Francis J. Uplegger papers, 1899-1964 (bulk 1917-1960).

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Francis J. Uplegger papers, 1899-1964 (bulk 1917-1960).

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Correspondence, writings, Bible translations into Apache, sermons, reports, and audiotapes, chiefly from 1917-1960. Correspondents are relatives, friends, and missionaries, including Edgar Guenther and Paul Brockman. The audiotapes include sermons preached in Apache and English. Other material includes lessons on how to speak Apache, song lyrics, mission reports, and a semi-autobiographical account of Francis Uplegger's experiences, "The Desire of the Nations among the Apache."

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Evangelical Lutheran Mission (San Carlos, Ariz.)

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Uplegger, Alfred

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Guenther, Edgar

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Brockman, Paul

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Uplegger, Francis J., 1867-1964

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Biographical note: Missionary; Francis J. Uplegger was a Lutheran minister who arrived at San Carlos with his family in 1919 to establish a mission to the San Carlos Apache. He learned their language, then translated the Lutheran catechism, creed, liturgy and bible into Apache. Uplegger also wrote a four-volume Apache-English dictionary and assisted the Apache in writing their constitution. Uplegger was officially adopted into the San Carlos community in 1961. From the description of...