The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. The list below is just a sample of the many Hawaii resources available for free on the Library's Web site.
The tools at the end of the page can help teachers use these in the classroom. Teachers can find even more primary sources, along with the tools to help use them in the classroom, at www.loc.gov/teachers. They can also search the Library's American Memory or Prints and Photographs collections.

Naval dispatch from the Commander in Chief Pacific (CINCPAC) announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941
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Hawaii. Rand-McNally and Company, 1912
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Invitation., 1883, Feb. 12 |

Myona-Hawaiian waltz / Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra ; [music by] Morgan--Friedland, 1921
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Fair Hawaii. 1913 (by James Fulton Kurtz) |

Loading sugar cane / American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1902
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Hawaii by flying clipper--Pan American Airways System, c1938 |

No. 1. View of Honolulu. From the harbor, c1854 |

Beach at Waikiki, c1902 |

1996 Hawaii State Winner; PILIALOHA/Love in Abundance |

Sandwich islands
A residence in the Sandwich Islands / by C. S. Stewart., Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion, 1820-1890 |
![“Debate on annexation of Hawaii Advocates Declare the Islands a Military Necessity.” The San Francisco call (San Francisco [Calif.]): June 12, 1898, p. 3](images/hawaii.jpg)
“Debate on annexation of Hawaii Advocates Declare the Islands a Military Necessity.” The San Francisco call (San Francisco [Calif.]): June 12, 1898, p. 3 |
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