Originally a gas station
Barbara Dunn takes a break and makes friends with Mr. Chicken.
One of the highlights of the walking tour was this kitty who let everyone pet him!
Mahalo to 
A special mahalo to Trisha Aragaki, Keau george, Brooks Hardlie, Malia Van-Heuklem, Kuulei Reyes, Jue Wang, & Brian Huffman for sharing pictures!!!
Association of Hawai'i Archivists 
It was a fun filled day and educational weekend! As a first time “neighbor island” conference attendee, this was memorable in so many ways!! I have been to Maui several times, but never visited these sites – and so thank you to AHA for allowing me to see what I might not otherwise would have the opportunity to see! Much much mahalo to all the people involved that organized such a well run event and apologies to those that were riding with me that day! 😉