Letha Evangeline Ward Wakeman papers 1908-1974

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Letha Evangeline Ward Wakeman papers 1908-1974

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Letha Evangeline Ward Wakeman was a missionary in Africa. The collection comprises personal diaries, correspondence and material relating to Wakeman's involvement with missionary work in the Congo during the mid-twentieth century. The material related to the Congo, in addition to correspondence, includes missionary publications. The collection also contains biographical material on Wakeman and her husband, who received correspondence from the Oregon State Hospital.

8.0 linear feet, 14 containers

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6364125

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Oregon State Hospital

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Wakeman, Letha Evangeline Ward, 1898-1974.

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Letha Evangeline Ward Wakeman was born in 1898 in Alton, Illinois. She was the daughter of Thomas and Effie Ward, missionaries to Lagos. Wakeman was educated at Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She married Andrew Vergil Wakeman, Baptist missionary to the Congo, where they lived from 1922-1926. They returned to the United States when Andrew contracted filariasis. His condition worsened and he spent much of his later life institutionalized. Letha Wakeman became active in the Ore...

Ward, Effie

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Wakeman, Andrew V.

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Wakeman family

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Anderson, Colena M.

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Oregon Migrant Ministry

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