''Thrum's Hawaiian Annual'' (fully ''Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide''; alternatively ''All About Hawaii'') is a statistical compendium of
Hawaiiana
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ranging from
Hawaiian mythology to
Hawaiian language
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to sites of interest in
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
. Originally compiled by
antiquarian
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bookman Thomas George Thrum, it was first published in 1875 as ''The Hawaiian Annual and Almanac''.
Starting in 1940, the ''Thrum's Hawaiian Almanac and Annual'' was published by
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd.
In 1898, ''Illustrated Handbook of the Hawaiian Islands'' called ''Thrum's Annual'' "a valuable statistical work".
Collections
In 1908 the
Hamilton Library acquired the Thrum Hawaiiana collection.
Notable people
*
Bessie Wheeler, artist
References
Further reading
* Thomas G. Thrum, ''More Hawaiian Folk Tales'', Chicago, 1923
* Thomas G. Thrum, Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends, International Law & Taxation Publishers, 2001
* Thomas G. Thrum, More Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends and Traditions, International Law & Taxation Publishers, 2001
External links
Thrum's Hawaiian Annualat
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Thrum's Online Library Guideat
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Hawaiiana
Travel guide books
Publishing companies of the United States
Books about Hawaii
Publishing companies established in 1875
1875 establishments in Hawaii
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