Mary Hay Ferguson Eller papers 1897-1949 1906-1930

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Mary Hay Ferguson Eller papers 1897-1949 1906-1930

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Mary Hay Ferguson Eller (1884-1964) was a Methodist laywoman from McKinney, Texas who served in positions of leadership within the North Texas Conference Epworth League and was founder of the Ruby Kendrick Council of Missions. This collection consists of pamphlets, programs, correspondence, minutes, photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, record books, frames, and a scrapbook created or collected by Mary Hay Ferguson Eller and reflecting her experiences in the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, the Woman’s Missionary Society, the Epworth League, and the Ruby Kendrick Council of Missions.

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Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University

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Eller, Mary Hay Ferguson

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Mary Hay Ferguson was born in McKinney, Texas in 1884, the daughter of Mary Phillips Ferguson and John Hay Ferguson. As a young adult, Mary Ferguson held leadership positions in the North Texas Conference Epworth League. Her work on behalf of the League included founding the Ruby Kendrick Council of Missions. The Council of Missions promoted missionary vocations and raised money in support of Methodist missions in memory of Ruby Rachel Kendrick (1883-1908). Ruby Kendrick was a young...