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Author Ehrlander, Mary F., author.

Title Hospital and Haven : The Life and Work of Grafton and Clara Burke in Northern Alaska / Mary F. Ehrlander with Hild M. Peters
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000
[2023]

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Description 1 online resource (372 pages)
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Early Life and Arrival in Alaska, 1907-1908 -- Fort Yukon, Courtship, and Marriage, 1908-1910 -- Settling into Married Life at Fort Yukon, 1910-1912 -- Hap's Term as Commissioner, 1912-1914 -- Opening St. Stephen's Hospital and Closing a Chapter, 1916-1921 -- Deepening Resolve amid Increased Responsibilities and Challenges, 1921-1925 -- St. Stephen's Mission Work Expands as Support Declines Nationally, 1926-1930 -- Struggling Yet Expanding during the Depression Years, 1930-1935 -- The End of an Era, 1936-1938
Summary "Hospital and Haven tells the compelling story of Episcopal missionaries during the Social Gospel Movement, the Progressive Era, and the New Deal engaging in social reform in Alaska Native communities and delivering critical health care to Alaska Natives as economic development and white migration negatively impacted Native life"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Burke, Clara May, 1884-1962.
Burke, Grafton.
SUBJECT Burke, Grafton fast
Subject Episcopal Church -- Missions -- Alaska -- Fort Yukon -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT Episcopal Church fast
Subject Gwich'in Indians -- Missions -- Alaska -- Fort Yukon -- History -- 20th century
Missions, Medical -- Alaska -- Fort Yukon -- History -- 20th century
Missionaries -- Alaska -- Fort Yukon -- Biography
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
Missions, Medical
Missions
Missionaries
SUBJECT Fort Yukon -- Biography
Subject Alaska -- Fort Yukon
Genre/Form History
Biographies
Form Electronic book
Author Peters, Hild M., author
Project Muse. distributor.
LC no. 2022061328
ISBN 9781496237408
1496237404
9781496237392
1496237390