Finding aid for the Saidee Pettus Hoose papers 3310
Sarah Cassone
USC Libraries East Asian Library
2018 February
Doheny Memorial Library
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-1825
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Title: Saidee Pettus Hoose papers
creator:
Hoose, Saidee Pettus, 1887-1949
Identifier/Call Number: 3310
Physical Description:
.5 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1923-2009
Date (bulk): 1930-1939
Abstract: Saidee Pettus Hoose was an American missionary who, along with her husband, worked and lived in China beginning in 1916. This
small collection consists of correspondence, clippings, biographical materials and a few pieces of ephemera relating to the
personal and professional life of Hoose, as well as to her husband Earl and son Harned.
Arrangement
Materials have been arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
The Saidee Pettus Hoose papers, 1923-2009 (bulk 1930-1939), consist of fourteen folders relating to Hoose, her husband Earl,
and their family. Amongst these materials is correspondence with various family members and friends during the time of Saidee
and Earl's missionary fieldwork in China as well as Earl's appointment with the American Bible Society, including correspondence
with Minnie Evans Keyes of the General Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star. There is also correspondence to USC from Hoose's
family members, providing biographical information of her family tree and history.
The rest of the collection comprises newspaper clippings, mainly from "The Peiping Chronicle", a few postcards and invitations,
a copy of Harned Hoose's top-secret memo and outline of Chinese history for Richard Nixon in preparation of his historic China
trip in 1972, and two pieces of ephemera in the form of chopsticks and Yuen.
Biographical Note
Saidee Alice Pettus Hoose was an American missionary born in Mobile, Alabama in 1887. In 1915, she married Earl Albion Hoose.
In 1916 they went to China, where Earl was attached to the Methodist Mission in City of Kiukiang, and together performed missionary
work. Earl became sick in 1922 and by 1925 he began working with the American Bible Society in Peiping (now Beijing) as their
sub-agency secretary, due to his inability to perform fieldwork any longer. Saidee and Earl had four children, all of whom
were raised in Peiping until age 18, when they each left to attend college in the United States.
Their son, Harned Hoose, went to the U.S. in 1938 where he enrolled in law school at USC. Harned carried on the mission of
his parents, uniting U.S. and Chinese relations through his work as an attorney and eventually as advisor and consultant to
the National Security Council under the Nixon Administration. He helped arrange Nixon's trip to China in 1972 and was among
the first group of American businessmen to open up trade relations between the U.S. and China.
Both Saidee and Earl passed away in 1949. Harned passed away in 1981.
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Curator of the East Asian
Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the East Asian Library as the owner of the physical items and is
not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/Folder# or Item name]. Saidee Pettus Hoose papers, Collection no. 3310, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the estate of Saidee Pettus Hoose.
Existence and Location of Copies
Select items within this collection have been digitized and can be found at the Saidee Pettus Hoose Collection within the
Pacific Rim Archive, through USC's Digital Library. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15799coll46
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Peiping chronicle (Beijing, China : 1932)
Methodist Church -- Missions -- China -- Archival resources
Missions -- China -- Jiangxi Sheng -- Archival resources
Missions -- China -- Beijing -- Archival resources
Missionaries -- China -- Archival resources
Women missionaries -- China -- Archival resources
Clippings
Correspondence
Ephemera
Hoose, Saidee Pettus, 1887-1949 -- Archives
Hoose, Harned Pettus, 1920-1981 -- Archives
Hoose, Earl Albion -- Archives
Pettus, William B. (William Bacon), 1880-1959 -- Archives
American Bible Society -- Archives
Keyes, Minnie Evans -- Archives
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Archives
Order of the Eastern Star. General Grand Chapter -- Archives
Box 1, Folder 1
[Pettus, William Bacon biographical information]
undated
Box 1, Folder 2
[Correspondence]
1923-1927
Box 1, Folder 3
[Correspondence]
1930-1936
Box 1, Folder 4
["The Peiping Chronicle" article on Marshal Ghiang Kai-Shek's release]
1936-12-26
Box 1, Folder 6-7
["The Peiping Chronicle"]
1937-09-01-1937-09-30
Box 1, Folder 8
[Postcards, clippings, and Bible Society invitations]
1937-1938
Box 1, Folder 11
["The American Bible Society" by Edgar Cordell Powers (Supreme Council, 33 degrees, Bulletin]
1939-07-15
Box 1, Folder 12
[Shepard, Geoffrey correspondence to USC and ephemera]
1944, 2009
Box 1, Folder 13
[Top Secret manual and outline of Chinese history prepared for Richard Nixon by Harned Hoose]
1972-01
Box 1, Folder 14
[Biographical information and notes]
2009
