United Lutheran Seminary Philadelphia - In Her Own Right: Anne E. Sanford Missionary Collection

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Annie Evaline Sanford was born on February 4, 1873 in Springfield, Illinois and graduated from Carthage College in 1894. Annie Sanford completed five missionary terms in India from 1895-1902, 1904-1911, 1913-1920, 1922-1929, and 1931-1938. Primarily stationed at the Guntur Girls' School in Guntur, India, Miss Sanford assisted in hospital duties, taught Sunday school, and completed local missionary work during her service. During travel and work, Miss Sanford kept a journal that she would write for several months, then would send back to her family as a letter. For consistency purposes, this finding aid refers to the documents as letter journals to express their dual function in Miss Sanford’s life. In her letters, she chronicles her experiences spreading education and Christianity with communities in India. She also highlights local customs, the rigid Indian caste system, the weather, traveling throughout India, and current events in India and in the U.S. Each time Miss Sanford would travel between the U.S. and India, she would take a different route to tour parts of North Africa, Asia, and Europe, and this is reflected in her letters.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 37
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Side A: photo each corner, with one central photograph, from left to right by rows: Row One: Photo 1: Banyan tree, Tarlupard. Photo 2: Hospital at Tarlupard.— Row Two: Photo 1: Doctor’s House at Tarlupard. Photo 2: Dr. Samuel Johan and staff. Center Photo: Bungalow in Tarlupard.— Side B: Row One: Photo 1: Converts at Mang. Photo 2: Dr. Baer with children she has raised.—Row Two: Photo 1: A woman with 3 children, one standing and the other two seated on low stools; photograph taken outdoors. The caption is barely visible. Photo 2: “Dr. Baer’s orphans”: Depicts 6 children: One of the children has been identified as Nela (?.)[All captions written in ink]
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 38A
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Single photograph, no caption: shows a magnificent building in ruins
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 38B
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
No captions. Photo cut out from a sheet of the album, one photograph on each side. Seem to be additional photographs from Kashmir. Side A and B depict the lake scene.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 39
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Side A: Photo 1: A copy of the photograph in 46 B, depicting a group of women and a group of men, standing separately from one another.Photo 2: A beautiful mansion beside the lake. —Side B: Photo 1: A Bridge with mountains in the background. Photo 2: A small stream running through a woody area full of pine trees.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 4
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Side A, Clockwise: Photo 1: Medak Church Wesleyan Mission. Photo 2: Rentichintala Church. Photo 3: Revendrapadu Church? Photo 4: Church at D…..? Photo 5: Inside the Church??—Side B, Clockwise: Photo 1: Missing photograph. Photo 2: A group photograph depicting three missionaries and two local women. Photo 3: three Missionary Women, one of them is probably Anne E. Sanford. Photo 4: A Missionary Woman Standing in front of the Bungalow (The letters AES written on the photograph. Photo 5: Missionary Women and Children. Photo 6: A group photograph of Missionaries and their Children. Photo 7: A young boy, probably the son of the Lutheran Missionaries. Photo 8: Christmas Dinner.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 40
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
A single photograph depicting a group of missionaries, 6 women and one man, standing in a formal garden.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 41
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Side A: Photo 1 (top): 3 missionary women on horses, accompanied by local guides. Photo 2 (bottom): 2 missionary women seated by the side of a stream; similar landscape to that of the previous pictures, and hence, probably from Kashmir.— Side B: Top Row: Photo 1: 7 missionary women, outdoors; tents can be seen in the background; similar geographic location as in earlier Kashmir photographs. Photo 2: Missionary women on horses, accompanied by some local men and a male missionary. — Bottom Row: Photo 1: Belongs to the same collection of outdoor photographs: tents in a wooded area, horses, and local attendants. Photo 2: One missionary woman standing in front of a snow-capped mountain.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 42A
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
A single photograph, similar to the photographs in Folder 52; depicts a valley with a stream running through it; there is a cottage on the slope of the mountain, between the mountains, a snow-capped mountain range is visible.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 43
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Side A: A carefully preserved specimen of a dried leaf accompanied by a color print of a tree; under it in print, “The Chenar tree at Bijbehara, Kashmir”].— Side B, no captions but numbered 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. Photo 1: “24” Outdoors, 3 missionary women. Photo 2: “25” Outdoors, 3 missionary women, standing atop a hillock. Photo 3: “26” a building, probably a church?? The woman standing in front of the building is attired in the same manner as the women in other Kashmir photographs. Photo 4: “27” Outdoors in a field; one woman is looking intently at a plant in a field. Photo 5: “28” In doors, the embroidery on the screen suggests that this could also be a photograph taken in a guest room in Kashmir.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 44A
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Group photo, probably from her work field near Guntur. Depicts one missionary woman and a group of young women, a few children, and teachers. Probably school children (some of them have open books on their laps) or a boarding school.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 44B
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Three group photos of women, men, and children. Each photo has "Rentachintala" written in hand print.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 45
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Side A: Photograph of a large hall with seating with US and British flags behind the dais. "Stall School" is handwritten on the photo. Side B: photo of a church sanctuary.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 47
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Side A: Clockwise (Captions from photographs): Photo 1: The dispensary at Tenali. I lived here awhile. Photo 2: Dispensary - Tenali. Photo 3: Dr. P_____ at dispensary (a group of local women, one wearing a nurse's cap). Photo 4: Dispensary at Tenali. Side B: two photos of a snow-covered city. Photo 2 says "8 miles in snow" at the top.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 48A
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Three photos. Photo 1 is missing its left half of a family portrait. Photo 2 is of a young girl watering a plant in a large pot. Photo 3 is of a woman leaving a buidling.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 48B
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Three photos. Photo 1 is of the medical home at Guntur, India. Photos two and three are of white children, Photo 2 is of "Lillian Boggs" and Photo 3 is likely her brother…ink is illegible on his first name but last name is Boggs, as well.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 49
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Side A: Clockwise. Photo 1, an aerial view of a city. Photo 2, a photograph of a train bridge and tunnel, "Kodaikanal Hills." Photo 3, "Kodaikanal Lutheran Church" photo of the sanctuary, with the pastor standing at the dais, facing the congregation and another man playing the piano (reed organ?) on the side. Four women and one child seated in the pews. Appears to be decorated for a major feast day. Side B: Photo 1: "[General] Council Group" Photo 2: "...School" a group photo of school staff. Photo 3 & 4: large group photos of General Council Missionaries.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 5
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Side A, Clockwise (Captions written on the photographs): Photo 1: View at Tranquebar. Photo 2: Church Built by the first missionaries at Tranquebar. Photo 3: Fort at Tranquebar where first missionaries were imprisoned. Photo 4: Depicts a marble relief on a grave representing a dying missionary next to whom there is a woman with 3 children, possibly 2 local princes and possibly a European pastor – Probably the grave of Ziegenbalg.—Side B, Clockwise: Photo 1: Dr. Baer and orphans. Photo 2: Children of the missionaries. Photo 3: Bible women at unknown field. Photo 4: Possbily Mrs Patge+Bible women+ women.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 50
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Side A: Six photos of scenes from mission life. Photo of thirteen newborn babies at hospital with two nurses, one local and one missionary. Photos of mission children. Photo of Miss Thomas with L. Samuel (small child). Photo of a group of Muslim children. Side B: More photos of mission life at the hospital. Photos of the ambulance and ambulance staff taken at the Jubilee Parade, Guntur; photo of Dr. Kugler and first pupils of the local school (women of varying ages, but mostly elderly).
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 51
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Side A: large photo of the English School at Guntur(?); Side B: Rentachintala Church with the congregation(?) posed in front. "Tea at Prince Bungalow." Wide shot of Prince Bungalow.
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Anne E. Sanford Scrapbook Leaf 52
Lutheran Church - Missions - India - Photographs, Women in missionary work - Albums (Books), Missions - India - Guntur
Side A: Photo 1 of "Tower at Stall Building," Photo 2 "Laying of cornerstone at Stall Building." Side B: Photo 1: Kindergarten, Stall School. Photo 2: Classs of older students.
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