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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Martha Noyes Kerr Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Martha Noyes 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="noopener noreferrer">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights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/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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 Description An account of the resource These are letters from Martha Noyes Kerr. Many of the letters were written during her time as a missionary and her marriage to John Glasgow Kerr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-1914 Subject The topic of the resource Letters; Women missionaries; Women in missionary work; Travel; Marriage; Schools; Physicians' spouses; Physicians; Women teachers; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospitals 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 My dear sister Your birth day and how old is it. 42 if I am not mistaken How the years do fly. I remember when you were a little tot only a few days old. I came home from school and ran into the parlor to get a glimpse of the wee stranger. Mother had you in her arms and was sitting in the rocking chair. I suspect in those days they were glad to have the six year old off at school 6 hours in the day. Your coming was descanted upon by that same six year old the morning after you [Note: Additional note written sideways on page two] "while there is life there is hope" arrival. I remember telling [--her--] Adaline [?Nye?] that Mother woke up and found you on her arm and some how or other the angels had put you there. We have 42 years since then and it was a blessing to us all when our Em came among us. I think of you now as occupying the seat at table that I have so often felt some time perhaps you would occupy and try to think how it seems. It came over me with such a rush of feeling yesterday of the mess it would be if we ever went home not to find little Mother there. I had such a vivid dream of her the other night Thought Father Mother and Hattie were coming out here I met them some where en route and saw Mother first Began to talk with her. We had talked quite a while when I thought. I have not seen Father yet but I must not have mother a moment lest she should vanish. I can see Father bye and bye. The only thing I remem ber asking her was whether I seemed changed and she replied "yes you are married now and do not seem the same". It distressed me so and I thought I would ask Hattie if I seemed changed to her. I told Mother I felt just as I did before. We saw Dr Swan when we reached her and I called out My father and Mother are here before yours 84 and 76, and then awoke. Mother looked so natural I wished so much I could have recollected more she said. But was it not strange to feel while talking to her that she might vanish suddenly. Oh how like like she was. I do feel so glad for the dream. Her death has shown me more vividly than I ever realized how much we really do love one another and how precious we are to each other. Our family it seems to me are different in that respect from the large majority of families and I know the Dr feels so. We have every thing to be thankful for that dear little Mother went without pain or the knowledge she was being taken. I know just how it was in the last stage of the disease for we have had two casese in the hospital just like here - sometime I feel so anxious for Hattie to come back so we can talk it all over but oh Em, you can not possibly know how it is here Nobody has any time for any thing, and when she comes back [Note: Letter continues sideways on page one] looked at him. The dress looks very well. I wish you could have this individual rattling away on your machine for awhile. Must stop may be after two more birth days we may be on hand to celebrate one But do not say any thing ever to Henry for I would not want any one to think I was planning to go home so soon after reaching China With love Mattie 亲爱的姐姐你的生日和几岁了。 42 如果我是没看错岁月如何飞。我记得当你有一点点只有几个天老了。我从学校跑进了客厅一瞥那个小小的陌生人。母亲有你在她的怀里坐在摇摆的椅子。我怀疑那些他们很高兴拥有的日子六岁的孩子放学了一天6小时。您的即将来临同一个六岁在你之后的早晨 [注：附加说明写在第二页上] “在那里时那里有生命吗是希望” 到达。我记得告诉阿达琳奈妈妈醒来了发现你在她的手臂上一些如何或其他的天使把你放在那里。我们有从那时起42年这对我们来说是一种祝福所有当我们的Em进来时我们。我现在把你想成占座我经常感觉到一些时间也许你会占据并尝试思考如何它似乎。它向我袭来带着如此急切的心情昨天的烂摊子如果我们回家不找小妈妈那里。我有这么生动那天晚上梦见她想爸爸妈妈和海蒂要出来了我在某个地方遇到了他们途中先见到妈妈开始和她说话。我们我谈了很久想法。我没见过父亲但我一定没有妈妈，以免她应该消失。我可以再见到父亲再见。我记得唯一问过她的是我是否似乎变了，她回答 “是的，你现在结婚了，而且看起来不一样”。它心疼我是这样，我以为我会问海蒂我是不是变成了她。我告诉妈妈我的感觉就像我以前做过。我们看到了天鹅医生当我们到达她，我打电话给 out 我的爸爸妈妈在这里在你的 84 和 76 之前，然后醒了。妈妈看起来很自然我多么希望我能拥有她说得更多。但感觉不是很奇怪吗？和她说话，她可能会突然消失。哦如何就像她一样。我确实觉得为梦想而高兴。她的死更生动地向我展示了比我意识到的我们真的很相爱我们对每个人来说是多么珍贵其他。我们的家庭在我看来在这方面不同于绝大多数家庭我知道医生也是这么想的。我们拥有一切感谢那个可爱的小宝贝母亲没有疼痛或她的知识采取。我知道它是怎么回事处于最后阶段疾病因为我们有过两次医院里的病例只是就像这里——有时我觉得急切盼望海蒂回来所以我们可以好好谈谈但是哦，Em，你不能可能知道这里的情况没有人有任何时间事情，当她回来时 [注：信在第一页继续横向] 看着他。这件衣服看起来非常好。我希望你可能会让这个人在你的机器上嘎嘎作响一阵子。必须停止可能在之后还有两个出生我们可能的日子随时待命庆祝一个但不要随便说什么永远对亨利因为我不会想要任何一个以为我是计划着回家吧不久之后到达中国有爱马蒂 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 Mattie to her dear sister Subject The topic of the resource Birthdays; Early memories; Sisters; Family; Dreams Description An account of the resource Martha writes to Emily on her birthday and shares memories from when they were both young. She tells her of a dream she had of their mother telling her now that she is married she is different which troubled her. Mattie says that through their mother's death, she realized how much the family really does love each other. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kerr, Noyes Martha 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="noopener">Noyes Collection</a>, Box #3 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 Unknown 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_725 age birthdays dreams family memories sisters