Mabel K. Howell Papers
Scope and Contents
Collection items include: alumni reports, student papers, college course materials, miscellaneous writings, Scarritt Rural Center documents, the “Mabel K. Howell: A Modern Apostle” article, and the “Service Motive: Survey of a Half-Century of Achievements,” “The Achievements of Scaritt Alumni,” and “Latin America” manuscripts, drafts, and resources.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1870 - 2017
Conditions Governing Access
Collections are stored offsite, and a minimum of 24 hours is needed to retrieve these items for use. Researchers interested in consulting any of the collections are advised to contact: The Virginia Davis Laskey Library, Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN. 37212
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact: The Virginia Davis Laskey Library, Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN. 37212
Biographical / Historical
Mabel Howell was an early twentieth-century educator, church administrator, and foreign-mission leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for sixty years. She was born in South Orange, New Jersey, on Nov. 23, 1873, and died on May 19, 1957. She obtained a PhD from Cornell and completed sociology courses at the Chicago University of Theology. In 1903-1904, she introduced Sociology as a legitimate course for Christian missionaries at a time when this course was considered by many to be too “unreligious” for missionary study. She travelled with Belle Bennett in 1910 to Edinburgh as a delegate to the World Missionary Conference, and she later accompanied Bennett to Asia and South America. In the 1940s, she was a leader of the Scarritt Rural Center, a training center for foreign missionaries. (Compiled from “Mabel K. Howell: A Modern Apostle” by Barbara E. Campbell, 2016 and 2017)
Extent
12 Volumes (12 full-size Hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains reports, papers, course materials, writings, documents, correspondences, articles, and manuscripts, manuscript drafts, and manuscript resources from 1930-1960.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject in single folders and the following groups of folders: “Rural Center”, “Manuscript for 'The Service Motive: A Half-Century of Achievements'", and Photographs
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection is property of The Virginia Davis Laskey Library, Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN. 37212
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Mabel K. Howell Papers
- Author
- Jim Evilsizer
- Date
- Dec. 2, 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Scarritt Bennett Center - Laskey Library and Archives Repository
Virginia Davis Laskey Library and Archives
1027 18th Avenue South
Nashville TN 37212
LaskeyLibrary@scarrittbennett.org