William Hobson Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains chiefly diaries (1859-1891) describing rural life in Iowa and ministerial visits to California, Kansas, Missouri, and Oregon; together with autobiographical fragments and notes for sermons.
Dates
- Creation: 1851-1891
Creator
- Hobson, William, 1820-1891 (Person)
- Hobson, William, 1820-1891 (Contributor, Person)
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research.
Copyright and Rights Information
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Biographical / Historical
William Hobson (1820-1891) was born, raised and educated as a member of the Society of Friends in North Carolina. He married Sarah Tulburt in 1844 and in 1848 migrated with his family to Iowa. Active in the life of Iowa Friends, he was recognized as a minister by 1859, and during the next several year made numerous religious visits in Iowa and nearby states of Kansas and Missouri. In 1870 he made his first of three journeys to California and Oregon. Finally, in 1875 he purchased land for settlement in the Chehalem Valley (Newberg, Oregon), where he spent the remaining years of his life.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language
English
Overview
William Hobson, 1820-1891, was a Quaker minister and farmer from North Carolina, Iowa, and Oregon. The collection contains chiefly diaries (1859-1891) describing rural life in Iowa and ministerial visits to California, Kansas, Missouri, and Oregon; together with autobiographical fragments and notes for sermons.
Arrangement
- Diaries
- Genealogical and biographical
- Correspondence
- Writings
Physical Location
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Calvin H. Blair and Maryanne Blair, 1976
General
- For a detailed account of William Hobson's life and work, see Myron Dee Goldsmith's dissertation (Boston University), 1962, William Hobson and the Founding of Quakerism in the Pacific Northwest.
Processing Information
Processed and placed in document box in Record Group 5. In 1977, letter from William Hobson to G..., F.B., originally catalogued as a Miscellaneous Manuscript, source unknown, was added to this collection (Series 3).
Geographic
Topical
- Agriculture -- Iowa
- Farmers -- United States
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends
- Lay ministry -- United States
- Quakers -- 19th century -- Biography
- Quakers -- 19th century -- Diaries
- Quakers -- Biography
- Quakers -- California
- Quakers -- Diaries
- Quakers -- Iowa
- Quakers -- Iowa -- Social life and customs
- Quakers -- Kansas
- Quakers -- Missouri
- Quakers -- North Carolina
- Quakers -- North Carolina
- Quakers -- Oregon
- Quakers -- Oregon -- Social life and customs
- Quakers -- United States
- Rural conditions -- Iowa
- Sermons, American
- Society of Friends -- California
- Society of Friends -- Iowa
- Society of Friends -- Kansas
- Society of Friends -- Missouri
- Society of Friends -- Oregon
- Title
- An Inventory of the William Hobson Papers, 1851-1891
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 1976
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
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