Punahou School Archives

Starting as a loose collection of gifts, records and valuable materials handed down between administrations and librarians for decades, the Archives began to formalize in the 1950s. It comprises school publications, photographic and multimedia images, artifacts, institutional records and manuscript collections which explain the historical events, growth and development of Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawai'i.

World War II at Punahou

It was at 1:10 a.m. on December 8, 1941 that Punahou's war-time fate was decided. Trucks of the Corps of Engineers rolled up to the main gate and Mr. Berger, guard in the vicinity, was informed that the Engineers were taking over the school equipment. Unlike other schools in Hawai‘i,...

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