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Lorena Kelly oral history interview, August 18, 1972.

Author/creator Kelly, Lorena, 1903- creator, interviewee.
Other author/creatorLennon, Donald R., interviewer.
Format Archival & Manuscript Material
Production Info 1972.
Descriptionsound recording 1 audiocassette (1 hour)
Descriptiontranscript 23 pages
Supplemental Content Finding aid
Subject(s)
Scope and content Lorena Kelly recounts her experiences on the mission field working in the rural Congo. Particular note is made of impressions of African life, organization of missionary stations, development of schools, students' prospects for success, leadership positions being undertaken by women, the Congolese Rebellion of 1960-1963 and treatment of missionaries during the outbreak, current control of the mission organization by African people, and medical care in the area. Included are samples of the Otetela language. For related material see Collection #208.
General noteInterviewer: Donald R. Lennon. Interview date: August 18, 1972.
Access restrictionNo access restrictions.
Cite as Lorena Kelly Oral History Interview (#OH0005), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Terms of useRepository does not own copyright to the oral history collection. Permission to cite, reproduce, or broadcast must be obtained from both the repository and the participants in the oral history, or their heirs.
Acquisitions source Joyner- Gift of Lorena Kelly.
Biographical noteLorena Kelly was born on May 17, 1903, at Mt. Mourne in Iredell County, N.C. After obtaining her M.A. from Scarritt College, she received an appointment from the Western Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church as a teaching missionary to the Congo. She worked there from 1936 to 1969.

Available Items

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