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Accession #BC2006/5
TopicHeifer Project: Seagoing Cowboys
KeywordsDan West, HPI, Heifer Project,
TitleSeagoing Cowboys, Heifer Project
Size1 Files
LocationCOB General File: Heifer Project
CitationSeagoing Cowboys, Heifer Project, BC2006/5, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceDonation from Peggy Reiff Miller
Scope and Content

Seagoing Cowboys:

1.  Issue #6 of "Catoctin History,"  Fall/Winter 2005.

2.  January 10, 2006 issue of "The Mennonite."

 

Date of Accession01 January 1980
Bio History NoteCattle attendants, called "seagoing cowboys" cared for livestock being shipped to war-devastated countries following World War II.  This venture was part of the "Heifer Project" founded by Dan West, a Church of the Brethren leader and peace advocate. 
Archivist Note

Description prepared 30 May 2006 by Jeanine M. Wine.

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