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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2008-27 Reverend Jan C. Walker collection of Yapese materials
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2008-27
- Creators:
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Walker, Jan C., ReverendLiebenzell Mission of U.S.A.
- Dates:
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bulk 1961 and 1965
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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8 Photographs1 postcard; 1 pamphlet; and 1 document
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Eight photographs taken by Reverend Jan C. Walker in Yap in 1961; a blank postcard of the first evangelical church in Yap; and a copy of Liebenzell Mission, July-August 1965, Volume 24, Number 4, with a picture of a Yapese man named Moses on the cover and a testimonial on him by Edmund and Elizabeth Kalau in the issue. The eight black and white photographs are of Yapese people, including a local medicine man; Yapese houses; Yapese stone money; and a photograph of a missionary's home. Reverend Walker provided information on the photographs in 2007, which can also be found in the collection
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Reverend Jan. C. Walker was a Chaplain in the United States Air Force from 1956-64 and was stationed on the island of Guam from 1960-62. In 1961 he was asked to visit Yap to dedicate a church which been built with the help of Reverend Walker's Guam congregation.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2008-27 Reverend Jan C. Walker collection of Yapese materials, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Other Archival Materials
Other Archival Materials
Eleven objects collected by Reverend Walker in Yap are in the Collections Management Division of the Department of Anthropology.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2008-27
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Houses | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Money | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Missionaries | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Shamans | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Yap (Micronesia) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Postcards | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Yapese (Micronesian people) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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