https://noyesletters.org/files/original/226def9fe0e3b3f4ea5c6f3b640fa5c6.pdf c5ca7282446f366cd170b51f1d1e3807 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Harriet Newell Noyes Description An account of the resource These are the letters from Harriet Newell Noyes. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary in China. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Noyes, Harriet Newell Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1867-1923 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English); chi (B) (Chinese) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text; Still image Subject The topic of the resource Women teachers; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Girls' schools; Travel; Letters; Women in the Presbyterian Church; Presbyterian Church; Converts; Proselytizing; Family; Friends and associates; Missionary settlements Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Note: Additionally note sideways at the top of page one] I sent to Hong kong for some lace a little while ago and I think it will make pretty collars & I send a little piece for you to try Yours with love "Hatt" Canton May 4th /68 My [u]darling[/u] Em. Would you like to know what was my first thought this morning. WEll it was just this. To-day is [u]Em's[/u] birthday. Would I not love to be with you long enough to give you the 22 kisses you so richly deserve. Would'nt I be a [u]long[/u] time doing it though. I believe I could be all day about it if you do like to have a person if they are going to kiss you kiss you quick" Ah Em do you remember how I used to tease you sometimes. I am [u]not sure[/u] that I would not do it again if I was near enough. I believe I did not send you even a line in our last but you know that you was not [u]forgotten[/u]. We waited so long for the mail and I thought I would write you after getting your letters but the mail closed the next morning so I had no time. Before we received the letters I could not help feeling as though some one was sick at home and almost every night I would dream that it was you. You must "eat" just as much fresh air as you can get as they say in India. And you will be very [u]very[/u] careful of your health wont you even if you "dont cough at all hardly + dont raise any [u]scarcely[/u]." Ah Em I know just exactly how much faith to put in that when it comes from your pen. I hope to hear the same good news of you from the rest. Now you know I dont believe any one is more [u]truthfl[/u] than "our Em." Night before last I could not get asleep very unusual by the way for me, and I lay + thought of what you wrote that if I felt lonesome I might think that "you were thinking ^[of me]" + I wished so much that I could [u]know[/u] whether you were just at that moment thinking of me. Then I went and sat by the window + watched the beautiful moon thinking how soon it would pass over to you and how much I wished that I could send a message to you Since I commenced this letter I have left off twice once to receive a call from Mr + Mrs Badham. he is the teacher of the government school that Dr Happer used to teach. The evening we have spent at the "monthly concert." The missionaries all meet together the first Monday eve of the month, and it is very pleasant as there are about 25 all counted so we have quite a congregation. WE have had an addition to our number recently a Mr McKelvey + wife of the UP Mission from Pittsburg. WE have met them a few times and they are quite social and will be quite an addition to our circle. There are new missionaries coming out every little while from some of the board in England or America which is very pleasant. I hope Dr Happer will not give up the idea of coming back + Dr Lowrie writes that there is the prospect of Mr Condits returning I hope it may prove true. Mr Preston + wife are thinking of going home soom on a visit. His Father is very old + is so anxious to see him again + the last mail brought them word that her mother is very sick. I am very anxious that they should go but we would miss them oh [u]so much[/u] far more than any other family here. If you ever see them I know you will think everything of them for [u]everybody does[/u]. He has been here 14 yrs. and she has been out 15. She came out as Mrs Brewster + her husband died in a very short time. Mr Preston came out soon after with a woman in his heart which soon headed in the sunlight of Mrs Preston's smiles and he has always considered himself as a very happy mortal in becoming the husband of Mrs P an opinion in which every body else agrees with him. He is a very efficient missionary + speaks the language with a facility which only one now + then ever acquires. But to turn the subject, and I will say something about my study of the language. I know you will wonder what fills up my time + I can hardly tell but I am quite sure that it is filled up so full that studying is something as it used to be at home. I would be so glad if I could study 5 hours every day which ^[is] as much time as hardly any one devoits in a day to the Chinese. I did not get fairly commenced with studying until our return from Hong kong + then I had only 24 days to study before Alfie came + he is such a [u]perfect little mischief[/u] that it dsnt seem as if my studying had amounted to any thing since he has been here. He has been here nearly five weeks + we hope + expect that they will send for him to come home soon. I spend an hour every day with the school girls have tried to learn some Chinese songs to sing with them. There are only 13 as yet I believe Mrs Happer did not have more than 8 or 10. Hers was a boarding school however while this is a day school. I presume at first boarding schools were necessary to induce scholars to come at all but now that there seems to be no difficulty about that I am [u]most decidely[/u] opposed to them for a great many reasons - Of course here in China with a teeming population any number of parents would be delighted to turn their girls over to any one who would take the responsibility of feeding + clothing them. But my sheet is almost filled and I have been sitting up some little time with only "Kitty Clyde" for company so I will say goodnight now + write more on another sheet. Goodnight darling + that you may have many [u]many[/u] happy returns of this day is the prayer of your [u]own loving[/u] Hattie- <br />[附加说明写在页面顶部]<br />我最近从<br />香港<br />订购了<br />一些蕾丝。 <br />我觉得<br />这个蕾丝<br />可以用来做<br />漂亮的<br />衣领。 <br />我送你一块<br />试试。<br />/<br />/<br />/<br />/<br />/<br />/<br />你亲爱的，<br />Hatt<br /><br />广东1868年5月4日<br />我亲爱的Em，<br />你想知道我今天早上醒来的<br />第一个想法是什么吗？<br />就是这个：今天是Em的生日！<br />我很想给你<br />你当之无愧的22个吻。<br />我需要很长时间才能做到。<br />/<br />/<br />/<br />Em,你记得我以前是怎么<br />欺负你的吗？<br />如果我们现在在一起，<br />我确定不会这样做。<br />虽然上次没有给你寄信，<br />但我还是在想你。<br />我打算在收到你的信后<br />给你写一封信<br />但是邮局第二天早上就关门了，<br />所以我没有时间。<br />在我们收到信之前，<br />我还做噩梦梦见你生病了，<br />没想到你真的生病了。<br /><br />印度人说：<br />你不许尽可能“吃”新鲜的空气。<br />即使你“不怎么咳嗽”，<br />你也必须非常注意你的健康。<br />我知道我相信你写的，<br />因为是你写的。<br />/<br />我希望我能从家里的其他人<br />那里听到这样的好消息。<br />Em，没有人比你诚实。<br />昨晚我奇怪地睡不着，<br />我在想你写给我的东西：<br />如果我感到孤独，<br />我可以想象你在想我。<br />我希望我能知道在那一刻<br />你是否真的在想我。<br />/<br />然后我走到窗前看着美丽的月亮<br />我想过月亮会如何从我身上掠过，<br />很快你就会看到它。<br />我希望月亮能给你发我心里的消息。<br />自从开始写这封信以来，<br />我不得不停顿两次。<br />一次是因为Badham夫妇来拜访<br />Badham先生是在Happer医生的政府学校当老师。<br /><br />今天我们参加了每月的音乐会。<br />总共有大约 25 名传教士，<br />我们在每个月的第一个星期一聚会。<br />/<br />McKelvey夫妇，两位新传教士刚到<br />他们是长老会联合宣教来则匹兹堡传教士。<br />/<br />我们见过他们几次，<br />他们是我们朋友群的一个很好的补充。<br />很高兴每天都有<br />新的传教士从<br />英国和美国抵达。<br />我希望Happer医生还会考虑回来。<br />Lowrie医生说Condits先生会回来，<br />我希望他说对的。<br />Preston夫妇考虑<br />回家探亲。<br />Preston先生的父亲很老<br />最后一封信说<br />Preston太太的母亲病的很重。<br />我希望他们能尽快走，<br />但我会比这里的任何其他家庭更想念他们。<br />每个遇到他们的人都对他们评价很高，<br />我敢肯定，如果你遇到他们，<br />你也会对他们评价很高。<br /><br />他来了14年，她来了15年。<br />一到中国，Preston太太是另外一个叫Brewster先生的夫人。<br />但Brewster先生抵达中国后不久就去世了。<br />Preston生认为自己很幸运能与Preston太太结婚,<br />大家都同意他的意见。<br />他是一位非常有效率的传教士，<br />会说很流利的中文，一种难学的语言。<br />说到这里，<br />我想告诉你关于我学习中文的事情。<br />我花了很多时间学习，<br />感觉就像回到了学校。<br />如果可以的话，<br />我试着每天学习五个小时的中文。<br />直到我们从香港回来我才开始学习中文，<br />然后我只有24天的时间学习，<br />直到Alfie来了，<br />我不得不把所有的时间照顾这个淘气的男孩。<br />他已经在这里将近五个星期了，<br />我们希望他的父母很快就会派他回家。<br />我每天花一个小时从学校的女学生那里<br />学一些中文歌曲<br />或者跟她们一起唱。<br />我们学校只有13名学生，但这仍然是一个不错的数字， <br />Happer太太的学校不超过八或十个。<br />她的学校是寄宿学校，<br />但我们是走读学校。<br />起初我认为寄宿学校比走读学校好，<br />但现在我反对他们。<br />我有很多反对寄宿学校的理由，<br />但我的页面几乎已经满了，<br />而且已经很晚了，所以我稍后再给你写一张纸。 <br />除了Clyde猫咪，我是唯一一个不睡觉的人，<br />晚安我亲爱的妹妹，<br />你亲爱的Hattie Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Hattie to Em, May 4, 1868 Subject The topic of the resource Missionaries; Leave of absence; Married people in missionary work; Chinese language--Study and teaching Description An account of the resource In this letter to her sister Emily on her birthday, Harriet playfully teases her sister about her health and wishes she was with her. Harriet then writes about the monthly missionary meeting. She is quite upset about the potential departure of the Prestons. She raves about the couple and claims that everybody is as fond of them as she is, She concludes by talking about her study of the Chinese language and her work with a girls' school. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Noyes, Harriet Newell Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1868-05-04 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_935 Chinese language friends health marriage missionaries sisters study