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Beulah Misener (1925-1960) was a missionary to Kenya. She married the Rev. Ross Alloway in Oshawa, Ont. on June 11, 1949. In 1954 the couple left for Africa to serve as missionaries to the Kipsigis tribe for the Africa Inland Mission. They served first at Litein Station in Western Kenya, 20 miles from Kericho, moving in 1958 30 miles to Sitotwet. Two of their three children were born in Africa. On Feb. 60, 1960, two weeks before returning to Canada, Beulah Alloway died of what is described in the fonds as "cerebral malaria".
The fonds consists primarily of correspondence, 116 letters, from Beulah Alloway to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Misener of Brantford, Ont. The letters describe her journey to Africa and her daily life and work in Kenya. Also included are newsletters sent out by the Alloways, correspondence relating to Beulah's death, and 4 photographs.
Title based on content of the fonds.
Donated by Mrs. Harley Misener, Beulah Alloway's mother, in 1973.
Finding aid available: file level.
File 1
Correspondence, 1954 : Beulah Alloway, Litein, Kenya, to Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Misener. - 1954.
Contents: seven pieces of correspondence.
File 2
Correspondence, 1955 : Beulah Alloway, Litein, Kenya, to Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Misener. - 1955.
Contents: 35 pieces of correspondence.
File 3
Correspondence, 1956 : Beulah Alloway, Litein, Kenya, to Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Misener. - 1956.
Contents: 17 pieces of correspondence.
File 4
Correspondence, 1957 : Beulah Alloway, Litein, Kenya, to Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Misener. - 1957.
Contents: 20 pieces of correspondence.
File 5
Correspondence, 1958 : Beulah Alloway, Sitotwet, Kenya, to Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Misener. - 1958.
Contents: 18 pieces of correspondence.
File 6
Correspondence, 1959 : Beulah Alloway, Sitotwet, Kenya, to Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Misener. - 1959.
Contents: 19 pieces of correspondence.
File 7
Correspondence, 1960 : Ross Alloway, Kenya, to Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Misener. - 1960.
Contents: 4 pieces of correspondence re Beulah's death.
File 8
Correspondence, 1956-1960 : to and from Beulah and Ross Alloway, Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Misener and others. - 1956-1960.
Contents: 8 pieces of correspondence.
File 9
Newsletters sent by Beulah and Ross Alloway. - 1954-1959.
Contents: eight newsletters.
File 10
Miscellaneous ephemera. - 1955, 1960.
File 11
East Africa: two-page ts. by Ida May Misener. - [19--].
File 12
Photographs of Beulah and Ross Alloway and family. - 1954. - 4 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm in mat 26 x 19 cm or smaller.
Contents: four photographs.