Letter Addressed to Hobby [Sister Hobbs] from Nancy Houmaha [née Sneddon of Putāruru, taught at Rātana School in 1932]

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Originating Entity or IndividualHobbs, Fanny Irene (Sister Airini Hobbs)Date1973CollectionSister Airini Hobbs Personal Papers (c.1927 - c.1992)Additional DescriptionAn item within a collection of papers relating to deaconess Fannie Irene Hobbs (later known to her Māori friends as Sister Airini Hobbs), a trained midwife and Karitane nurse who worked for the Methodist Home and Māori Mission in the North Island. Some letters include references to Michael King, Princess Te Puea, Rev. Wesley A. Chambers (1921–1993), Rev. Arthur John Seamer (1877–1963), Sister M. Alice Williams (1875– ), and the Rātana movement (including T. W. Rātana). Some material dating from after 1950 has been digitised but redacted for privacy reasons.TagsMissionariesMāoriReligionWomenDeaconessesWaikatoTarankiBox No.PPHR 156Item No.MS-524Part No.Folder 6

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Methodist Archives Collection DescriptionPPHRMethodist Archives Catalogue NumberMS-524

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