Corinna Shattuck: Missionary heroine, 1913, p. 6-7

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Emily Clough Peabody, editor. Corinna Shattuck: Missionary heroine. Chicago, Illinois, USA: The Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior (Room 1315, 19 South La Salle Street), 1913. In English. (30 pages). Pages 14-15 include information on Hovhannes Eskijian.

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Title Corinna Shattuck: Missionary heroine, 1913, p. 6-7

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Source 20230913-dadrian-eskijian (batch), Hovhannes Eskijian Archival Materials (subcollection), University of Southern California (contributing entity), Vahakn Dadrian Papers (collection)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu (digital); eskijian@ararat-eskijian-museum.com (original)

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections (digital); Ararat-Eskijian Museum (physical)

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 (digital); 15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345 (physical)

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Content at sixteen, but three years later her pastor's wife awakened
her interest in missions and she entered the State Normal
School at Framingham in preparation for the life of a mis-

Having limited means she was obliged to board herself
and live very simply; but so highly did she value a good
education, these difficulties seemed insignificant.

To interest her fellow-students in missionary work, she
began correspondence with Miss Myra Proctor, a former
graduate of the school, who had charge of a boarding school
for girls in Aintab, Turkey. Ie is to be regretted that these
letters of hers have not been preserved, for they so impressed
the missionaries at Aintab that Miss Shattuck was asked to
join Miss Proctor as soon as possible after her graduation,
and she sailed for Turkey, August 27th, 1873,

Of her first experiences she writes: “My journey was a
very pleasant one, for my traveling companions of the mis-
sionary party were like old friends. I am almost useless
until I get my tongue, but I go to the school every day to
study and see the girls, as T want them to feel T have an
interest in them.
years afterward Miss Shattuck was able to join
Dr. Fuller in touring the Oorfa field where later the great
work of her life was to be done. Of that trip Dr. Fuller
writes, “Those six weeks of
deavor fixed in my mind an estimate of her devotion, courage
and resource which places her in the front ranks of mission-
aries. The following incident will illustrate my meaning.
‘One day Miss Shattuck and several friends climbed nearly
to the top of Mr. Casius to watch the sunrise the following.
morning. When it was time to return to the school the
mulereers saw their opportunity to produce a “corner” in

6

consultation and en-

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Title Corinna Shattuck: Missionary heroine, 1913 [cover]

Alternative Title Hayasdani Gotchnag 1941 (supplied title)

Description Emily Clough Peabody, editor. Corinna Shattuck: Missionary heroine. Chicago, Illinois, USA: The Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior (Room 1315, 19 South La Salle Street), 1913. In English. (30 pages). Pages 14-15 include information on Hovhannes Eskijian.

Subject Eskijian, Hovhannes, 1882-1916 (personal name), Shattuck, Corinna (personal name)

Coverage Spatial 19 South La Salle Street (roadways), Chicago (cities), Illinois (states), North America (continents), USA (countries)

Inherited Subject Eskijian, Hovhannes, 1882-1916 (personal name), Shattuck, Corinna (personal name)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu (digital); eskijian@ararat-eskijian-museum.com (original)

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections (digital); Ararat-Eskijian Museum (physical)

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 (digital); 15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345 (physical)

Rights Elmajian, E.E.; Peabody, Emily Clough; Shattuck, Corinna; The Gotchnag; Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior

Creator Elmajian, E.E. (writer), Peabody, Emily Clough (editor), Shattuck, Corinna (writer)

Contributor Ararat-Eskijian Museum (donor)

Publisher Hayaskani Gotchnag (original), The Gotchnag (original), University of Southern California. Libraries (digital), Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior (Room 1315, 19 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA) (original), Հայասդանի Գոթչնակ (original)

Date Issued 1913, 1941-05-03

Type texts