Mary Tenney arrived in Hawaii as a new bride in 1843. She raised her niece, Mary, and had nine more Castle children, all born in Hawaii between 1844 and 1862. She was known as "Mother Castle".[2] She was interested in progressive education, with advice from John Dewey, a family friend.[3] "Mother Castle lived with a serenity and cheerfulness that made her home a Mecca to all visitors interested in the better side of Hawaiian life," recalled one obituary in 1907.[4]
In widowhood, she set up the Samuel N. Castle Memorial Trust, to fund educational scholarships, health programs, and building projects in Honolulu. Her gift of $10,000 started the Free Kindergarten and Children's Aid Society of the Hawaiian Islands in 1895.[5] The trust is now the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation.[6][7]
Personal life and legacyedit
Mary Tenney married her late sister Angeline's widower, Samuel Northrup Castle, in 1842.[8] She outlived three of her children: her son Albert died as a boy in 1864, and her son Charles died in 1874. Another son, Henry, died in 1895. She was widowed when Samuel died in 1894. Mary Tenney Castle died in 1907, at "Pu'uhonua", her home in the Manoa Valley, aged 87 years.[9] Some of her manuscript letters are reproduced online in the Hawaiian Mission Houses Digital Archives.[10] The Castle Foundation Papers are in the Hawaiian Mission Houses Archives.[11]
^"History of the Foundation Samuel N. & Mary Castle Foundation". fdnweb.org. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
^"Guide to the Henry Northrup Castle Papers 1863-1942". www.lib.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
Referencesedit
^Alfred L. Castle, Diplomatic Realism: William R. Castle, Jr., and American Foreign Policy, 1919-1953 (University of Hawaii Press 1998): 3-9. ISBN9780824820091
^W. D. Westervelt, "Mrs. Mary Castle" The Friend (April 1907): 7.
^Alfred L. Castle, "John Dewey and the Beginnings of Progressive Early Education in Hawai'i" Educational Perspectives 47(2015): 23-27.
^The Collected Letters of Henry Northrup Castle (Ohio University Press 2012): xii-xiii. ISBN9780821444313
^History, Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation website.
^Alfred L. Castle, A Century of Philanthropy: A History of the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation (University of Hawaii Press 2004). ISBN9780824828738
^Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, Portraits of American Protestant Missionaries to Hawaii (Hawaiian Gazette Company 1901): 58.
^M. L. D., "A Mother in Israel" Life and Light for Woman (May 1907): 194-195.
^Mary Tenney Castle Papers, 1873-1885, Hawaiian Mission Houses Digital Archives.
^Castle Foundation Papers 1898-1936, Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives.
^"What is the Mary Tenney Castle Memorial Graduate Fellowship" University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Education.
^"History" Castle Art Center, Punahou School website.
^"U. H. Honors Mary Castle" Honolulu Advertiser (May 1, 1941): 5. via Newspapers.com
^Daniel R. Huebner, Becoming Mead: The Social Process of Academic Knowledge (University of Chicago Press 2014): 63-64. ISBN9780226171401
mary, tenney, castle, october, 1819, march, 1907, known, mother, castle, american, missionary, philanthropist, hawaiian, islands, young, woman, from, 1907, publication, contents, early, life, hawaii, personal, life, legacy, family, tree, references, external, . Mary Tenney Castle October 26 1819 March 13 1907 known as Mother Castle was an American missionary and philanthropist in the Hawaiian Islands Mary Tenney CastleMary Tenney Castle as a young woman from a 1907 publication Contents 1 Early life 2 In Hawaii 3 Personal life and legacy 3 1 Family tree 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editMary Ann Tenney was born in Plainfield New York the daughter of Levi Tenney and Mary Kingsbury Tenney She attended Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts 1 In Hawaii editMary Tenney arrived in Hawaii as a new bride in 1843 She raised her niece Mary and had nine more Castle children all born in Hawaii between 1844 and 1862 She was known as Mother Castle 2 She was interested in progressive education with advice from John Dewey a family friend 3 Mother Castle lived with a serenity and cheerfulness that made her home a Mecca to all visitors interested in the better side of Hawaiian life recalled one obituary in 1907 4 In widowhood she set up the Samuel N Castle Memorial Trust to fund educational scholarships health programs and building projects in Honolulu Her gift of 10 000 started the Free Kindergarten and Children s Aid Society of the Hawaiian Islands in 1895 5 The trust is now the Samuel N and Mary Castle Foundation 6 7 Personal life and legacy editMary Tenney married her late sister Angeline s widower Samuel Northrup Castle in 1842 8 She outlived three of her children her son Albert died as a boy in 1864 and her son Charles died in 1874 Another son Henry died in 1895 She was widowed when Samuel died in 1894 Mary Tenney Castle died in 1907 at Pu uhonua her home in the Manoa Valley aged 87 years 9 Some of her manuscript letters are reproduced online in the Hawaiian Mission Houses Digital Archives 10 The Castle Foundation Papers are in the Hawaiian Mission Houses Archives 11 The Mary Tenney Castle Memorial Graduate Fellowship at the University of Hawaii at Manoa funds students interested in early childhood education 12 The Samuel and Mary Castle Art Center at Punahou School is named for the Castles 13 as is a building at the University of Hawaii 14 She was mother in law to psychologist George Herbert Mead 15 and businessman William Drake Westervelt Descendants of Mary Tenney Castle included her sons William Richards Castle a lawyer and James Bicknell Castle a businessman and grandsons Harold Kainalu Long Castle and William Richards Castle Jr Family tree edit vteCastle Hawaii family treeAngeline Lorraine Tenney 1810 1841 Samuel Northrup Castle 1808 1894 Mary Tenney 1819 1907 i Edward G Hitchcock 1837 1898 Mary Tenney Castle 1838 1926 William Richards Castle 1849 1935 James Bicknell Castle 1855 1918 William Drake Westervelt 1849 1939 Caroline Dickinson Castle 1859 1941 George Herbert Mead 1863 1931 ii Helen Kingsbury Castle 1860 1929 William Richards Castle Jr 1878 1963 Harold Kainalu Long Castle 1886 1967 Notes History of the Foundation Samuel N amp Mary Castle Foundation fdnweb org Retrieved 2020 02 05 Guide to the Henry Northrup Castle Papers 1863 1942 www lib uchicago edu Retrieved 2020 02 05 References edit Alfred L Castle Diplomatic Realism William R Castle Jr and American Foreign Policy 1919 1953 University of Hawaii Press 1998 3 9 ISBN 9780824820091 W D Westervelt Mrs Mary Castle The Friend April 1907 7 Alfred L Castle John Dewey and the Beginnings of Progressive Early Education in Hawai i Educational Perspectives 47 2015 23 27 Mother Castle The Friend April 1907 1 The Collected Letters of Henry Northrup Castle Ohio University Press 2012 xii xiii ISBN 9780821444313 History Samuel N and Mary Castle Foundation website Alfred L Castle A Century of Philanthropy A History of the Samuel N and Mary Castle Foundation University of Hawaii Press 2004 ISBN 9780824828738 Hawaiian Mission Children s Society Portraits of American Protestant Missionaries to Hawaii Hawaiian Gazette Company 1901 58 M L D A Mother in Israel Life and Light for Woman May 1907 194 195 Mary Tenney Castle Papers 1873 1885 Hawaiian Mission Houses Digital Archives Castle Foundation Papers 1898 1936 Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives What is the Mary Tenney Castle Memorial Graduate Fellowship University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education History Castle Art Center Punahou School website U H Honors Mary Castle Honolulu Advertiser May 1 1941 5 via Newspapers com nbsp Daniel R Huebner Becoming Mead The Social Process of Academic Knowledge University of Chicago Press 2014 63 64 ISBN 9780226171401External links editMary Tenney Castle at Find a Grave Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mary Tenney Castle amp oldid 1150896555, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
