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Leonard and Edith Wines Diary

 Collection — Box: 30
Identifier: SC-339

Scope and Contents

Accounts of travel to and from Kenya and life at the Kaimosi mission station. Includes comments on other missionaries and African Friends, attitudes toward native people, and daily activities.

Dates

  • 1948-1954
  • Other: Majority of material found in 1948-1954
  • Other: Date acquired: 05/01/2012

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions

Biographical or Historical Information

Leonard Wines (1906-1977), a native of Adrian, Michigan, married Edith Whitehead (1912-12006), a native of Ohio, in Marion, Ohio, in 1932. After attending Cleveland Bible Institute and Marion College, he served as a Friends pastor in Iowa, Texas, Colorado, and Ohio, in addition to his missioanry service.

Note written by

Extent

1.00 Items

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Diary kept by Leonard and Edith Wines, missionaries under the American Friends Board of of Missions in Kenya, 1948-1954.

Arrangement Note

Chronological.

Custodial History

Gift of children of Leonard and Edith Wines.

Source of Acquisition

Elwin Wines, Jacksonville, Oregon

Method of Acquisition

Gift

Title
Archon Finding Aid Title
Author
Thomas Hamm
Date
05/02/2012
Description rules
Other Unmapped
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Friends Collection and Earlham College Archives Repository

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