And as they say, “Now for something completely different.”

My mother attended the University of Hawaii from 1931-1935. She studied with Professor Carey D. Miller in the Home Economics program, and the two became lifelong friends. After Miller’s retirement in 1958, she continued her interest in the history of food and nutrition in Hawaii.

My mother, Helen Yonge Lind, began working at the Hawaiian Historical Society library in the late 1960s, and assisted Miller’s research by transcribing sections of journals and books in the library that dealt with food and nutrition.

In the letter below, Miller asked for help from Lela Goodell, librarian for the Hawaii Mission Children’s Society for three decades.

I’ll start posting bits and pieces lifted from my mom’s notes, which provide some fascinating glipses into 19th century life in Hawaii.

Hopefully I’ll be able to share these once or twice a week, at least until I exhaust this stash of historical materials.

Memo to Lela Goodell, Hawai… by Ian Lind