Eighty-one years ago this week, Hawaiʻi was under martial law. Military officials had unprecedented power, and some individuals from Hawaiʻi's Japanese community were arrested and held like criminals. In our ongoing project with the University of Hawaiʻi’s Center for Oral History, we hear from two community members who joined their family members in incarceration centers on the mainland.
Eighty-one years ago, the Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II. Locally, the changes brought by the coming war were immediately felt. As part of an ongoing project with the UH Mānoa Center for Oral History, we are bringing you the voices of those who experienced that day in Honolulu.
Oregon, Washington partner on tool to access, share cultural heritage digital archives
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) The Oregon Heritage Commission, State Library of Oregon and Washington State Library have partnered to launch Northwest Digital Heritage, an online platform for Oregon- and Washington-based libraries, museums and cultural heritage organizations to digitize and make accessible cultural heritage materials.
Northwest Digital Heritage also operates as a service hub of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), which helps bring these unique and local Northwest collections to a wider audience. This gives local galleries, libraries, museums, research institutions, historical societies, and others in both states the opportunity to upload their digitized collections onto DPLA’s extensive library of online archives.