Mary Mendenhall Hobbs Papers
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Misc. Notebooks-Notebook 003
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This notebook contains lists of names under the title "Visitors List." While the names are organized by last name within the address book, no actual addresses are contained.
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Misc. Notebooks-Notebook 004
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This notebook is marked "Richard Junius Mendenhall Hobbs" and inscribed "For my dear Richard from Mother, Christmas 1896. 'Charlie Whitehead'" The notebook contains a 10-verse handwritten poem with a strong religious theme.
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Misc. Notebooks-Notebook 005
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This notebook's cover is marked with an intricate pen drawing and "M.M. '74" It contains a list of names titled "Class of '74" and what appears to be lecture notes for a speech given to Guilford College faculty.
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Misc. Notes & Fragments
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This folder contains a variety of undated, untitled documents belonging to Mary Mendenhall Hobbs. The miscellanous documents range from Bible study discussions to lectures on George Fox and godliness. Many of the documents are fragments of essays and lectures.
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Misc. Papers
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This folder contains a handwritten draft of an essay by Mary titled "Home.", an original poem called "Lyndon's Shoes" and dated 1930, and a sketch of what appears to be an aerial view of a house.
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Misc. Papers (Illegible)
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This folder contains a plethora of essays and notes written by Mary Mendenhall Hobbs, the vast majority of which are illegible. As Mary aged, her eyesight worsened and affected her handwriting abilites, although she continued to write prolifically.
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Miscellaneous Letters
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Several handwritten notes, some illegible, composed by different members of the Hobbs family. There are letters from Mrs. Hobbs to her son Richard Junius Mendenhall Hobbs law professor at The University of Chapel Hill, his wife Gretchen (Mrs. R. J. M. Hobbs), and her other son L. L. Hobbs Jr. written from his medical office.
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North Carolina
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This folder contains an letter to the editor of the British Friend and a notebook containing an essay called " A Condition and a Consequence." The letter to the editor speaks to the similarities between English and Carolina Friends.
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North Carolina Yearly Meeting
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This folder contains essays by Mary Mendenhall Hobbs on the topic of Quaker education in North Carolina. One essay, dated 1911, is directed at the members of the Committee on Education and stresses the importance of improving school facilities and the roads leading to them; another essay addresses the dwindling presence of Friends' education in rural North Carolina. The final essay in this folder is on the topic of the Evangelistic Committee.
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Notebook 01-Pastoral Committee
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This Keystone Composition notebook belonged to Mary Mendenhall Hobbs and is titled "Pastoral Committee." The writings it contains are undated and center around suggestions for improving the committee's ministry and outreach.
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Notebook 02
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This notebook is marked "E?? Mendenhall" and contains Mendenhall family history as well as history of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting.
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Notebook 03
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This notebook is marked "E?? Mendenhall" and contains Mendenhall family history as well as history of North Carolina Yearly Meeting.
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Notebook 04
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This Keystone Composition notebook is marked with the phrase "Who offereth himself," a shortened version of the notebook's first written line,"Who then offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto Jehovah?" (Leviticus 6:26). The notebook contains a number of Bible quotes as well as written discussion of the them.
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Notebook 05-Home Making
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This Keystone Composition notebook is marked "Home Making." It contains the draft of an essay titled "The Art for the 20th Century."
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Notebook 06
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This Keystone Composition notebook is marked "Ministry and Oversight Paper Discussion." The essay contained in the folder focuses on the role of Sunday School.
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Notebook 08-Charlie Wagner
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This Keystone Composition book contains an undated lecture that discusses Charles Wagner's life and work. Wagner was a French preacher who stressed simplicity and honesty. A transcribed version of the lecture is sticking out of the notebook. The lecture is typed on L. L. Hobbs' President's Office paper.
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Notebook 09
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This composition notebook's cover is marked "Seraph" and contains essays on the topic of pastoral care.
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Notebook 10
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This composition notebook's cover is marked "Five Years Mtg. Paper" and contains an undated essay by Mary Mendenhall Hobbs on a range of topics, including church authority, the 18th century Christian revival movement, and the question of "birthright" vs."convinced" Friends.
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