Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 5, 1 May 2010 — Historical Society to pres ent Paʻa Moʻolelo Award [ARTICLE]

Historical Society to pres ent Paʻa Moʻolelo Award

The Hawaiian Historical Society will present the Pa'a Mo'olelo Distinguished Historian award to three recipients at its annual membership

meeting May 6 at the Art Auditorium at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. The public is invited to the 7 p.m. meeting, whieh will honor Helen G. Chapin, vice president emerita of Hawai'i Paeihe University and past president of the Hawaiian Historical Society and former editor of Tlie Hawaiian Journal of History\ Agnes C. Conrad, also a past president and former editor for the society served as Hawai'i Territorial Archivist and as Hawai'i State Archivist from 1959 until retiring in 1982; and author and historian David W. Forbes, a curator of exhibits relating to Hawai'i history whose publication Hawaiian Naiional Bibiiography has become an indispensable reference work on Hawaiian history. Since its 2005 inception, the Pa'a Mo'olelo award, whieh recognizes individual's lifetime contributions to Hawai'i's history, has been given to Esther T. "Kiki" Mookini, Dr. Richard Kekuni Blaisdell and Dr. Benjamin B.C. Young. The annual meeting will be followed by a presentation by Dr. M. Puakea Nogelmeier titled Hi 'iaka: A Legacy ofLiteracy.