Elma J. Ashby Oral History Interview, February 6, 1981

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Elma J. Ashby Oral History Interview, February 6, 1981

February 6, 1981

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0065/

Miss Ashby, a native of Tunneltown, West Virginia, spent twenty seven years as a Methodist missionary in Rhodesia. In this interview she recounts her background and eduction, her appointment as missionary to China in 1940 and her return to the U.S. due to the outbreak of World War I I, and her subsequent appointment to work in Africa. Miss Ashby remained in Rhodesia from 1945 until 1972 where she worked in nurses training.

0.01 Cubic Feet; 2 audiocassettes, 2.25 hour, 36 pages

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Lennon, Donald R.

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Ashby, Elma J.

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