Belle Hawkes Papers

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Born as Sarah Belknap Sherwood, Belle Hawkes was appointed to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission in 1883. In 1884, she married the Reverend James W. Hawkes, also of the East Persia Mission. Stationed in Hamadān for 36 years, she ministered to the needs of Armenian, Jewish, and Muslim women and children. Her home became a center of missionary service and hospitality to the flow of travelers between Tehran and Baghdad. She died in service in 1919. The collection consists primarily of Belle Hawkes' outgoing correspondence addressed to her family during her years in Hamadān, and her diaries. It also contains photographs of the East Persia missionaries, including Belle herself. View the collection guide to learn more. Featured image: Belle Hawkes on her pet horse.

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Title:
Mary Frances Sherwood.
Description:
Mary Frances Sherwood, mother of Sarah Belknap ("Belle"), Mary Jane, Abigail Adele, Sidney, William Beattis, and Margaret Pollock.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances--Portraits.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159914
Title:
Belle Sherwood Hawkes.
Description:
Portrait of Belle Hawkes.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Portraits.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran.--Portraits.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159913
Title:
Belle Hawkes memorial chapel in Hamadān, Iran.
Description:
Memorial chapel in memory of Belle Sherwood Hawkes, Hamadan, Persia.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Death and burial.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Chapels--Iran--Hamadān.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159909
Title:
Belle Hawkes.
Description:
Photograph of Belle Hawkes.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Portraits.
Topics:
Missionaries--Iran--Portraits., Women missionaries--Iran--Portraits.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159908
Title:
Belle Hawkes.
Description:
Belle Sherwood (=Sarah Belknap) afterward Mrs. Hawkes about 1881 or 2.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Portraits.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran--Portraits., Missionaries--Iran--Portraits.
Geographic subjects:
Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159907
Title:
Forest.
Description:
Photograph of a forest.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159906
Title:
Belle Hawkes.
Description:
Photograph of Belle Hawkes outside.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159905
Title:
James W. and Belle Hawkes.
Description:
BS Hawkes. JW Hawkes. 18 Abbott St. Wellesley, Mass.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919., Hawkes, James W.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Wellesley (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159904
Title:
Hawkes residence in Hamadān, Iran.
Description:
Belle Sherwood Hawkes, James W. Hawkes at their home, Hamadan, Persia.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919., Hawkes, James W.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159903
Title:
Belles Hawkes' sitting room.
Description:
Photograph of Belle Hawkes' sitting room.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Homes and haunts.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159902
Title:
Belle Sherwood Hawkes.
Description:
Portrait of Belle Hawkes.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator), Wooley, Jesse Sumner, 1867-1943. (photographer)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Portraits.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran--Portraits.
Geographic subjects:
Ballston (N.Y. : Town)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159901
Title:
James W. Hawkes.
Description:
James Hawkes and servant, Hamadan, Persia. 1892.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, James W.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159898
Title:
Missionaries in Hamadān, Iran, 1899.
Description:
The Hamadan Group - April 1889. Belle Sherwood Hawkes sitting on floor at right. James W. Hawkes front above.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919., Hawkes, James W.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159897
Title:
Belle Hawkes memorial chapel in Hamadān, Iran.
Description:
Inside view looking toward the east windows.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Death and burial.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Chapels--Iran--Hamadān.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159896
Title:
Belle Hawkes.
Description:
Photograph of Belle Hawkes.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159894
Title:
Belle Hawkes' grave in Hamadān, Iran.
Description:
Grave of Belle Sherwood Hawkes, Hamadan, Persia.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Death and burial.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Burial--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159891
Title:
Belle Sherwood Hawkes.
Description:
Portrait of Belle Hawkes.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator), Wooley, Jesse Sumner, 1867-1943. (photographer)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Portraits.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran--Portraits., Missionaries--Iran--Portraits.
Geographic subjects:
Ballston (N.Y. : Town)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159889
Title:
James W. and Belle Hawkes.
Description:
BS Hawkes. JW Hawkes. 1910 Ogunquit, Maine.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919., Hawkes, James W.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Ogunquit (Me.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159888
Title:
Belle Hawkes.
Description:
Hamadan.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159887
Title:
Belle Hawkes memorial chapel in Hamadān, Iran.
Description:
North side of chapel.
Creator:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Subject names:
Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Death and burial.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Iran., Chapels--Iran--Hamadān.
Geographic subjects:
Hamadān (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:159886

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