Updegraff, David Benjamin

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This collection contains David Benjamin Updegraff's heavily annotated Bible. His notes discuss theology and the content of the Bible. It also includes placed or tipped-in materials and notes.

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Items pertaining to David Benjamin Updegraff (1878-1953), husband of Melanie Atherton Updegraff. Series includes mission documents and obituaries, as well as letters written by David Updegraff. Also included are letters written to Melanie Updegraff offering condolences after the death of her husband in 1953.

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Mostly pictures of David Updegraff throughout his life. Also includes a few images of the Athertons.

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This folder contains letters written to Melanie Updegraff offering her condolences after the death of her husband in 1953.

Abstract Melanie Atherton Updegraff (1886-1973) was a 1908 graduate of Bryn Mawr who went on to do missionary work for the Presbyterian Mission Board alongside her husband, Reverend David Benjamin Updegraff. The two were primarily stationed in Kolhapur and later Nipani, in West India. The collection includes correspondence between Updegraff and her sisters, children, and sister-in-law, among other family members, photographs of the Atherton and Updegraff families, an autograph collection, and...

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Family photographs from the Athertons and Updegraffs.

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Photos found throughout the collection consolidated here. Includes photos from the Mission at Nipani as well as images taken of the Updegraff children (some from the Kodaikanal School). Also includes Christmas cards to and from the Updegraff family.