Join the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives
tomorrow, May 30, at 5:30 pm to celebrate the launching of "Engraved at
Lahainaluna"!
Lahainaluna Seminary (now Lahainaluna High School) was
founded on September 5th 1831 by the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign
Missions “to instruct young men of piety and promising talents”.
In December, 1833, a printing press was delivered to
Lahainaluna from Honolulu. It was housed in a temporary office building and in
January, 1834, the first book printed off the press was Worcester's Scripture
Geography.
Besides the publication of newspapers, pamphlets and books,
another important facet of activity off the press was engraving.
A checklist made in 1927 records thirty-three maps and
fifty-seven sketches of houses and landscapes, only one of which is of a
non-Hawaiian subject.
That brings us to a newly printed book "Engraved at
Lahainaluna," offered through the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site
and Archives.
It’s here and being processed for sales - if you like things
of Hawai‘i, this is something you will want to add to your collection.
Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives invites
the public to celebrate the launching of Engraved at Lahainaluna, on Wednesday,
May 30, at 5:30 p.m. at Hawaiian Mission Houses.
For more information on the book launch, or to purchase
Engraved at Lahainaluna, please call 447-3923 or visit www.missionhouses.org.
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