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Collected Loma Fables

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Identifier: ULS.MS.063.002.034

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection documents the activities of Wesley L. Sadler, mostly during his time as a missionary. Included are predominantly correspondences, newsletters, manuscripts, and other various published materials. The records are arranged into 8 series:

Series 1: Educational Materials

Series 2: Loma Language Materials/Liberia

Series 3: Tanganyika

Series 4: Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia now)

Series 5: Tanzania

Series 6: Papua New Guinea

Series 7: Sumatra, Indonesia.

Series 8: Articles, etc. on Language, Literacy, and Literature

Dates

  • Existence: 1931-1977

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Additional languages include Loma, Salobemlina, and Iramba

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research

Extent

1 folders

General

Collected Loma Fables- Most translated to Loma By WLS- Material Gathered by men (working for Wes) who could write in English as the storyteller spoke in Loma. RLS 

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Personal Papers and Manuscripts Collection, Seminary Archives, United Lutheran Seminary Library, Gettysburg, PA Repository

Contact:
61 Seminary Ridge
Gettysburg PA 17325 United States