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TopicAccession #Description Summary
McFadden, DanAlumni Large Box 187: McFadden, Dan Material related to Dan McFadden.  
West, Dan: Memorabilia and LettersMC2010/113 

1.  Letter to Sabra written and signed by Dan West on Church of the Brethren General Brotherhood Board stationery.

2.  Christmas letter from the West Family to Sabra and her family with a handwritten personal note on the verso by Dan West.

3.  Exhibit A: One article by Sabra (Baker) Staley (Unit 11, 1951) entitled "A Sign Along th e Road."  This is a story about how Sabra came to join Brethren Volunteer Service and accepted an assignment in Castener, Puerto Rico, in years 1951-1952.

3.  Exhibit B:  One color copy of Dan West's name and address in the family guestbook, circa 1952.

4.  Letter with vignettes about Dan West and Sabra's family.

5.  The story of the "henna-haired landlady."

 

 

 

 

These items in the Church of the Brethren collection may also be helpful:
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TopicRecord #Description Summary
Brethren Volunteer ServiceCOB General File: Brethren Volunteer Service 

"Living the Story, 50 Years of Brethren Volunteer Service," 1998."

Program booklet for the Church of the Brethren, 60th Anniversary BVS (Brethren Volunteer Service) Reunion, Falfurrias, Texas, March 2008, Brethren Service Farm. The booklet contains a history of the Falfurrias Brethren Voluntary Service Project with reports compiled by Pearl Whitcher and Anna Patrick.  Booklet Committee: Nelson Yoder & Stanley Bittinger.

  • List of pastors and other church leaders - Falfurrias, Texas.
  • List of Brethren Service Project Volunteers from the first unit in 1948.
  • Falfurrias BVS Volunteers and interested persons mailing list accurate as of May, 2008.
  • Copies of historical photographs.
  • Description of 2008 reunion.

See Also: Oak Leaves 15 September 1960 p.2; 17 September 1964 p.1; 28 January 1965 p.1. 

See also:  Volunteer services.

 
Smith, Todd: Brethren PeopleBrethren People File: Smith, Todd Clipping from August 1978 Messenger, "God Can Be Found At Church Camp," by Todd Smith, a BVSer from the Akron, Indiana, congregation.  
 


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