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Mary Behner Christopher, Missionary, Papers, 1928-1937 A&M 3131

Mary Behner Christopher, Missionary, Papers, 1928-1937 A&M 3131


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 3131
Title
Mary Behner Christopher, Missionary, Papers 1928-1937
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195672
Quantity
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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[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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Arthurdale (W. Va.)
  • Behner, Esther.
  • Behner, Frederick G.
  • Brooks, Peggy.
  • Christopher, Mary Behner
  • Church buildings
  • Churches -- Presbyterian and Reformed
  • Clergy
  • Coal miners
  • Coal miners' spouses
  • Coal mining families.
  • Depression.
  • Diaries and journals.
  • Dodds, Gideon S.
  • Edgell, Frank.
  • French, Peggy.
  • Missionaries
  • Monongalia County (W. Va.)
  • Mountaineer Mining Mission (Monongalia County, W. Va.)
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Pursglove (W.Va.)
  • Pursglove, Monongalia County -
  • Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
  • Schools
  • Scotts Run (W. Va.)
  • Scotts Run Settlement House
  • Teachers
  • Westminster Girls' Club

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Behner, Esther.
  • Behner, Frederick G.
  • Brooks, Peggy.
  • Christopher, Mary Behner
  • Dodds, Gideon S.
  • Edgell, Frank.
  • French, Peggy.
  • Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Arthurdale (W. Va.)
  • Monongalia County (W. Va.)
  • Pursglove (W.Va.)
  • Scotts Run (W. Va.)
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