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Fannie Exile Scudder Heck Papers

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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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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.

Collection Inventory

  • Biographical File
    • Biographical Data, (undated) Box 1 Folder 1
    • Heck, Susie McGee (Smith), (sister). Fannie E.S. Heck: A Portrait, (1924) Folder 2
    • Lineage. Sketch of. (1915) Folder 3
    • Obituary, (1915) Folder 4
    • Rogers, Lou, "Fannie E.S. Heck: A Woman of Deep Conviction,"  We The People, Vol. 2, No. 2, (1944 June) Folder 5
  • Correspondence
    • A-B, (1914-1924, undated) Folder 6
    • Ammen, J.M. (Mrs. Charles), (1915) Folder 7
    • Barrus, Blanche, (1914-1916.) Folder 8
    • C, (1914-1915.) Folder 9
    • Craig Locke, (1913.) Folder 10
    • Crittenden, Ethel Taylor, (1881-1983), (1915-1939.) Folder 11
    • D, (1914-1915.) Folder 12
    • Dargan, Edwin Charles, (1852-1930), (1915.) Folder 13
    • E-F, (1914-1915, undated) Folder 14
    • Frost, James Marion, (1848-1916), (1914-1915.) Folder 15
    • G, (1914-1915.) Folder 16
    • H, (1914-1915.) Folder 17
    • Heck, Jonathan McGee (father) and Mattie Callendine (mother), (1878-1915.) Folder 18
    • Heck, Susie McGee (sister). Folder 19
    • J, (1915-1939.) Folder 20
    • Jones, Sallie Bailey (Mrs. W.N.), (1868-1943), (1914-1915.) Folder 21
    • L, (1914-1915.) Folder 22
    • Lowndes, Elizabeth Chase Chapman, (1858-1936), (1913-1915.) Folder 23
    • M, (1914-1915.) Folder 24
    • Mallory, Kathleen Moore, (1879-1954), (1914-1917.) Folder 25
    • Matthews, Helen, (1913.) Folder 26
    • Mc, (1913-1915.) Folder 27
    • McLure, Maud Reynolds, (1863-1938), (1914-1918.) Folder 28
    • Morgan, Wallie M., (1915.) Folder 29
    • N, (1914-1916.) Folder 30
    • Nimmo, Elizabeth Brower (Mrs. W.R.), (1910-1915.) Folder 31
    • O-P, (1913-1915.) Folder 32
    • R, (1914-1915.) Folder 33
    • Robertson, Archibald Thomas, (1863-1934), (1915.) Folder 34
    • S, (1914-1915.) Folder 35
    • Shankland, S.E.S., (1914-1915.) Folder 36
    • Smith, Alphonso C, (1912-1914.) Folder 37
    • T, (1914-1915.) Folder 38
    • Taylor, Charles Elisha, (1842-1916), (1915.) Folder 39
    • Tyler, Bancroft Susan, (1913-1915.) Folder 40
    • Tyree, William Cornelius, (1860-1928), (1915.) Folder 41
    • W, (1914-1915.) Folder 42
    • Unidentified, (undated) Folder 43
    • Last letter written by Heck to the WMU group. Folder 43a (Hung in the WMU offices before becoming part of the collection.)
  • Legal Documents
    • Appointment as delegate to the Southern Sociological Congress, Atlanta, Georgia, (April 25-29, 1913.) Folder 44
    • Custom Declaration, Yangchow, China, (February 24, 1915.) Folder 45
  • Writings and Speeches
    • Addresses and Talks
      • Address Before the Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina at Wilmington, Biblical Recorder,  (March 29, 1911.) Folder 46
      • Closing Words of the Message From Her Sick Room To The Union In Annual Session, (May, 1915.) Folder 47
      • Divine Side of Missions (Outline), Gastonia, (1908.) Folder 48
      • Giving, Raleigh, (1910.) Folder 49
      • [How] Others Think of Us, ([n.d.].) Folder 50
      • I Seek Not Yours But You, ([n.d.].) Folder 51
      • Message To The Woman's Missionary Union, Hygeia Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, (April 20, 1915.) Folder 52
      • Missions, Richmond, Virginia, (January, 1910.) Folder 53
      • Notes On Interdominational Woman's Mission Work, Grove Avenue Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia, (1910.) Folder 54
      • Series of Four Talks On Harmony, Joy, Beauty, and Power given at Baptist W.M.U.Training School, Louisville, KY., (May 24-27, 1912.) Box 2 Folder 55
    • Other Literary Productions
      • Altar Fires, ([n.d.].) Folder 56
      • Answered Prayers To A Million Southern Baptist Women, ([n.d.].) Folder 57
      • Article [untitled], ([n.d.].) Folder 58
      • Baptist Female University: Women's Building Fund, ([n.d.].) Folder 59
      • Celestial Telegraphy, ([n.d.].) Folder 60
      • Centennial Work and Plans for the Woman's and Children's Missionary Societies, ([1891]?) Folder 61
      • Cheerful Adventures in Counterpane Land, (November 24 1914.) Folder 62
      • Entrusted Letter, ([n.d.].) Folder 63
      • A Great Event, ([n.d.].) Folder 64
      • Invalid's Year, ([n.d.].) Folder 65
      • A Lesser Saint, (May 21, 1915.) Folder 66
      • Ministry of Suffering, ([n.d.].) Folder 67
      • Misunderstood, ([n.d.].) Folder 68
      • My Pleasure Book, (1914-1915.) Folder 69
      • A New Year's Message, Royal Service,  (January 1915.) Folder 70
      • Other Poems, (1914-1915.) Folder 71
      • Pageant of the Golden Rule, ([n.d.].) Folder 72
      • Rainbow Side, ([n.d.].) Folder 73
      • Sun of My Soul, My Saviour Dear, ([n.d.].) Folder 74
      • Trust of Pain, (1915.) Folder 75
    • Other Authors
      • Livermore, Mary, "Two Queens,"  Biblical Recorder,  (1915) Folder 76
      • Poems, (1909, undated) Folder 77
      • Robinson, Miriam J., A Woman of Character, (1976.) Folder 78
      • Review of Everyday Gladness by Fannie E.S.Heck, (1915.) Folder 79
  • Publications and Ephemera
    • Armenian Proverbs and Sayings, (translated into English by Richard G. Bayan, Venice: Academy of S. Lazarus, (1897.) Folder 80
    • Jubilee of Women's Foreign Missionary Societies, Bulletin, (1860-1910.) Folder 81
    • Missionary Talk, (Fannie E.S.Heck, editor), (1887-1893.) Folder 82
    • Morgantown Baptist Church, West Virginia, Program, (February 28, 1932.) Folder 83
    • Pamphlets by Fannie E.S.Heck Folder 84
      • Things That Remain, Foreign Missionary Board, Southern Baptist Convention Richmond, Virginia, ([n.d.].)
      • A Year's Obedience, Foreign Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention Richmond, Virginia, (1903-1904.)
    • Pamphlets, Other, (1910-1911, undated) Folder 85
    • Pennsylvania Association News, (August 1909.) Folder 86
    • Royall Service (Fannie E.S.Heck on the cover), (1915-1916.) Folder 87
    • Woman's Club of Raleigh, Third Annual Program, Yearbook. (1906-1907,) Folder 88
    • Woman's Missionary Union (Alabama), Program, (1915.) Folder 89
    • Woman's Missionary Union (Arkansas), Minutes, (1914.) Folder 90
    • Woman's Missionary Union (Southern Baptist Convention)
      • President's Badge, (1915.) Folder 91
      • Program and Report, (1913.) Folder 92
    • Women's and Children's Missionary Societies of the Baptist Churches of North Carolina, Calendar, (1903.) Folder 93
    • Working Woman's Home Association, Annual Report 29th, Montgomery, Alabama, (1910.) Folder 94
  • Pictorial Materials
    • Heck, Fannie E.S. with and without hat, negatives (2) Folder 95
    • Heck, Fannie E.S. with and without hat, positives (6). Folder 96
  • Personal Memorabilia
    • Nachoochee Camp Fire Girls, Goodwill Center, (undated) Folder 97
    • Young Women In American Cities, (undated) Folder 98
    • Pamphlets and Clippings, (1904-1916.) Folder 99
    • Sunrise, (November 28, 1914.) Folder 100

Summary Information

Repository
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Creator
Heck, Fannie E. S. (Fannie Exile Scudder), 1862-1915
Title
Fannie Exile Scudder Heck Papers
ID
MS53
Date [inclusive]
1878-1976, undated
Extent
0.84 linear feet  2 document boxes

Administrative Information

Publication Information
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives 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. 

Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina Records (MS571).

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