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Date(s)
- circa 1900-2001 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
3.20 Linear Feet; 2 archives boxes, 1 half archives box, and 1 oversize folder
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Name of creator
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Biographical history
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Biographical history
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Scope and content
Correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous materials associated with Blanche Sell's 35 years of missionary service in India with the Mennonite Board of Missions. While outgoing correspondence relating the daily work and spiritual life of Mennonite missionaries in Dhamtari will be of most interest to researchers, this collection also holds substantial incoming correspondence from Sell's mother, Elizabeth Sell, and sister, Doris Shenk. Most of the photographs are snapshots with fair to excellent captioning. They include images of Indian spiritual and medical leaders, including P. J. Malagar and Dr. Martin. Miscellaneous materials include a Mennonite Board of Missions India calendar (1952), texts of missionary messages Sell delivered to various Mennonite congregations in the 1980s, and autograph books.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
5/7/2014, Dan Shenk, Acc. 2014-036.
System of arrangement
Flat
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
These materials are open to public research.
Conditions governing reproduction
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.
Language of material
- English
- Hindi
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2011-02-02
Language(s)
- English