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Letter from Marjorie Jones Whitaker to mother Item Info
- Title:
- Letter from Marjorie Jones Whitaker to mother
- Date Created:
- 1958-10-02
- Description:
- Letter from Marjorie Jones Whitaker (Wheaton College, Class of 1944) to her mother, Mrs. Blanche S. Jones providing updates on the mission to the Waorani, October 1958. She describes how, more than two-and-a-half years after the deaths of the five missionaries, Dayuma returned to the Waorani settlement where her family lived. She further explains the invitation Dayuma received from her kinship group for Rachel Saint and Elisabeth Elliot to come to live among her people.
- Subjects:
- Indians of South America--Missions--Ecuador Huao Indians Dayuma (Auca Indian)
- Location:
- Quito, Ecuador
- Source:
- Wheaton College Archives, V. Raymond Edman Papers (RG 2.4), Box 11, Folder 1, Wheaton Archives & Special Collections.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Letter from Marjorie Jones Whitaker to mother", To Carry the Light Further, Wheaton Archives and Special Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://exhibits.archives.wheaton.edu/to-carry-the-light-further/items/obj_0166.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In Copyright. For more information, please contact Wheaton Archives & Special Collections at archives@wheaton.edu.
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