The Polynesian Voyaging Society Archives
Primary Source Documents
Set 1 - 1973–1977
1973-1976 - THE EXPERIMENT AND THE FIRST THREE YEARS
- draft proposing an experiment (PDF, 17 pages)
- Petition and Charter of Incorporation
- A voyage into Hawai'i's Past by Ben Finney, Polynesian Voyaging Society News, August 1975 (1st 2 pages only)
- fundraising - Honolulu Advertiser, November 30, 1973
1974 - THE YEAR OF THE CANOE
- (?) fundraising letter
- (?) crew sponsor program letter
- educational activities
- canoe building - Sunday Star Bulletin & Advertiser
- Kamehameha Schools canoe builders
- 1974 the Griffiths proposal
1975 - YEAR OF THE MEN
- progress report and request for parts assembly San Souci Beach, Waikiki
- page 1 Polynesian Voyaging Society News, October 1975
- (?) Honolulu Star-Bulletin editorial by A.A. Smyser
- canoe launch committees - Lu'au and crew ceremony
- canoe launch oli translated by Mary Pukui
- Kamehameha Schools mea oli
- canoe launch guest list
- ticket and sample invitation letter
- canoe launch ceremony draft, March 4, 1975
1976 - YEAR OF THE VOYAGE
- PREPARATION
- Herb Kane summary of activities -Honolulu Advertiser, no date
- letter from the President, Dr. Ben F. Finney, Polynesian Voyaging Society News, February 1976
- Hokule'a crew application form
- Hokule'a crew selection criteria
- Hokule'a crew short list notice
- Hokule'a crew list
- crew - Honolulu Advertiser, February 9, 1976
- National Geographic Society, WQED instructions
- shippng articles
- sailing orders
- communications
- Meotai escort vessel
- navigation log and chart sample Tahiti to Hawai'i
- food project recipes
- coconut weaving
- THE VOYAGE TO TAHITI AND BACK
- special issue, Polynesian Voyaging Society News, April 1976
- first 24 hours - Honolulu Advertiser, May 3, 1976
- to Tahiti - Honolulu Advertiser, June 2, 1976
- from Tahiti - Honolulu Advertiser, July 12, 1976
- triumphant welcome back - Honolulu Advertiser, July 27, 1976
- What it really was like on the Hokule‘a by Mary Cooke, Honolulu Advertiser, August 13, 1976
- ki'i - Honolulu Advertiser, December 6, 1976
- THE EXPERIMENT COMPLETED. EVALUATIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING:
- the psychiatrist. the navigator, Mau Piailug.
- the Captain - Honolulu Advertiser, August 13, 1976
- Ben Finney - Honolulu Star-Bulletin, December 23, 1976
- Herb Kane - Polynesian Voyaging Society letter
1976-1979 EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
- the 1976 Children's Book Project (PDF, 6 p.)
- the Kealaikahiki experiment, April 1977 (PDF, 7pages)
- Kamehameha Schools education grant
- education committee activities 1976-77, 1978-79 (PDF, 29 pages)
- 1977-78 education committee report (PDF, 11 pages)
1977
- Congressional Record entry by U.S. Representative Cec Heftel
- Hokule‘a designer's view of voyage by Rudy Choy, Honolulu Advertiser, February 11, 1977
1977 - HOKULE'A SAILS AGAIN
- Hokule'a sails again Honolulu Advertiser, March 31, 1977
- to try the ancient route Kealaikahiki articles from the 2 newspapers, 1977
- Hilo aloha Hawaii Tribune Herald, April 25, 1977
