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 25 Collections and/or Records:

Canoe Shed at Wai'anapanapa Black Sand Beach, 1939-03

Item — Box 11

Identifier: 2006.6.1110

Overview

Thatched canoe shed surrounded by vegetation on the black sand beach on the Hana coastline, Maui, Hawai'i.

Dates: 1939-03

Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation Photographs

Cliffs and Coastline, 1939-03

Item — Box 11

Identifier: 2006.6.1104

Overview

Image of the ocean bay and volcanic rock with sandy shore, vegetation, and mountainous slope, possibly along the Hana coastline in Hawai'i.

Dates: 1939-03

Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation Photographs

Fence Morning Glory (Ipomoea ochracea), 1939-03

Item — Box 11

Identifier: 2006.6.1111

Overview

Close-up of a white flower with leaves and buds, possibly along Hana coastline in Hawai'i.

Dates: 1939-03

Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation Photographs

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