Mary Mendenhall Hobbs Papers
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Notebook 11-Rise of Quakerism
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This composition book is marked "Rise of Quakerism" and contains an essay called "The Development of the Mind" and a report of the Five Years Meeting.
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Notebook 12
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This composition book contains miscellanous notes, including a desciption of the process of boiling leaves in what appears to be an excerpt from a lab report (the handwriting does not appear to belong to Mary), recipes, and notes for a "February Bulletin"(dated 1912).
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Notebook 13
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This notebook contains a variety of notes and essays centered on psalms and Biblical passages, particularly Psalms of Soloman and Ecclesiastes.
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Notebook 14
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This notebook contains several essays by Mary Mendenhall Hobbs, including one examining Shakespeare's "Othello" and another titled "Sacrifice."
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Notebook 15
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One of Mary Mendenhall Hobbs notebooks, this one featuring several essays on the history of Israel and early Judeo-Christian history.
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Notebook 16
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Notebook filled with writings and sketches by Mary Mendenhall Hobbs. Some of the subjects include the Holy Spirit, the worldly mind, and writings on George Fox the founder of Quakerism. Pages 21 through 58 are upside down as Mrs. Hobbs had a habit of reusing a notebook by flipping it upside down. The last essay begins with the question "What is our business"?
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Notebook 17
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This Keystone notebook contains notes and essays on a variety of topics, including ministry, Bible readings, Quaker history, and a "present-day testimony against worldliness."
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Notebook 18
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This Webster notebook contains notes and essays about the Victorian age.
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Notebook 19
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This Senior compositon book bears the title "For American Friend" and contains the draft of an essay on the topic of early Friends and the development of Quakerism over the 18th and 19th centuries. The essay is undated.
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Notebook 20
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This brown notebook contains different Bible quotes and sections about numerous different people.
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Notebook 21
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This students and reporters Keystone notebook contains a series of papers on general subjects of religious education for young children.
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Notebook 22
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This Student's and Reporter's Keystone notebook contains an essay titled "What Shall We Do" that mentions the importance of schools and "Observation Nature's Laws God's Laws". Also in the back there are sermons shown "To The Father John 14-8"
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Notebook 23
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This notebook has an image of a bird on its cover and is marked "Nathan Hunt." The notebook contains rough draft sections of an article on Nathan Hunt and his twin as well as a draft of an article entited "Idle Words" and marked "for the Charlotte Observer."
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Notebook 24-"Songs for Wee Ones"
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This book, dated 1887, is titled "Songs for the Wee Ones" by James H. Fillmore and belonged to Mary Mendenhall Hobbs. The book contains songs and lullabies accompanied by simple prints and drawings.
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Old Jamestown, Greensboro Daily News
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Several versions of an essay by Mary Mendenhall Hobbs titled "Old Jamestown." The essay was published in the Greensboro Daily News on January 13, 1930.
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Poems
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This folder contains a variety of original poems by Mary Mendenhall Hobbs, some of which were published in the Guilford Collegian (according to notes attached to individual documents). Poem titles include "A Boy's Will,"To the Class of '91,"Three and Three," and "The Leak."
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Providence 250th Anniversay Celebration
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One essay details the importance of "the maintenance of a separate church," written in response to young Friends' interest in merging with other, more influential, branches of Christianity.
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Quakerism and Partisan Politics
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This folder contains one handwritten, undated essay titled "Quakerism and Partisan Politics." The essay argues for the importance of Friends involving themselves in politics without getting caught up in partisan loyalties or divides. The handwriting does not appear to be Mary Mendenhall Hobb's.
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Recipes & Knitting
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This folder contains a handwritten recipe notebook as well as a loose, handwritten "Receipt for making Tomato Ketchup." It also contains a typed sheet of instructions for making a "Sweater of Heavy-weight Wool" and handwritten list of knitting instructions "copied for Mrs. Fox from Mrs. McLeod's Knitting." This folder also contains a set of knitting needles in a wooden case marked with "MM Hobbs."
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Religious Education
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This folder contains undated essays written by Mary Mendenhall Hobbs on the topic of religious education in a Quaker context. Titles include "The Opportunities of the Sabbath School,""Sabbath School and the Home,""The Ideal School," and "Religious Education." The folder also contains a 20-page essay titled "Relgious Education (for Baltimore Y.M."
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