Correspondence

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This folder contains correspondence both to and from Mary Mendenhall Hobbs. Authors of letters written to Mary found in this folder include Allen D. Hole, Alfred C. Garrett, Charles F. Coffin, Robert L. Kelly, Wilson Hobbs (son), J.G. Cannon (Illinois State Representative), E.M. Wister, Rachel F. Taylor, M. Carey Thomas (president of Bryn Mawr in 1901). Topics include worship, bible study, history, the fire at Guilford College in 1907, the importance of social life, family updates, and politics and the GOP. An editorial to the Outlook on the topic of "crimes against women by negroes" can be found in this folder (transcription available).

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Title: Correspondence
Who's responsible?: Hobbs, Mary Mendenhall, 1852-1930 (Curator)
Original creation or publication date: 1888-1927
Place: Greensboro (N.C.)
Decade: 1880-1889
1890-1899
1900-1909
1910-1919
Type of item: text
Original format: correspondence
Subject headings: Guilford College
Hobbs, L. L. (Lewis Lyndon), 1849-1932
Hobbs, Mary Mendenhall, 1852-1930
Women -- Education
Topics: Schools and Colleges
North Carolina
Women's History
Additional tags: Teachers
Guilford College
Women's Education
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Contributing Institution: Quaker Archive, Hege Library, Guilford College
Collection: Mary Mendenhall Hobbs Papers
Series: 1: Correspondence
Folder: 1-1 Correspondence
Funding source: LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
Contributor's identifier: GUI_MS223.001.001
Gateway identifier: guilford:12708
OCLC number: 883228185

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Mary Mendenhall Hobbs Papers