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Underwritten by U.S. Bureau of Ameri- Hawai'i. B. San Francisco, Sept. 1, 1918. can Ethnology, it provided first "defini- Educ. Stanford University (1940). Visited tive" examination of the ritual and types Hawai'i 1932 with parents, impressed by of dances performed in ancient Hawai'i. Bray troupe, revisited 1937, enrolled 'Hawaii, Some of his translations and point of summer classes University of view eventually were challenged, but 1938. Studied hula under Marguerite there is no other work that offers so much Duane, San Francisco, 1940s, dancing as or is so highly respected by modern kumu amateur in South Seas Club. Moved to bula.Firstpublished, 1909 in limited edi- Hawai'i 1947, continuing study with Bill tion, became rare and generally unavaila- Lincoln studio (several teachers), Alice ble, until 1955 when reprinted in inex- Keawekane, Koochie Kuhns (dancing in pensive paperback, Charles E. Tuttle her group a short while). Worked Rec- Co-pa.ry. Last great work, Pele and ords of Hawaii (\flaikrki record shop), Hf iaka : A Mytb from Hawai'1, published teaching first classes in the store to 1915, Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., told school-aged girls; also Betty Lei Hula Hawai'i's most popular, and best, legend, Studio. Opened own Hula Nani Studio, offering Hawaiian texts and translations 1949, same year took group into NATHANIEL B. EMERSON of more than 300 songs, chants, prayers, Kapi'olani Park hula festival, then into Unfortunatel5 this too entered the Niumalu Hotel. Known for discipline 6c Historian, writer, translator, greatest etc. rare book category, until 1978 when it perfection of "Hawaiian" image-long collector of hula legend and chants.
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