Albert Pierce Taylor (December 18, 1872 – January 12, 1931) was an American archivist, journalist and historian of the Territory of Hawaii. He served as the Librarian of the Archives of Hawaii from 1924 until his death.
Born December 18, 1872, in St. Louis, Missouri, Taylor was the son of George A. Taylor, a Canadian from Nova Scotia, and Melissa Pierce Taylor, whose family was from Illinois and Virginia. He was educated in Leadville, Colorado and graduated in 1890–91 from St. Mark's School in Salt Lake City. He initially worked for the Union Pacific Railroad surveying the route from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. In 1896, he became as a clerk and later assistant secretary for the Silver Party Party Convention in St. Louis. He went to Washington, DC to manage with the party's headquarter and help with the 1896 presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan. Promise of a consulship by the party leaders evaporated when Bryan loss to William McKinley. Taylor decided to join the Cuban War of Independence on the side of the rebels but was arrested, imprisoned and deported to New York by the Spanish colonial authorities.[1] He returned to Washington, DC, where he worked in a patent law office. Around this period, he became acquainted with Hawaiian annexationist Lorrin A. Thurston. He worked as a secretary for Thurston while in Washington and later moved to Honolulu on August 28, 1898, shortly after the American annexation of Hawaii.[1][2]
Taylor initially worked as a secretary to Walter F. Frear, a Hawaii Supreme Court justice and member of the board of commissioners responsible for drafting the Hawaiian Organic Act. He later worked as deputy clerk to the Hawaii Supreme Court. During the Spanish–American War, he enlisted and fought in the Philippines.[1] After the war, he returned to Honolulu and joined the staff of The Pacific Commercial Advertiser working on and off from 1899 to 1907, 1908 to 1913 and from 1917 to 1924. In between these years, he worked as chief of detectives of Honolulu in 1907 and promotional official for the Territory of Hawaii. He worked as secretary of the Hawaiian Fair Commission to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition from 1913 to 1915 when he was appointed secretary of the Hawaiian Promotion Committee. On December 1, 1924, he was appointed Librarian of the Archives of Hawaii which he held until his death. He was also a member of the member of the Cook Sesquicentennial Commission from 1927 to 1931.[1][3]
Taylor wrote Fighting a Typhoon, a magazine about his service in the Philippines, and Under Hawaiian Skies, a history of Hawaii. He also contributed numerous papers and articles for the Hawaiian Historical Society and the Paradise of the Pacific magazine. In later life, he served as a Trustee of the Hawaiian Historical Society and was its Recording and Corresponding Secretary until his death.[1] Taylor died on January 12, 1931, and was buried at the Oahu Cemetery.[4][5]
Personal lifeEdit
Taylor and his first wife Ella De Mund, from Elkhart, Indiana, were married in 1896 in Baltimore. They had one daughter who married Wesley Peck and resided in California.[6] On November 5, 1902, he married his second wife Emma Ahuena Davison at her mother Mary Jane Kekulani Fayerweather Davison Montano's residence in the Mānoa Valley.[7] Descended from Hawaiian nobility and the Beckley family, both Emma and her mother were authorities on Hawaiian history, culture and language and provided important influences on Taylor's own historical work.[1][8][9] They had no children.[10]
WorksEdit
Taylor, Albert Pierce (1927). The American Navy in Hawaii. Annapolis, MD. OCLC 16339728.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Taylor, Albert Pierce; Kuykendall, Ralph S.; Howay, F. W.; Golder, Frank Alfred; Blue, George Verne; Hawaii; Captain Cook Sesquicentennial Commission (1930). The Hawaiian Islands. Early Relations with the Pacific Northwest, Judge F. W. Howay, F.R.S.C.; Russia and Russian Alaska, Dr. Frank A. Golder; French Kingdom, French Empire, French Republic, George Verne Blue. Papers Read During the Captain Cook Sesquicentennial Celebration, Honolulu, August 17, 1928. Honolulu: Captain Cook Sesquicentennial Commission. OCLC 7932293.
Taylor, Albert Pierce (September 30, 1930). "Historical Notes". Papers of the Hawaiian Historical Society. Honolulu: Printshop Company (17): 7–16. hdl:10524/961. OCLC 528867100.
Taylor, Albert Pierce (1930). History of Iolani Palace. Honolulu. OCLC 6076719.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Taylor, A. P. (January 14, 1923). "How Overthrow of Hawaiian Rule Thirty Years Ago Was Precipitated by a Pistol Shot". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu.
Taylor, Albert Pierce (1927). The Rulers of Hawaii, The Chiefs and Chiefesses, Their Palaces, Monuments, Portraits and Tombs. Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Company. OCLC 9380797.
Taylor, Albert Pierce (1929). Sesquicentennial Celebration of Captain Cook's Discovery of Hawaii (1778–1928) Held in the Hawaiian Islands, August 15 to 21, 1928. Honolulu: Captain Cook Sesquicentennial Commission and the Archives of Hawaii Commission. OCLC 2553581.
Taylor, Albert Pierce (1930). A Short History of the Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu. OCLC 16330567.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Taylor, Albert Pierce (1922). Under Hawaiian Skies: A Narrative of the Romance, Adventure and History of the Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Company, Ltd. OCLC 479709.
Taylor, Albert Pierce (1926). Under Hawaiian Skies: A Narrative of the Romance, Adventure and History of the Hawaiian Islands, a Complete Historical Account. Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Company, Ltd. OCLC 1547523.
ReferencesEdit
^ abcdefNellist, George F., ed. (1925). "Albert Pierce Taylor, Journalist and Author". The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Honolulu: Honolulu Star Bulletin.
^Grave Marker of Albert Pierce and Emma Ahuena Taylor. Honolulu, HI: Oahu Cemetery.
^Nellist, George F., ed. (1925). "Albert Pierce Taylor, Journalist and Author". The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Honolulu: Honolulu Star Bulletin.
^"Married". The Independent. Honolulu. November 6, 1902. p. 3.
Bouslog, Charles; Greig, Thelma (1994). Mānoa: the Story of a Valley. Honolulu: Mutual Publishing. ISBN978-1-56647-067-4. OCLC 32599587.
Kuykendall, Ralph Simpson (1931). "Albert Pierce Taylor". Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of the Hawaiian Historical Society for the Year 1930. Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society: 14. hdl:10524/89.
Lam, Margaret M. (1932). Six Generations of Race Mixture in Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii, Sociology MA Thesis. OCLC 16325277.
Peterson, Barbara Bennett (1984). Notable Women of Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN978-0-8248-0820-4. OCLC 11030010.
Siddall, John William (1917). Men of Hawaii. OCLC 16326675. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Siddall, John William (1921). Men of Hawaii. OCLC 16326675. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
October 17, 2023
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Albert Pierce Taylor December 18 1872 January 12 1931 was an American archivist journalist and historian of the Territory of Hawaii He served as the Librarian of the Archives of Hawaii from 1924 until his death Albert Pierce TaylorLibrarian of the Archives of HawaiiIn office December 1 1924 January 12 1931Personal detailsBorn 1872 12 18 December 18 1872St Louis MissouriDiedJanuary 12 1931 1931 01 12 aged 58 Honolulu Territory of HawaiiResting placeOahu CemeteryNationalityAmericanSpouse s Ella De MundEmma Ahuena TaylorChildren1OccupationJournalist writer archivists historian Contents 1 Life and career 2 Personal life 3 Works 4 References 5 BibliographyLife and career EditBorn December 18 1872 in St Louis Missouri Taylor was the son of George A Taylor a Canadian from Nova Scotia and Melissa Pierce Taylor whose family was from Illinois and Virginia He was educated in Leadville Colorado and graduated in 1890 91 from St Mark s School in Salt Lake City He initially worked for the Union Pacific Railroad surveying the route from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles In 1896 he became as a clerk and later assistant secretary for the Silver Party Party Convention in St Louis He went to Washington DC to manage with the party s headquarter and help with the 1896 presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan Promise of a consulship by the party leaders evaporated when Bryan loss to William McKinley Taylor decided to join the Cuban War of Independence on the side of the rebels but was arrested imprisoned and deported to New York by the Spanish colonial authorities 1 He returned to Washington DC where he worked in a patent law office Around this period he became acquainted with Hawaiian annexationist Lorrin A Thurston He worked as a secretary for Thurston while in Washington and later moved to Honolulu on August 28 1898 shortly after the American annexation of Hawaii 1 2 Taylor initially worked as a secretary to Walter F Frear a Hawaii Supreme Court justice and member of the board of commissioners responsible for drafting the Hawaiian Organic Act He later worked as deputy clerk to the Hawaii Supreme Court During the Spanish American War he enlisted and fought in the Philippines 1 After the war he returned to Honolulu and joined the staff of The Pacific Commercial Advertiser working on and off from 1899 to 1907 1908 to 1913 and from 1917 to 1924 In between these years he worked as chief of detectives of Honolulu in 1907 and promotional official for the Territory of Hawaii He worked as secretary of the Hawaiian Fair Commission to the Panama Pacific International Exposition from 1913 to 1915 when he was appointed secretary of the Hawaiian Promotion Committee On December 1 1924 he was appointed Librarian of the Archives of Hawaii which he held until his death He was also a member of the member of the Cook Sesquicentennial Commission from 1927 to 1931 1 3 Taylor wrote Fighting a Typhoon a magazine about his service in the Philippines and Under Hawaiian Skies a history of Hawaii He also contributed numerous papers and articles for the Hawaiian Historical Society and the Paradise of the Pacific magazine In later life he served as a Trustee of the Hawaiian Historical Society and was its Recording and Corresponding Secretary until his death 1 Taylor died on January 12 1931 and was buried at the Oahu Cemetery 4 5 Personal life EditTaylor and his first wife Ella De Mund from Elkhart Indiana were married in 1896 in Baltimore They had one daughter who married Wesley Peck and resided in California 6 On November 5 1902 he married his second wife Emma Ahuena Davison at her mother Mary Jane Kekulani Fayerweather Davison Montano s residence in the Manoa Valley 7 Descended from Hawaiian nobility and the Beckley family both Emma and her mother were authorities on Hawaiian history culture and language and provided important influences on Taylor s own historical work 1 8 9 They had no children 10 Works EditTaylor Albert Pierce 1927 The American Navy in Hawaii Annapolis MD OCLC 16339728 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Taylor Albert Pierce Kuykendall Ralph S Howay F W Golder Frank Alfred Blue George Verne Hawaii Captain Cook Sesquicentennial Commission 1930 The Hawaiian Islands Early Relations with the Pacific Northwest Judge F W Howay F R S C Russia and Russian Alaska Dr Frank A Golder French Kingdom French Empire French Republic George Verne Blue Papers Read During the Captain Cook Sesquicentennial Celebration Honolulu August 17 1928 Honolulu Captain Cook Sesquicentennial Commission OCLC 7932293 Taylor Albert Pierce September 30 1930 Historical Notes Papers of the Hawaiian Historical Society Honolulu Printshop Company 17 7 16 hdl 10524 961 OCLC 528867100 Taylor Albert Pierce 1930 History of Iolani Palace Honolulu OCLC 6076719 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Taylor A P January 14 1923 How Overthrow of Hawaiian Rule Thirty Years Ago Was Precipitated by a Pistol Shot The Honolulu Advertiser Honolulu Taylor Albert Pierce 1927 The Rulers of Hawaii The Chiefs and Chiefesses Their Palaces Monuments Portraits and Tombs Honolulu Advertiser Publishing Company OCLC 9380797 Taylor Albert Pierce 1929 Sesquicentennial Celebration of Captain Cook s Discovery of Hawaii 1778 1928 Held in the Hawaiian Islands August 15 to 21 1928 Honolulu Captain Cook Sesquicentennial Commission and the Archives of Hawaii Commission OCLC 2553581 Taylor Albert Pierce 1930 A Short History of the Hawaiian Islands Honolulu OCLC 16330567 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Taylor Albert Pierce 1922 Under Hawaiian Skies A Narrative of the Romance Adventure and History of the Hawaiian Islands Honolulu Advertiser Publishing Company Ltd OCLC 479709 Taylor Albert Pierce 1926 Under Hawaiian Skies A Narrative of the Romance Adventure and History of the Hawaiian Islands a Complete Historical Account Honolulu Advertiser Publishing Company Ltd OCLC 1547523 References Edit a b c d e f Nellist George F ed 1925 Albert Pierce Taylor Journalist and Author The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders Honolulu Honolulu Star Bulletin Siddall 1917 p 255 257 Siddall 1921 pp 379 Taylor Albert Pierce office record PDF state archives digital collections state of Hawaii retrieved February 3 2017 Kuykendall 1931 p 14 Grave Marker of Albert Pierce and Emma Ahuena Taylor Honolulu HI Oahu Cemetery Nellist George F ed 1925 Albert Pierce Taylor Journalist and Author The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders Honolulu Honolulu Star Bulletin Married The Independent Honolulu November 6 1902 p 3 Bouslog amp Greig 1994 p 78 Peterson 1984 pp 269 271 369 373 Lam 1932 p 7 Bibliography EditBouslog Charles Greig Thelma 1994 Manoa the Story of a Valley Honolulu Mutual Publishing ISBN 978 1 56647 067 4 OCLC 32599587 Kuykendall Ralph Simpson 1931 Albert Pierce Taylor Thirty Ninth Annual Report of the Hawaiian Historical Society for the Year 1930 Honolulu Hawaiian Historical Society 14 hdl 10524 89 Lam Margaret M 1932 Six Generations of Race Mixture in Hawaii Honolulu University of Hawaii Sociology MA Thesis OCLC 16325277 Peterson Barbara Bennett 1984 Notable Women of Hawaii Honolulu University of Hawaii Press ISBN 978 0 8248 0820 4 OCLC 11030010 Siddall John William 1917 Men of Hawaii OCLC 16326675 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help CS1 maint location missing publisher link Siddall John William 1921 Men of Hawaii OCLC 16326675 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help CS1 maint location missing publisher link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Albert Pierce Taylor amp oldid 1133751537, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
