Katherine M. Yates

Katherine M. Yates
Katherine M. Yates, from a 1919 passport application
Born
Katherine Merritte Snyder

November 12, 1865
Drumbo, Ontario, Canada
DiedOctober 25, 1951 (age 85)
Laguna Beach, California, U.S.
Other namesE. E. Steven, Katherine P. Mayhew
OccupationWriter

Katherine Merritte Snyder Yates (November 12, 1865 – October 25, 1951) was a Canadian-American writer, mainly of children's books. She lived in Honolulu from 1910 to 1942.

Biography

Yates was born in Drumbo, Ontario, the daughter of Peter M. Snyder and Julia P. Turner Snyder.[1][2] Katherine Snyder married American writer Ralph T. Yates in 1889.[1] They divorced in 1910, and she lived in Honolulu from 1910 to 1942,[3] and wrote about travel in Hawaii for National Geographic and Sunset Magazine.[4][5] She died in 1951, at the age of 85, in Laguna Beach, California.[6]

Publications

Yates wrote allegorical stories explaining Christian Science principles to young readers,[7] though Yates also emphasized these stories "are not written primarily for children in years; but are for the little girl or boy within, who never has grown up, and never will grow up."[8] Mary Baker Eddy recommended Yates's book On the Way There to her readers in 1904.[9] She was a member of the National League of American Pen Women and the Authors League of America.[1]

Books

Short stories and essays

  • "Sweet Pea Blossoms" (1902)[29]
  • "Sallie's Red Cheek" (1902)[30]
  • "What About the Water?" and "Old Waikiki" (1913)[31]
  • "The Lily-Bud Clubs' Glorious Fourth" (1915)[32]
  • "In Aloha Land: Intimate Notes on Hawaii" (1916, as Katherine P. Mayhew)[5]
  • "From Cell to Sunlight" (1921)[33]
  • "Under the Hau Tree" (1925, Weird Tales, reprinted in 1965 in Magazine of Horror)[34][35]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis. 1923. p. 3408.
  2. ^ Leonard, John W. (1914). Woman's Who's who of America. American Commonwealth Company. p. 910.
  3. ^ "Mrs. Kathrine M. Yates, the Writer, to Return to Mainland". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1915-12-11. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Motor Trips Through Hawaii Nei to be Told in Geographic Magazine". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1917-04-26. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b Mayhew, Katherine P. (August 1916). "In Aloha Land: Intimate Notes on Hawaii". Sunset Magazine. 37 (2): 17–20, 69 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ "Katherine Yates Dies in California". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1951-11-14. p. 11. Retrieved 2025-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Stiles, Anne (2020-12-17). Children's Literature and the Rise of ‘Mind Cure': Positive Thinking and Pseudo-Science at the Fin de Siècle. Cambridge University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-108-90683-8.
  8. ^ "Foreword" of On the Hill-top (1919)
  9. ^ a b Eddy, Mary B. G. "A Little Gem" Christian Sentinel 6(52)(August 27, 1904): 828.
  10. ^ Yates, Katherine M. (Katherine Merritte) (1903). What the pine tree heard. The Library of Congress. [Chicago] K.M. Yates & co.
  11. ^ Yates, Katherine M. (Katherine Merritte) (1904). On the way there : a wonder tale for boys and girls both little and "grown tall,". Boston Public Library. Chicago : K. M. Yates & company.
  12. ^ Yates, Katherine Merritte (1904). The grey story book. University of California Libraries. Chicago : K.M. Yates & co.
  13. ^ Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Books, dramatic compositions, maps and charts. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1906. p. 588.
  14. ^ Yates, Katherine M. (Katherine Merritte) (1906). Through the woods; a little tale in which there is more than meets the eye. The Library of Congress. Chicago, K. M. Yates & company.
  15. ^ "Book Reviews and Notes" The Open Court 23(5)(May 1909): 319-320.
  16. ^ Yates, Katherine M. (Katherine Merritte) (2006-05-17). By the Roadside – via Project Gutenberg.
  17. ^ "The Arts Library Book Reviews" The School Arts Book 9(4)(December 1909): 421.
  18. ^ "New Books in Season" The World's Chronicle (December 129, 1908): 506.
  19. ^ Yates, Katherine M. "Diary of One Month in Honolulu". Wikisource, the free online library. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
  20. ^ Yates, Katherine M. (Katherine Merritte) (1912). Along the trail;. Harvard University. Boston, Davis & Bond.
  21. ^ Yates, Katherine Merritte (1912). "Chet". University of California Libraries. Chicago : A.C. McClurg.
  22. ^ Katherine Merritte Yates, Tomoyé Press (1914). A Tale from the Rainbow Land. New York Public Library. Paul Elder and Company.
  23. ^ "New Book by Katherine M. Yates". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1914-12-02. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ Yates, Katherine M. (Katherine Merritte) (1916). Up the sunbeams. The Library of Congress. Boston, Davis & Bond.
  25. ^ Library of Congress Copyright Office (1919). Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Books. Part 1. Group 1. Library of Congress. p. 612.
  26. ^ Yates, Katherine Merritte (1922). In the valley. University of California Libraries. Boston : Harmony Shop.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  27. ^ Steven, E. E. (1929). Kat and Copy-cat. Patten Company, Limited.
  28. ^ The English Catalogue of Books Published from January, 1835, to January, 1863: Comprising the Contents of the "London" and the "British" Catalogues, and the Principal Works Published in the United States of America and Continental Europe. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston. 1864. p. 419.
  29. ^ Yates, Katherine M. "Sweet Pea Blossoms" The Presbyterian Banner (July 24, 1902): 18.
  30. ^ Yates, Katherine M. "Sallie's Red Cheek" Pearson's Magazine 14(81)(September 1902): 955-962.
  31. ^ Yates, Katherine M. (February 1913). "What About the Water? and Old Waikiki". The Friend: 32 (Old Waikiki), 41 (What About the Water?).
  32. ^ Yates, Katherine M. "The Lily-Bud Clubs' Glorious Fourth" The Herald and Presbyter (June 30, 1915): 18.
  33. ^ Yates, Katherine M. (1921). "From Cell to Sunlight". The Least of These; Twentieth Yearbook of the Central Howard Association, Chicago: 25–27.
  34. ^ Yates, Katherine M. (November 1925). "Under the Hau Tree". Weird Tales. 6 (5): 637–642 – via Internet Archive.
  35. ^ Yates, Katherine M. "Under the Hau Tree" Magazine of Horror #11 2(5)(November 1965): 53-61; via Internet Archive.
  • Terence E. Hanley, "Katherine Yates (1865-1951), Tellers of Weird Tales (December 17, 2013); a blog post about Yates, with links and images.
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