Emily Hatfield Hobart papers, 1884-1943.

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Emily Hatfield Hobart papers, 1884-1943.

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The collection includes the outgoing correspondence of Emily Hatfield Hobart, as well as a few letters exchanged among Rev. Hobart, Mrs. Hobart's mother, and Mrs. Hobart's four children. The collection also includes a short typewritten account of Elizabeth Hobart's experiences with a group of British and American prisoners-of-war during six months of internment in China by the invading Japanese Army in 1943. Of particular note in Mrs. Hobart's correspondence are the descriptions of Mrs. Hobart's many pregnancies, the evolution of her daily routine of childcare and home-schooling, and her attitudes toward Chinese men and women. Also remarkable are letters which document the political conflict in China, including an unfinished letter written moments before her death.

.25 linear ft. (1 container)

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Methodist Church (U.S.)

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Hobart, William Kirk

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Hobart, Emily Hatfield, 1860-1928.

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Emily Hatfield was born on August 14, 1860 and educated at Northwestern University. She married Reverend William M. Hatfield in 1881 and joined him on a Methodist mission to China. The Hobarts lived in Peking for several years, where Mrs. Hobart studied Mandarin in order to better teach women the Christian doctrine. Mrs. Hobart was pregnant for most of her young life and lost several children to prenatal and early childhood complications. She raised to maturity two daughters and two sons. Mrs. H...