Oral History Finding Aid: Marjorie Sumner

dc.contributor.author Hula Preservation Society
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-31T21:13:25Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-31T21:13:25Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10524/65811
dc.subject Hula
dc.title Oral History Finding Aid: Marjorie Sumner
dcterms.abstract Auntie Marge was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaiʻi and was fortunate to call the renowed composer and kumu hula, Helen Desha Beamer, her teacher. She was a teenager in the 1940s and part of a small group of girls who would head to Halehuki after school for hula. Halehuki was the beautiful home of “Auntie Helen” on the banks of the Wailuku River in Hilo. In our talk-story sessions in Hilo, Volcano, and Keaukaha, Auntie Marge exuded aloha for her beloved kumu. She and her schoolmates were among the last to formally study with Auntie Helen before she passed in 1952. Auntie Marge represented a glimpse into old-town Hilo and Hawaiʻi Island lifestyles and families in the 1930s and 40s.
dcterms.dateCopyrighted 2021
dcterms.description Oral history finding aid of interviews with Marjorie Kaahuopea Murray Sumner who was born in Honolulu, Kona, Oʻahu in 1930. Interview footage and transcripts are available in the Hula Preservation Society library. For questions regarding materials referenced herein, and/or Access & Use of content, please contact them.
dcterms.extent 5 pages
dcterms.format Finding aid
dcterms.language eng
dcterms.publisher Hula Preservation Society
dcterms.rights In Copyright
dcterms.rightsHolder Hula Preservation Society
dcterms.type Text
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