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dc.contributorBonsteel, Abbie Benton
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-12T14:05:36Z
dc.date.available2018-03-12T14:05:36Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10898/4897
dc.descriptionThe papers of Abbie Benton Bonsteel from ca. 1914-1963, including clippings, correspondence, class notes for English and Bible studies, poems, typed manuscripts of short stories, photographs, and printed material. The collection documents Bonsteel's activities as a teacher at various Baptist women's colleges and girls' schools in Georgia, her involvement with the Woman's Missionary Union, and her writing career.
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dc.subjectBonsteel, Ray L
dc.subjectBaxley Baptist Church (Baxley, Ga.)
dc.subjectWoman's Missionary Union (Georgia Baptist Convention)
dc.subjectBaptist universities and colleges -- Georgia
dc.subjectTift College
dc.subjectBaptists -- Georgia -- Clergy
dc.subjectWomen in church work -- Georgia
dc.subjectWomen -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs
dc.subjectWomen authors, American -- Georgia
dc.subjectWomen's colleges
dc.subjectWomen teachers -- Georgia
dc.titleAbbie Benton Bonsteel papers
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refterms.dateFOA2020-09-29T13:42:59Z
dc.description.biographicalMartha Abbie Benton was born on December 24, 1879, in Troy, Alabama. Her parents were Nancy Johnson and James Absalem Benton Jr. Her only sibling was Johnson Crowell Benton. She began her formal education at Troy State Normal College and received her bachelor of missionary training from the WMU Training School in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1914; a diploma from Mars Hill College in 1925; a BA from Bessie Tift College in 1926; an MA from Mercer University in 1930; and an MA in religious education from the WMU Training School in 1932. She taught at Campbell College at Buies Creek, North Carolina, between 1926 and 1933. Mrs. Bonsteel was married to Robert Paris from 1902 to his death in 1911. In 1916 she married Ray L. Bonsteel. Prior to his death in 1920, the couple adopted a daughter, Neta Poythress. She is remembered for the many devotional essays and columns she published. Her best known work, however, is Hidden Pearls, a story for girls entering young womanhood. Mrs. Bonsteel died on March 24, 1966, a year and a half after suffering a paralyzing stroke. She was buried in Albemarle, North Carolina, where she had lived for some time in the Baptist Home.
dc.rights.accessrightsUnrestricted access. All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
dc.locationMercer University Jack Tarver Library, Special Collections Department, Macon, Georgia


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