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Shank, Dora, 1898-1980

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1898 - 1980

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Dora Shank papers, 1929-1940.

 Collection
Identifier: MS5435
Abstract Dora F. Shank was born in 1898 to Calvin L. Shank and Annie M. Shank. In 1929, Dora F. Shank joined the Turkey mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to work at the American Hospital in Istanbul. She married Albert Dewey who led the Azariah Smith Memorial Hospital in Gaziantep, Turkey, in 1942. The two retired from missionary work in 1959 and Dora died in 1980. This collection contains a diary and photographs from Dora Shank which document her journey to Turkey...
Dates: 1929-1940