Hoyt M. Dobbs correspondence 1917-1918

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Hoyt M. Dobbs correspondence 1917-1918

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Hoyt McWhorter Dobbs (1878-1954) was a pastor, educator, and bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. From 1916 to 1920 he served as Dean of the School of Theology of Southern Methodist University. This collection consists of two folders of Dobbs’s business correspondence dating from his years at SMU.

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Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University

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Dobbs, Hoyt M.

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