The Hula Preservation Society Archive - Rising to Meet the Challenge

FAIN: ZPA-283710-22

Hula Preservation Society (Kaneohe, HI 96744-3814)
Keau George (Project Director: May 2021 to April 2023)

The retention of two key archival staff who would modernize archival operations, implement a digitization plan for audiovisual materials on at-risk analog formats, and expand archival server capacity to support digital preservation for a repository focused on Native Hawaiian history and culture. 

The HPS Archive is a unique repository filled with the voices of our Native Hawaiian elders born primarily in the 1920s. The pandemic has necessitated a strengthening and updating of our core processes, digitization strategies, and preservation infrastructure. Through the three objectives of this project, HPS will modernize and streamline 10 key archival operations, digitize 175 old-format audio and video resources dating back to the time of the Hawaiian Renaissance that have long been unaddressed, and expand the capacity of both our primary archival server and its backup for long-term digital asset preservation.