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Hawaii

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Coordinates: Lat: 20 00 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 20.0000 decimal degrees Long: 157 50 00 W degrees minutes Long: -157.8333 decimal degrees

Note: One of two non-contiguous states; comprises most of the Hawaiian Islands; probably first inhabited by Polynesians who immigrated from Marquesas Islands ca. CE 400; immigrants from Tahiti arrived in 9th century; Europeans and Americans arrived in the 18th century.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Georgia O'Keeffe: 21 New Paintings (Hawaii), An American Place, 1940

 File — Box 20: Series 2, Folder: 15
Identifier: 2.1.1
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: After Georgia O'Keeffe's death, The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation (GOKF) was established in 1989 to protect and preserve the legacy of Georgia O'Keeffe. One of its core functions was to distribute O'Keeffe's assets, including her Abiquiu home and studio, and the contents therein. Upon the dissolution of GOKF in 2006, GOKF donated remaining assets to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Among those assets were materials of an archival nature still contained in the Abiquiu home and studio. Those...
Dates: 1940