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Title: Belle Hawkes' biographical items.
Description: Belle Hawkes biographical data as provided by some of her loved ones. Includes: a letter written by Robert Speer addressed to Belle Hawkes' sister, Margaret; "Belle Sherwood Hawkes - Thirty-Six Years in Persia," a 1931 essay written her husband, James W. Hawkes for the Elmira College Alumnae News; an excerpt from a 1969 letter from LeRoy Bailey, the nephew of Belle, to Jane and Francis Harper. Also includes Belle Hawkes' "Circular Letter to Expected Students," for Elmira College, 1871.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author), Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947. (author), Hawkes, James W. (author), Bailey, LeRoy, 1946- (author)
Date Created: 1871, ca. 1871-1969
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955., Hawkes, James W., Harper, Jean, Harper, Francis., Cowles, A. W., Bailey, LeRoy, 1946-, Sherwood, Mary Frances., Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947., Elmira College.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 2, Folder 14; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Belle Hawkes papers, 1872-1919.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-116
Identifier (local): rg116_b2_f14
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:155909

Title: Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1887-1889.
Description: Belle Hawkes outgoing correspondence from 1887-1889. Organized chronologically.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Date Created: 1887, 1887-1889, 1887-1889
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Sidney, 1860-1901., Sherwood, Minnie., Sherwood, William., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Hamadān (Iran), Asia--Iran--Hamadān--Hamadān
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Belle Hawkes Papers.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-116
Identifier (local): rg116_b1_f4
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:155158

Title: Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1892-1895.
Description: Belle Hawkes correspondence, primarily outgoing, from 1892-1895. Organized chronologically.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Date Created: 1892, 1892-1895, 1892-1895
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Hamadān (Iran), Asia--Iran--Hamadān--Hamadān
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 5; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Belle Hawkes Papers.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-116
Identifier (local): rg116_b1_f5
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:154346

Title: Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1897-1901.
Description: Belle Hawkes correspondence, primarily outgoing, from 1897-1901. Also includes some letters written by her husband, Rev. James H. Hawkes. Organized chronologically.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author), Hawkes, James W. (author)
Date Created: 1897, 1897-1901, 1897-1901
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, James W., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Minnie., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Hamadān (Iran), Asia--Iran--Hamadān--Hamadān
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 6; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Belle Hawkes Papers.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-116
Identifier (local): rg116_b1_f6
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:157642

Title: Belle Hawkes' personal items.
Description: Loose papers removed from Belle Hawkes' diary. Includes a draft of "The Best Way of Reaching the Women" by Belle Hawkes; a 1904 letter from Ralph T. Hale of the Bobbs-Merrill Company and a related letter from G. Y. Holliday; and a letter from Clara H. Field.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author), Hale, Ralph T. (Ralph Tracy), -1880. (author), Holliday, G. Y. (author), Field, Clara. (author)
Date Created: 1883, ca. 1883-1919
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries., Bobbs-Merrill Company., Hale, Ralph T., 1880-, Holliday, G. Y., Field, Clara.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran, Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 9; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Belle Hawkes Papers.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-116
Identifier (local): rg116_b1_f9
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:157875

Title: Belle Hawkes Papers
Description: 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.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator), Hawkes, James W. (creator)
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Diaries., Hawkes, James W., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran--Diaries.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran, Asia--Iran--Hamadān--Hamadān, Iran
Physical Location: RG 116; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Belle Hawkes Papers.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-116
Identifier (local): rg116
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:rg116

Title: Alborz to Iranzamin.
Description: Essay by J. Richard Irvine, educator and missionary to Iran. Also features a letter addressed to Frederick Heuser of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Creator Name(s): Irvine, John Richard. (author), Heuser, Frederick J. (addressee)
Date Created: 1998
Name Subject(s): Irvine, John Richard., Community School (Tehran, Iran), Dabīristān-i Alburz., Iranzamin School (Tajrīsh, Iran), Irvine, Mary Ann.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Missions--Educational work--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., Iran., Iran., Asia--Iran
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: John Richard Irvine (1923-2022) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=MjU5Nw==
Identifier (local): rg360-1_jr_irvine_01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:288839

Title: Katharine Talcott Hale letter book.
Description: Collection of letters written by Presbyterian missionary Katharine Hale Cochran while serving in Iran from 1878 to 1895. These letters were edited and compiled by Cochran's sister Mary Hale, 1916. Includes biographical sketch written by Katharine Cochran's son Joseph, and letter to "my dear neices and nephers" by Mary Hale. Rebound in 1936, and photographs added to illustrate the text, 1956 and 1964.
Creator Name(s): Cochran, Katharine Talcott Hale, 1853-1895. (author), Hale, Mary T. (compiler)
Date Created: 1878, 1878-1964, 1878-1964
Name Subject(s): Cochran, Katharine Talcott Hale, 1853-1895., Cochran, Joseph Plumb, 1855-1905., Cochran, Joseph Plumb, 1892-, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran., Women missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Asia--Iran--West Azerbaijan--Orūmīyeh, Iran., Urūmīyah (Iran), Iran.
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 15-1211; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Katharine Hale Cochran papers, 1878-1964.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTAyNTQ=
Identifier (local): 15-1211
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:136918

Title: Geogtapa church, 1915-1917
Creator Name(s): Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission
Date Created: 1915, 1915-1917, 1915-1917
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Iran--20th century, Assyrians--Iran
Geographic subjects: Iran--Missions--20th century, Asia--Iran--West Azerbaijan--Geogtapa
Physical Location: RG 91, box 23, folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Secretaries' Files: Iran Mission, 1881-1968--https://history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-91
Identifier (local): RG91-23-4
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360180

Title: Iran Bethel College, 1963-1965.
Description: Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations' file for Iran Bethel College, later known as Damavand College.
Date Created: 1963, 1963-1965, 1963-1965
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., Iran Bethel College (Tehran, Iran)
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tehran., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tehran., Universities and colleges--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Iran, Tehran., Tehran (Iran), Asia--Iran--Tehrān--Tehran
Physical Location: RG 161, Box 3, Folder 34; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations Secretaries' Files: Iran Mission, 1944-1973.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-161
Identifier (local): rg161_b3_f34
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:286124

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