Collection HM1/691 - Fannie B. Shantz Smucker Papers 1910-1989

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US MCUSAA HM1/691

Title

Fannie B. Shantz Smucker Papers 1910-1989

Date(s)

  • 1885-1989 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

2.70 Linear Feet; 3 archives boxes, 1 half archives box, and 1 oversize box

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Papers of a Goshen Academy alumna (1922), long-time member of the Prairie Street Mennonite Church (Elkhart, Ind.), and missionary to Dhamtari, India later in life.  Contains a remarkable run of diaries, nearly unbroken, from 1910 to 1989, in which Smucker provides brief descriptions of her daily activities.  Also includes scrapbooks, postcard albums, her father's autograph book, and miscellaneous materials.

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Flat

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  • English

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ArchonInternalCollectionID:1142

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Dates of creation revision deletion

2013-02-12

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  • English

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