| Accession # | BC2006/5 |
| Topic | Heifer Project: Seagoing Cowboys |
| Keywords | Dan West, HPI, Heifer Project, |
| Title | Seagoing Cowboys, Heifer Project |
| Size | 1 Files |
| Location | COB General File: Heifer Project |
| Citation | Seagoing Cowboys, Heifer Project, BC2006/5, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. |
| Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. |
| Provenance | Donation 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." 3. "The Impossible Dream, How the Heifer Project Came to Be," by Peggy Reiff Miller. "Messenger, July/August 2009. "Ride 'Em Seagoing Cowboy!," "A 1940s Brethren/UNRRA Partnership Touched Countless Lives," by Peggy Reiff Miller. "Messenger," May 2005. |
| Date of Accession | 01 January 1980 |
| Bio History Note | Cattle 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 and updated 21 November 2014.. |
