Re-blog: Mary Kawena Pukui, 1957.

Re-blog from Nupepa-Hawaii.com — Category: Nā inoa haumāna, Student Names

Mary Wiggins attended Kawaiaha’o Seminary in the 1909-1910 school year; at that time, the Girls Department of Mid-Pacific Institute. See the entry for Mary Wiggins in the 1910 census in blog post on the 1910 census:

https://kawaiahaoseminary.wordpress.com/2022/07/14/1910-census-kawaiahaʻo-seminary-at-2445-kaʻala-street-manoa-honolulu/(opens in a new tab)

photo credit: Mary Kawena Pukui Cultural Preservation Society

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Mrs. Mary K. Pukui

‘Words Are My Business,’ Says Kamaaina Author

By JEANETTE LAM

A new and important milestone in the long and fruitful career of Mrs. Mary Kawena Pukui is the long-awaited Hawaiian-English dictionary written by her and Dr. Samuel H. Elbert, University of Hawaii linguist. The dictionary has recently been released by the University of Hawaii Press.

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