0.25 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 1/2 in. (one 2 1/2 in. document case); 5 reels of microfilm
Creator
Christopher, Mary Behner
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
The microfilm collection contains 10 diaries and inserted supplementary letters, clippings, and photographs kept by Presbyterian
missionary Mary Behner during her years as the first director of The Shack, a settlement house in the Scotts Run Area of Monongalia
County. In addition to the microfilm, there is an addendum to this collection dating from 2006. It includes a photograph
album kept by Anna Santore DeLancy, who was a Sunday School teacher at the Shack, a Presbyterian neighborhood house operating
in Pursglove, West Virginia. Anna was the recreation director after the founder Mary Behner Christopher left in 1938. The
photographs document the people and activities of the Shack in the 1930s. There is also correspondence between Bettijane
Burger and people who knew Mary Behner Christopher, and clippings regarding the history of the Shack, among other material.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Mary Behner Christopher, Missionary, Papers, A&M 3131, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.