Collection 00/MS.235 - Ruth Unrau Papers

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US BCMLA 00/MS.235

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Ruth Unrau Papers

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  • 1975-1985 (Creation)

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Born 28 Feb 1922, Kouts, Indiana. Parents A. E. Baughman and Martha Zook.

Graduated from Ball State University 1943. Master's degree from Indiana University Bloomington 1945.

Taught at Kouts, Indiana, High School 1943-44, 1945-47.

Married Walter D. Unrau 1 August 1953. Two daughters.

Taught at Bethel College 1947-53, 1956-ca. 86. Taught in business department, secretarial studies. Was also international student advisor, librarian for the Mennonite Library and Archives, volunteer in Mennonite Library and Archives.

Taught at Woodstock School, Mussoorie, UP, India, 1965-66, 1970-73, and later.

Author of several books:

<em>Buckwheat Summer</em> (1962)

<em>Who Needs an Oil Well?</em> (1968)

<em>Encircled: Stories of Mennonite Women</em>(1986)

<em>A Time to Bind and a Time to Loose: A History of the General Conference Mennonite Church Mission Involvement in India from 1900-1995</em> (1996)

<em>Hill Station Teacher</em> (1997)

Moved to Bluffton, Ohio, 2002.

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Consists of research files for her book of Mennonite women's biographies.

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unprocessed

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open to research use

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  • English

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