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Content months this work developed into a school which was very
dear to Miss Shattuck’s heart. She never wearied of visiting
the pupils and watching their progress in the common
school studies, Bible, music, mat weaving and lace making
il work

and as one girl said, “At home, when:
fever a guest came to see us, like a
mouse T disappeared at once, Now
T can entertain company and talk to
them on different subjects and quite
forget that T am blind.”

In the summer of 1908 occurred
the political changes in Turkey and
the proclaiming of the new constit
tion, Mise Shattuck’s letters tell of
uereat restlessness among the people
and defiance of all authority, Travel
ing without a permit being at last
possible, everyone wanted to go som
where, and many could not dist
swish between liberty and license. “Tt
isa hard year,” she says; “for all who
hhave any Armenian groups to manage.”

he great financial responsibility of the Orphanages
and the heavy demands of the Industrial plant were becom-
avy a burden for Miss Shattuck alone. ‘The sad-
where several of her friends
among the native pastors and teachers were killed, and where
Mary, her blind teacher, was held captive for so long that
she was mourned at Oorfa as one who had perished, had a
crushing effect upon Miss Shattuck, who was now in very
26

le health, At length she determined to go again to
ica in search of a helper, for she felt that if she could
only come in touch with Christian young people she could
persuade some young man and his wife to earry on her work.
She thought also chat a complete change and rest would
tenable her to recuperate as she had done before, and so in
April, 1910, she left for Ameri

‘That last evening in Oorfa she sat in bed surrounded
by her urphan boys and girls. With tearful eyes they sang
her favorite hymns and three blind girls sang in English,
“God be with you till we meet again.” Miss Shatcuck’s
parting word to them was, “I have no greater joy than to
hear that my children walk in the truth.”

Faithful friends met her at different stages of the jour-
rney and gave what assistance they could. All tried to per-
suade her to give up the long voyage but she was sure the
a air would be beneficial. She made but one record in her
notebook of the entire journey—"Came to Serouj in six
hours.” This tells us better than words how feeble she
really was,

Sick and alone she took the steamer Romanie April 27th,
but went at once to her stateroom and did not leave ie dur-
ing the whole voyage. Fortunately Dr. and Mrs, William
Allen Knight of Boston, discovered that the sick lady was
Corinna Shattuck of Oorfa, and everything possible was
done for her comfort during the rest of the journey. On

rivinge at Boston she was taken to a hospital and later to
the Cullis Home, where she wrote to her friend Miss Proc-
tor, “Tam at last hidden in a good place.”

But the work of the f

tered paradise

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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

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