Oral history interview, 1983 Apr. 23-Apr. 30 [sound recording].

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Oral history interview, 1983 Apr. 23-Apr. 30 [sound recording].

Sound recording of interview concerning working for the Southern Pacific Railroad, conducting church services and translating for German prisoners-of-war near Marana and Nogales, and missionary work on the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation from 1919 to 1923.

Transcript (39 p.)

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