| Abstract |
Correspondence consists of letters from Beulah H. Reitz in Rhodesia, Africa, to family and friends in Kansas. There are also a few letters written by other missionaries and by native students. Correspondence topics include descriptions of ship travel to Africa; descriptions of African towns such as Cape Town and Johannesburg; the history of and physical description of missions in Rhodesia; the day to day activities of those at the missions; the customs of the natives as opposed to Christian practices; methods for the acquisition and preparation of food and clothing by the natives; medical treatments and cures; a quarantine from an epidemic of East Coast Fever; mission work being done by the Parent Board in conjunction with Methodists, as well as mission work of the Church of England and the Seventh Day Adventists; and Camp meetings. Also includes clippings and pamphlets. |
| Access restriction | Joyner- No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Beulah H. Reitz Papers (#217), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Joyner- Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Miss Beulah H. Reitz. |
| Biographical note | Beulah H. Reitz was born in Kansas in 1893. She was educated at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan. From 1922 to 1955, Miss Reitz served as a missionary to Rhodesia under the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. |
