Lester James Wright collection
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Summary Information

Title: Lester James Wright collection
Inclusive Dates: 1908-1923

Creator:
  • Wright, Lester James, 1886-1922
Unique Identifier: Collection ZT

Quantity:
  • .25 Linear Feet
  • 1 half-document letter box

Repository:
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Special Collections


Abstract:
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.

Language: English .

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-sc-zt
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