Manchester College Archives and Brethren Historical Collection

Brethren Historical Collection

Title: Senger, Nettie
Number: BC2006/11
Size/Location: Brethren People File
Citation: BC2006/11, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana.
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Provenance:

Unknown.

Date of Accession: 10/20/06
Biographical/Historical Note: Nettie Senger was a Church of the Brethren missionary touring evangelist in North China from 1916-1939:

A.B. Degree - Manchester College, 1915

B.D. Degree - Bethany Theological Seminary, 1923

College of Chinese Studies, 1932

Hartford Seminary and Yen Ching University, 1935

Founder:  School for Women of China, 1933

Nettie returned to the United States because of poor health and the war conditions in China in 1939. 

Charter member of the Beacon heights Church of the Brethren, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Scope and Content Note: 1. Photocopy of church directory with tribute to Nettie.

2. Newspaper clipping and photo received from The Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren.

3. Documentary and tribute to the life of Nettie Senger compiled by Anne M. Albright.

Description prepared 20 October 2006 by Jeanine M. Wine.

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