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Summary Information
Lester James Wright collection 1908-1923
- Wright, Lester James, 1886-1922
Collection ZT
- .25 Linear Feet
- 1 half-document letter box
.25 Linear Feet 1 half-document letter box
The Lester James Wright collection (1908-1923) consists correspondence from Wright, photographs and postcards, certificates, and travel documents. Wright was a former agriculture professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before he became a missionary of the Presbyterian Church. After becoming ordained, Wright began his missionary work in Armenia and Turkey in 1921, focusing on agriculture in Harpoot as well as orphaned children who lived in the area. He made several trips moving hundreds of children to Aleppo to take refuge. He was killed during one of these trips by bandits in 1922. English
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