Nordahl, Henry A.

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Henry A. Nordahl was a student and track athlete at the University of Southern California in the first decade of the twentieth century. He and Ruth Margaret Iliff were married in 1911 or 1912. Ruth filed her Master's thesis at USC in May 1912, after which the couple traveled to Bolivia to do missionary work for the Methodist Episcopal missionary agency. They eventually settled in the Los Angeles area, where Henry worked as a high school Spanish teacher and Ruth remained involved in church-related activities.

From the description of Papers of Henry A. Nordahl, 1904-1918, 1948. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 424511566

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creatorOf Nordahl, Henry A. Papers of Henry A. Nordahl, 1904-1918, 1948. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
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associatedWith Boy Scouts of America. corporateBody
associatedWith China Inland Mission. corporateBody
associatedWith Methodist Episcopal Church. corporateBody
associatedWith Nordahl, Ruth. person
associatedWith Pacific Improvement Company. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Southern California. corporateBody
associatedWith Woman's Christian Temperance Union. corporateBody
associatedWith YMCA of the USA. corporateBody
associatedWith Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Bolivia
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California
Missionaries
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
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Active 1904

Active 1948

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