Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Richards, Theodore March 29, 1869 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

THEODORE RICHARDS, Christian Educator. Possessing marked ability as an 
organizer and being deeply interested in education, Theodore Richards, 
treasurer of the Hawaiian Board of Missions, has been identified with 
educational and Christian Americanization work in Hawaii since his arrival 
here in 1889.
  Mr. Richards’ first position in Hawaii was teacher of the first class to 
graduate at the Kamehameha Schools and also as an instructor of music and 
athletic coach. He became field secretary for the Hawaiian Board after serving 
as principal of the Kamehameha Schools for five years. He was field secretary 
for a year and became treasurer of the board in 1900, a position he still 
occupies.
  During the past 25 years Mr. Richards has figured prominently in the 
organization of educational centers and has been especially interested in 
boys’ work, being the founder of the Boys’ Brigade, 1902, and the boys’ 
athletic field. He has devoted much time to the promotion of Y.M.C.A. 
activities, and in 1924 organized a boys’ camp at Kaneohe.
  In 1905 Mr. Richards founded the Honolulu Bible Training School, an 
institution which had an enrollment of 350 students in 1924. He was a member 
of the first board of directors of the Honolulu Theological Seminary.
  In connection with his musical interests, Mr. Richards has compiled and 
edited a book of songs and organized competitive choruses in the churches of 
Honolulu. He is very considerably interested in music.
  Early in his career with the Hawaiian Board of Missions Mr. Richards became 
publisher and associate editor of “The Friend,” a publication dealing with 
mission work in the Pacific region, and continued as publisher from 1903 to 
1920. He was formerly the publisher of “Ka Hoaloa,” “Yau Bo” and “Ang Abyan,” 
periodicals published by the board. He was first treasurer of the Mid-Pacific 
Institute, and was secretary of the committee which planned the building of 
the distinctive Mission Memorial Hall.
  Mr. Richards is a member of the advisory board of the University of Hawaii 
Y.M.C.A. and has served as a director of the Nuuanu and Honolulu Y.M.C.A. He 
is chairman of the education committee of the Mid-Pacific Institute and 
chairman of the finance committee of the Hawaiian Board.
  Born at Montclair, N.J., March 29, 1869, Mr. Richards is the son of Joseph 
H. and Frances (Baker) Richards. He received his education at Adelphia 
Academy, Brooklyn, going later to Wesleyan University where he received an 
A.B. degree in 1888 and a master of arts degree in 1892. He attended Columbia 
Law School in 1889.
  Mr. Richards married Mary C. Atherton in Honolulu, June 29, 1892. They have 
four children, Ruth (Mrs. Frank E. Midkiff), Joseph Atherton, Herbert M. and 
Mary Theodora Richards.


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