James A. Wilder
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James Austin "Kimo" Wilder (born May 22, 1868) was an artist, scouting pioneer in Hawaii, a scouting commissioner, as the writer of a 1917 story that was adapted into a Conquest Pictures film, both titled Knights of the Square Table. Wilder portrayed a scoutmaster in the film. He painted a portrait of Prince Kuhio that hangs in the 'Iolani Palace's throne room[1] and painted U.S. Congressman William D. Thomas.
Wilder was active in Hawaii Scouting and travelled to the eastern United States where he developed Seascouting for older teen scouts and the Pine Tree Patrol System.[2] Seascouting was introduced in 1919.[3]
The James A. Wilder Residence built in 1907 in Honolulu is historic.[4]
Shipping magnate Samuel Gardner Wilder was his father and he had five siblings.
Wilder attended Harvard University and Harvard Law School in 1893–1896. He became an artist and founded the first Boy Scout troop in Hawaii[5] with D. Howard Hitchcock, another artist who married Wilder's cousin.[6]
Wilder wrote and played a scoutmaster in the 1917 film Knights of the Square Table.[7] The film is held by the Library of Congress.[8]
Family
Wilder married Sarah Harnden September 12, 1899 in Alameda, California and had two children. His daughter Kinaʻu Wilder (1902–1992) married Charles B. McVay III and had son Kimo Wilder McVay (1927–2001), who managed Don Ho when he popularized the song Tiny Bubbles.[9]
Bibliography
- Jack-Knife Cookery
- The Pine Tree Patrol[1]
- Knights of the Square Table
References
- ^ a b "- Chief Sea Scout James Austin Wilder". www.menofschiff.org.
- ^ "The Friend". March 23, 1919 – via Google Books.
- ^ America, Boy Scouts of (March 23, 1920). "Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America: Letter from the Chief Scout Executive Transmitting the Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America ... as Required by Federal Charter". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ^ "3935 Round Top Drive/ James A. Wilder Residence".
- ^ Winston R. Davis (2005). "James Austin Wilder". Sea Scouts · Boy Scouts of America. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
- ^ John William Siddall, ed. (1921). Men of Hawaii: being a biographical reference library, complete and authentic, of the men of note and substantial achievement in the Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. p. 425.
- ^ James A. Wilder at IMDb
- ^ "Knights of the square table, or, The grail". March 23, 1917 – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ John Berger (June 30, 2001). "Kimo McVay, Hawaii's Mr. Show Biz". Honolulu Star Bulletin. Retrieved July 21, 2010.