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Title: Ida May Pope Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1891-1932
Collection Number: mssHM 46989-47019, HM 47840
Creator:
Pope, Ida May.
Extent: 55 items; 1 box.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical
Gardens.Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection consists chiefly of correspondence between Ida May Pope (1862-1914),
her sister Anne, and fellow Hawaiians, missionaries and teachers.
Subjects included in this collection chiefly consist of education and teachers in Hawaii (and Kosrae), and Hawaiian history
and social customs.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Ida May Pope Papers., The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Gift of Mrs. Herbert D. Ivey, August 31, 1979, and April 6, 1981 (HM 47840).
Ida May Pope was born in Crestline, Ohio, July 30, 1862. She was the third child
among seven. In 1890 she obtained a "temporary" teaching assignment at Kawaiaha'o
Seminary for girls and she sailed for Hawaii. Pope stayed in Hawaii, and in 1894 she
became the first principal of Kamehameha Girls' School in Honolulu. Her sisters Anne
and Katherine followed her to Hawaii and also became teachers. Pope never married
and died July 14, 1914, in Chicago.
The collection consists of correspondence between Ida May Pope, her sister Anne, and
fellow Hawaiians, missionaries and teachers. Some of the letters are written from
the island Kosrae (Kusaie), Micronesia. Many of the letters include newspaper
clippings or notes including obituaries for Ida May Pope. There are also two
receipts. There is also an article about Anne Pope (after her death in 1932). Also
included is a copy of Ida May Pope's Last Will & Testament. Subjects included in
this collection include: education and teachers in Hawaii (and Kosrae); Hawaiian
history and social customs; King David Kalakaua; Kamehameha Girls' School; Queen
Liliuokalani; and the leper colony on Molokai.
Arranged chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Kalakaua, David, King
of Hawaii, 1836-1891.
Liliuokalani, Queen of
Hawaii, 1838-1917.
Pope, Ida
May.
Kamehameha
Schools.
Education -- Hawaii.
Single women -- Hawaii.
Teachers -- Hawaii.
Women -- Hawaii --
Correspondence.
Women -- Hawaii -- Diaries.
Hawaii -- History --
1850-1950 -- Sources.
Hawaii -- History --
1893-1900 -- Sources.
Hawaii -- History -- To
1893 -- Sources.
Hawaii -- Social life
and customs -- 19th century.
Kosrae
(Micronesia)
Molokai (Hawaii)
Clippings (information artifacts) --
20th century.
Diaries -- 20th century.
Letters (correspondence) -- Hawaii --
19th century.
Letters (correspondence) -- Hawaii --
20th century.
Wills -- Hawaii -- 20th century.
Hoppin, Jessie R.
Pope, Anne.
American Board Commisioners for
Foreign Missions.
Woman's Board of Missions.
Hawaiian Trust Company, Ltd.
Kalakaua, David, King of Hawaii, 1836-1891
- Subject in Ida May Pope letter (1891, Feb. 2) to Lois Pope Prosser et al. HM 47012.
Kamehameha Schools
- Subject in Anne Pope letter (1898, May 19) to ----- Cross. HM 47840.
- Subject in Woman’s Board of Missions receipt (1908, Dec. 23). HM 47018.
- Subject in Jessie R. Hoppin letter (1908, Dec. 31) to Ida May Pope. HM 47000.
- Subject in Anne Pope article “To the students at Kamehameha Girls’ School:” clipping ([1914], July 17). HM 47006.
- Subject in Frances A. Lemmon letter (1914, July 18) to Lois Pope Prosser (clippings with letter). HM 47003.
Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917
- Subject in Ida May Pope letter (1891, Feb. 2) to Lois Pope Prosser et al. HM 47012.
Molokai (Hawaii)
- Subject in Ida May Pope letter (1891, May 3) to Lois Pope Prosser. HM 47008.