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85/6/3

1940s-1980s

Heidal, Abraham and Lavinia.
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Clip file.

ca. 20 p. ; 28 cm.

This file consists chiefly of missionary correspondence from Abraham and Lavinia Heidal who went as Pentecostal missionaries to China in the early 1900s and served through the early 1940s. In 1941, Japanese soldiers raided their missionary compound and the Heidals became prisoners of war until June 6, 1942. The Heidals made claim with the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission for reimbursement for the confiscated missionary property in China. This long process was not settled until after the Heidals' death. The money was finally paid to the Bethel Assembly of God, Fosston, Minnesota in August of 1984.

Contents: Brief biographical information. -- Missionary letters: 1940, Mar 16; 1941, Jan 14, Aug 14; 1942, Oct 20, Dec 10; 1946, Dec 30; 1960, Dec; [1961 ?] undated. -- Notes concerning the Japanese occupation in China and the Heidals' claim to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. [Some additional Heidal correspondence is included in Iris Parks' book on the history of the Assembly of God, Hill River, MN (IFPHC ID # 87750)].

Heidal, Abraham.
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Gospel Tabernacle (Hill River, MN).
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Bethel Assembly (Fosston, MN).
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Missionaries--China.
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10/13/2011