A&M 3945John Wade Kidwell Family, African Missionary Correspondence of Dorothy E. O'Neal, 1950s-1960s, 2012-2013 A&M 3945Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

2013/07/09

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:40:08 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center John Wade Kidwell Family, African Missionary Correspondence of Dorothy E. O'Neal O'Neal, Dorothy E. A&M 3945 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/3055 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 3/4 in. (1 folder) 1950s-1960s, 2012-2013 Correspondence and other material of missionary Dorothy E. O'Neal (1925-2012), a friend of Dessie Kidwell and family (see A&M 3823). She was the first missionary from St. John's United Methodist Church in Parsons, West Virginia, to accept foreign service. She worked as a medical missionary in the Belgian Congo during the 1950s and 1960s, and later moved back to the United States to continue working in the nursing field until her retirement. The collection includes typescripts (2012-2013), photographs of Dorothy and friends (1950s-1960s), correspondence (1950s-1960s), and a hand-carved African ivory letter opener. Correspondence includes manuscript letters from Dorothy during her missionary work (1955-1958). Her letters discuss her training in Belgium, trips in Europe, her missionary and medical work in a leper colony in the Congo, and cultural observations. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], John Wade Kidwell Family, African Missionary Correspondence of Dorothy E. O'Neal, A&M 3945, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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3823, 3945

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 Congo (Democratic Republic) Missionaries O'Neal, Dorothy E., 1925-2012.