Skip to main content

Abbie Benton Bonsteel Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MU-PP-0008

Scope and Contents

The Abbie Benton Bonsteel collection contains her correspondence, writings, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed books.

Dates

  • Creation: 1896-1951

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Martha Abbie Benton was born on December 24, 1879, in Troy, Alabama. Her parents were Nancy Johnson and James Absalem Benton Jr. Her only sibling was Johnson Crowell Benton.

She began her formal education at Troy State Normal College and received her bachelor of missionary training from the WMU Training School in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1914; a diploma from Mars Hill College in 1925; a BA from Bessie Tift College in 1926; an MA from Mercer University in 1930; and an MA in religious education from the WMU Training School in 1932. She taught at Campbell College at Buies Creek, North Carolina, between 1926 and 1933.

Mrs. Bonsteel was married to Robert Paris from 1902 to his death in 1911. In 1916 she married Ray L. Bonsteel. Prior to his death in 1920, the couple adopted a daughter, Neta Poythress.

She is remembered for the many devotional essays and columns she published. Her best known work, however, is Hidden Pearls, a story for girls entering young womanhood.

Mrs. Bonsteel died on March 24, 1966, a year and a half after suffering a paralyzing stroke. She was buried in Albemarle, North Carolina, where she had lived for some time in the Baptist Home.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (2 archival boxes) : Paper materials, publications, photographs, and scrapbooks

Language of Materials

English

Title
Abbie Benton Bonsteel Papers
Author
Susan Broome et al. (2003)
Date
2003
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Gift of her nephew, Lawrence R. Benton (1967)

Repository Details

Part of the Mercer University Archives and Digital Initiatives Repository

Contact:
1501 Mercer University Dr.
Macon Georgia 31207 USA
4783012968