Fannie Exile Scudder Heck Papers
Fannie Exile Scudder Heck was the first president of the Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina (1886-1915), and the first president of the Southern Baptist Convention Woman's Missionary Union (1895-1899, 1906-1915). She was one of the founders of the Carver School of Mission and Social Work, Louisville, Kentucky; an author; and editor of Missionary Talk. Her papers include biographical information; correspondence with North Carolina and Southern Baptist W.M.U. leaders and others; newspaper and magazine articles relating to her North Carolina and Southern Baptist Convention activities; photographs; addresses, talks, and writings, including notebooks of poems; a scrapbook of printed pamphlets by Heck and others; and miscellaneous books.
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- Fannie Exile Scudder Heck Papers
- Creator
- Heck, Fannie E. S. (Fannie Exile Scudder), 1862-1915
- Date
- 1878-1976, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.84 linear feet / 2 document boxes
- ID
- MS53
Biographical and Historical Note
Fannie Heck was the first president of the Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina (1886-1915), and the first president of the Southern Baptist Convention Woman's Missionary Union (1895-1899, 1906-1915). She was one of the founders of the Carver School of Mission and Social Work, Louisville, Kentucky; an author; and the editor of Missionary Talk.
Collection Overview
Her papers include biographical information; correspondence with North Carolina and Southern Baptist W.M.U. leaders and others; newspaper and magazine articles relating to her North Carolina and Southern Baptist Convention activities; photographs; addresses, talks, and writings including notebooks of poems; a scrapbook of printed pamphlets by Heck and others; and miscellaneous books.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Finding aid prepared by Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex, 2004
- Revision Description
- Revised by Stephanie Bennett, 2019
- Access Restrictions
- Collection is open.
- Copyright Notice
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- Preferred Citation
- Fannie Exile Scudder Heck Papers (MS53), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.