Stuart Ching first began curation of museum and archives collections during his eleven years as an archivist at Bishop Museum. He went on to become curator at Mission Houses Museum and, later, at ʻIolani Palace. Since 2010, he has been Sacred Hearts archivist and a member of the exhibit planning team for the Damien and Marianne of Molokaʻi Education Center. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Hawaiʻi Archivists, Hawaiʻi Museums Association, and Hawaiian Historical Society. In 2020, he was awarded the Companionate of Merit by the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem.

After working 28 years for the federal government, Maria Borges embarked on a second 32-year career as executive secretary for The Friends of ʻIolani Palace. Her organizational skills proved invaluable in arranging, maintaining, and accessing the institution’s records; monitoring grant report deadlines; and the scheduling of meetings and public events. She enjoys working in the archives because it keeps her mind alert and her body active in her retirement. Maria is an ardent gardener and attends mass at Mystical Rose Oratory.

Ruth Horie retired as a catalog librarian from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She holds a B.A. in Hawaiian Studies, a M.L.S. in Library Studies, and a M.A. in Linguistics. Her educational background, Hawaiian language skills, and work experience qualify her to take on the task of cataloging the Hawaiian language materials of the provincial archives. Ruth is a former president of the Hawaiʻi Library Association, and has professional memberships in Online Audiovisual Catalogers and Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums. She received the Hawaiʻi Library Association Notable Member Award in 2010.

At the time of her retirement from Bishop Museum, Betty Lou Kam was director and collection manager for cultural collections. Previous positions she held at the museum include chair of Bishop Museum Archives and vice president of cultural resources. In addition to volunteering her time in the provincial archives, Betty works part-time at Saint Anthony of Padua Elementary School in Kailua. Her community involvement includes being a board member of the Hakipu‘u Learning Center. She is an active parishioner at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Waikāne, O‘ahu.

Father Edward Popish, SS.CC., received his B.A. from University of Colorado; M.A. from American Graduate School of International Management; and M.Div from Franciscan School of Theology. He was professed with the SS.CC. Congregation in 1985, and was ordained a priest in 1990. Father Ed has utilized his proficiency in French, Italian, and Spanish to transcribe and translate numerous archival manuscripts written in those languages. He is no stranger to archives having served as archivist for the Sacred Hearts General Archives in Rome. Currently, he is SS.CC. U.S.A. Director of Development and Formation Director.