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Title: Abeih Station correspondence, 1844.
Description: Correspondence from the Abeih (Hasbaya) Station in Lebanon.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission. (creator)
Date Created: 1844
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Bustānī, Buṭrus ibn Būlus, 1818 or 1819-1882 or 1883., Thomson, William M. (William McClure), 1806-1894.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Lebanon--Missions--Ḥaṣbayyā.
Geographic subjects: Lebanon, Ḥaṣbayyā., Ḥaṣbayyā (Lebanon), Asia--Lebanon, Lebanon, 19th century.
Physical Location: RG 115, Box 1, Folder 2; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission Records, 1808-1967.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-115
Identifier (local): rg115_b1_f2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:164976

Title: Abeih Station reports and correspondence, 1844.
Description: Reports and correspondence from the Abeih (Hasbaya) Station in Lebanon. Chiefly relates to the dispossession of Protestants at Hasbaya.
Creator Name(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission. (creator)
Date Created: 1844
Name Subject(s): United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Syria Mission., Bustānī, Buṭrus ibn Būlus, 1818 or 1819-1882 or 1883., Thomson, William M. (William McClure), 1806-1894.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon--Ḥaṣbayyā.
Geographic subjects: Lebanon, Ḥaṣbayyā., Ḥaṣbayyā (Lebanon), Asia--Lebanon, Lebanon, 19th century.
Physical Location: RG 115, Box 1, Folder 4; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission Records, 1808-1967.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-115
Identifier (local): rg115_b1_f4
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:165440

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: Belle Hawkes condolence letters, 1919-1920.
Description: Condolence letters addressed to Margaret Sherwood, Belle's younger sister, after Belle's death in December 1919. Written by various people in Belle Hawkes' life, including fellow missionaries in Iran.
Creator Name(s): Findley, Mary G. (author), Speer, Emma Bailey, 1872-1961. (author), Holmes, Mary W. (author), Pray, Margaret. (author), Farrington, Agnes E. (author), Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (creator)
Date Created: 1919, 1919-1920, 1919-1920
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Death and burial., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Condolence notes.
Geographic subjects: Iran.
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 7; 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_f7
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:156451

Title: Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1872-1879.
Description: Belle Hawkes correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, from 1872-1879. Organized chronologically. Predates her mission work in Iran.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Date Created: 1872, 1872-1879, 1872-1879
Name Subject(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919--Archives., Sherwood, Mary Frances., Sherwood, Sidney, 1860-1901., Sherwood, Minnie., Sherwood, Williiam., Sherwood, Margaret Pollock, 1864-1955.
Topical Subject(s): Women missionaries--Iran., Missionaries--Iran.
Geographic subjects: Iran., Iran., North and Central America--United States--New York
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 2; 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_f2
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:154485

Title: Belle Hawkes correspondence, 1880-1885.
Description: Belle Hawkes correspondence, primarily outgoing, from 1880-1885. Organized chronologically, with earlier material predating her mission work in Iran.
Creator Name(s): Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919. (author)
Date Created: 1880, 1880-1885, 1880-1885
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., North and Central America--United States--New York
Physical Location: RG 116, Box 1, Folder 3; 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_f3
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:156957

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' 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' 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: Letter from Howard Baskerville to Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, 1907.
Description: Letter from Howard Baskerville, then student at Princeton University, to Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions.
Creator Name(s): Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909. (author), Brown, Arthur Judson, 1856-1963. (addressee)
Date Created: 1907, February 22, 1907, February 22, 1907
Name Subject(s): Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909., Brown, Arthur Judson, 1856-1963., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tabrīz., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tabrīz.
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Howard Conklin Baskerville (1885-1909) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.
Identifier (local): rg360_baskerville_letter_aj_brown_1907
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:346901

Title: Letter from Woodrow Wilson to the Board of Foreign Missions, 1907.
Description: Letter written by Woodrow Wilson, then President of Princeton University, to the Board of Foreign Missions. Concerns the appointment of Howard Baskerville as a teacher in Tabriz.
Creator Name(s): Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. (author)
Date Created: 1907, March 20, 1907, March 20, 1907
Name Subject(s): Baskerville, Howard C., 1885-1909., Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.
Topical Subject(s): Presbyterian Church--Missions--Iran--Tabriz., Missions--Educational work--Iran--Tabriz.
Geographic subjects: Iran, Tabriz., Iran, Tabriz., Tabrīz (Iran), Princeton (N.J.), North and Central America--United States--New Jersey--Mercer--Princeton
Physical Location: RG 360, Series III; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Howard Conklin Baskerville (1885-1909) Foreign Missionary Vertical File.--https://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=ZWQ4ZGUwNWUtOWNhNC00Zjg0LTk4MjgtNmI0MGYzZTE5ZTk4&rID=Mjk1MQ==
Identifier (local): rg360_baskerville_woodrow_wilson_letter_1907
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:346904

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