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History in the Details: A Historian Reflects on the Value of Letters

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avondale-bepress.abstract<p>The humble letter proved a communication lifeline for Avondale alumna and missionary Margaret Watts between 1956 and 1966. She wrote letters almost every week to family and friends. For four years, the letters came from Redcliffe Mission Station on the island of Aobe in the New Hebrides, and for the last six years they came from Inus Mission Station on the island of Bougainville in the Territory of New Guinea. <em>Dearest Folks: Letters Home From a Missionary Wife and Mother</em> publishes almost 100 of these surviving letters, mostly from mid-1964 onwards.</p>
avondale-bepress.articleid1362
avondale-bepress.authorsRobyn Priestley
avondale-bepress.context-key11109594
avondale-bepress.coverpage-urlhttps://research.avondale.edu.au/teach/vol11/iss2/11
avondale-bepress.document-typereflections
avondale-bepress.field.custom_citationPriestley, R. (2017). History in the details: A historian reflects on the value of letters. <em>TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 11</em>(2), 61. doi:10.55254/1835-1492.1362
avondale-bepress.field.doi10.55254/1835-1492.1362
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avondale-bepress.field.publisherAvondale Academic Press
avondale-bepress.fulltext-urlhttps://research.avondale.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1362&amp;context=teach&amp;unstamped=1
avondale-bepress.keywordsLetters
avondale-bepress.keywordshistorical sources
avondale-bepress.keywordsmissionary wife
avondale-bepress.keywordsfamily life
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avondale-bepress.publication-date2017-11-01T00:00:00Z
avondale-bepress.publication-titleTEACH Journal of Christian Education
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avondale-bepress.submission-date2017-11-21T19:56:48Z
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avondale-bepress.titleHistory in the Details: A Historian Reflects on the Value of Letters
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dc.contributor.authorPriestley, Robyn
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:25:40Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:25:40Z
dc.date.issued2017-11-01
dc.date.submitted2017-11-21T19:56:48Z
dc.description.abstract<p>The humble letter proved a communication lifeline for Avondale alumna and missionary Margaret Watts between 1956 and 1966. She wrote letters almost every week to family and friends. For four years, the letters came from Redcliffe Mission Station on the island of Aobe in the New Hebrides, and for the last six years they came from Inus Mission Station on the island of Bougainville in the Territory of New Guinea. <em>Dearest Folks: Letters Home From a Missionary Wife and Mother</em> publishes almost 100 of these surviving letters, mostly from mid-1964 onwards.</p>
dc.identifier.citationPriestley, R. (2017). History in the details: A historian reflects on the value of letters. <em>TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 11</em>(2), 61. doi:10.55254/1835-1492.1362
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.55254/1835-1492.1362
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/123456789/11109594
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.publisherAvondale Academic Press
dc.subjectLetters
dc.subjecthistorical sources
dc.subjectmissionary wife
dc.subjectfamily life
dc.titleHistory in the Details: A Historian Reflects on the Value of Letters
dc.typeJournal Article
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