ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
IN THE RESEARCH for this book, I am deeply indebted for assistance to many people. In Honolulu I enjoyed the warm and skillful support of Elizabeth Larsen and Lela Goodell of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, Ann Takemoto and Jean Sharpless of the Hawaiian Historical Society, Margaret Titcomb of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and Agnes Conrad of the Archives of Hawaii.
In Massachusetts the list includes Harriet T. Brown of the Brimfield Public Library, Urita P. Bentley of the Haverhill Public Library, the staff of the Houghton Library of Harvard University. Others were Elizabeth Daly of the Lenox Library Association; Betty Dennis, Lee Library Association; Juanita Terry, Williams College Library; Ethel M. McCormick, Great Barrington Library; Janet E. Edwards, Berkshire Athenaeum; and Hildegard E. Borden, Boston Athenaeum.
Muriel H. Fellows of Philadelphia and Dr. Gerald W. Gillette of the Presbyterian Historical Society of that city supplied much needed assistance as did Carol Parke of the library of Yale University. The Rev. John A. Culver of Chicago Theological Seminary, Charles F. Stewart, Jr., of San Francisco Theological Seminary, and Arthur M. Byers, Jr., of Princeton Theological Seminary opened cordial doors to my quest. Dorothy F. Smith, Riverside, California, Library, was very helpful.
In London I had signal help from Wallace Lord and from the staff of the main British Museum and its newspaper division. Norma E. Hart of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in Sydney, Pat Lance and Faith Fogarty also of that city provided much material. Robert E. Van Dyke of Honolulu has generously made available a number of valuable papers. J. Garner Anthony and Edward R. Bendet have advised in legal matters.
I am obligated to Hyde descendant, George Hyde Hanford of Demarest, New Jersey for advice and general assistance and for permission to quote from his grandfather's voluminous correspondence with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Above all I gratefully acknowledge the readily extended expert assistance given by Gwenfread Allen, newspaper woman and author, for the long hours of critical reading and editing on the flow and content and organization of this ms. Other persons eminent in Hawaiian history have given very welcome and careful study to this ms.: Albertine Loomis, author of To All People, and the Rev. Dr. Kenneth O. Rewick, pastor of Central Union Church.
Much is owed Luryier Diamond, Kamehameha Schools photographer for his generous and skillful assistance with the illustrations. Cecil Keesling, Kamehameha Schools printing chief, has been ever ready and obliging in pre-publication problems. Eloise Bruns of Honolulu was extraordinarily gracious and careful in typing and proofreading this ms. Carroll E. Whittemore of Wexford, Mass., has been imaginative and tireless in his general efforts on behalf of this book. I thank him.
Finally I am grateful to my wife, Ethel, for her alertness in reading and re-reading, proofreading and advising.
To all these I extend my warmest mahalo (thank you) and aloha (affection).
Harold Winfield Kent
INTRODUCTION
WHENCE CAME HYDE? This is a most usual query, but what is more usually asked is "Why a book on Hyde?" Charles McEwen Hyde was Mrs. Charles Reed Bishop's choice, after her husband, as one of the five trustees named in her will. This Hawaiian princess of beautiful character, who died in 1884, provided for an educational foundation, the B. P. Bishop Estate, to establish and operate the Kamehameha Schools of Honolulu, Hawaii.
It was my privilege to serve as president of the Princess' institution for more than 16 years following World War II. I came to recognize Hyde as the one responsible for the creation