Barr, Laura Isabelle
Missionary and Bible translator; born Laura Isabelle Barr, 1914, with nickname "Belle"; attended Bible Institute of Pennsylvania (1932-1933), Columbia Bible College, South Carolina (1933-1935), Booth Memorial Hospital, New York City (1936-1937); worked in northeast Belgian Congo and West Nile District in Uganda with Africa Inland Mission (1944-1980), involved in Bible translation into the Lugbara language and working among girls and women; died March 15, 2003.
From the description of Papers of Laura Isabelle Barr, 1930-1993. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 54942177
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Barr, Laura Isabelle. Papers of Laura Isabelle Barr, 1930-1993. | Billy Graham Archive & Research Center |
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| associatedWith | Africa Inland Mission, International. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Amin, Idi, 1925-2003. | person |
| associatedWith | Church of the Open Door (Philadelphia, Pa.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Ericksen, Paul A., | person |
| associatedWith | MacPherson, Merrill T. | person |
| associatedWith | Mau Mau. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Stam, Peter. | person |
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| Belgium | |||
| Africa | |||
| Uganda | |||
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | |||
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| Animism |
| Christian life |
| Conversion |
| Evangelistic work |
| Indigenous church administration |
| Language in missionary work |
| Lugbara (African people) |
| Lugbara language |
| Missionaries |
| Missions |
| Muslims |
| Polygamy |
| Sex role |
| Tribes |
| Women |
| Women in missionary work |
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Active 1930
Active 1993
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