Collection

Recent Music Archives acquisitions:

  • The 12,000-record collection of Harry B. Soria, Jr., DJ of Territorial Airwaves, the world’s longest-running radio show dedicated exclusively to Hawaiian music
  • The 10,000-record collection of the late Michael “Malahini” Scott, Canadian steel guitarist and leader of the Hawaiianaires
  • The 6,000 78-rpm records assembled by Malcolm Rockwell, compiler of the definitive discography Hawaiian & Hawaiian Guitar Records, 1890-1960
  • The extensive ‘ukulele and sheet music collection of Andy Andrews, co-founder of the influential Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz, the country’s largest ‘ukulele club
  • The working files of Carol Wilcox, co-author of the seminal He Mele Aloha: A Hawaiian Songbook
  • The rare Hawaiian sheet music, manuscript material and photographs in the Kealakai Center for Pacific Strings Collection, curated by Kilin Reese

For more information, contact the Hawaiian Music Archives at [email protected].