Guide to the Belle Hawkes Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Belle Hawkes Papers

Inclusive Dates

1872-1919

Call Number

RG 116

Creator(s)

Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919.

Quantity

0.75 cubic feet

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Digital Content

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Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Sarah Belle Sherwood was appointed to the mission in East Persia by the Board of Foreign Missions in 1883. In 1884, she married the Reverend James W. Hawkes, also of the East Persia Mission. Stationed in Hamadan for 36 years, she ministered to the needs of Armenian, Jewish, and Moslem women and children. She acquired an exceptional mastery of Farsi, and her home became a center of missionary service and hospitality to the flow of travelers between Teheran and Baghdad. She died in service in 1919.

Collection Overview

Record Group 116 consists primarily of Sarah Hawkes' outgoing correspondence from her years in Hamadan, and her diaries. It also contains photographs of the East Persia missionaries, including Sarah Hawkes, and other miscellaneous items.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1872-1919

SERIES 2: DIARIES, 1890-1919

SERIES 3: PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER ITEMS, ND

Alternative Formats

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Related Material

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: 1975
Jane Ramsay/Grace Mullen, Assistant Records Researcher

Collection rehoused and finding aid revised: February 1991
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Personal Name Subject

Hawkes, Belle, 1854-1919 Correspondence.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. East Persia Mission.

Topical Subject

Presbyterian Church Missions Iran.

Women missionaries Iran.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description	Alternative Formats

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 116

		SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1872-1919

1	2	1872-79
	3	1881-85
	4	1887-89
	5	1892-95
	6	1897-1901
	7	Condolence Letters, 1919

		SERIES 2: DIARIES, 1890-1919

1	8	Diary, 1890-1909 (not complete)
	9	Papers removed from diary, 1890-1909
	10	Notebook, 1899-1903
	11	Diaries, 1912-13

2	12	Diary, 1914-19

		SERIES 3: PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER ITEMS, ND

2	13	Photographs, nd	Digital
	14	Biographical Data, nd
	15	Other Items, nd

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