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Box 49

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Virginia Blackburn - British E. Africa Letters, Kenya, May 1903 - December 1903

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 10
Identifier:  10
Scope and Contents

Typed transcriptions of letters written by Virginia Blackburn to her parents discussing life at the Kaimosi mission. Virginia and Elisha Blackburn, a nurse and medical doctor respectively, founded a hospital at the Kaimosi mission after they arrived in 1903. Her letters reflect her perspective as a white American Friend, and as such, do not reflect the opinions, worldviews, and perspectives of indigenous East Africans.

Dates: May 1903 - December 1903