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Alumni Biography - Dr. Robert C. and Claire McClenney Grieve, 1912-1983
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Alumni Biography - Dr. Robert C. and Claire McClenney Grieve
- Dates
- 1912-1983 (inclusive)19121983
1929-1941 (bulk)19291941 - Quantity
- (Cu. Ft.) 1 : Condition: Fair; Some Material in Tatters
- Collection Number
- General Collection J-15-GR
- Summary
- Historical material belonging to Robert and Claire Grieve, Whitworth students of 1931-1933. Included are letters, flag strafed by Italian military planes, and other artifacts from missionary work in the Sudan.
- Repository
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Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251
Telephone: 5097774481
archives@whitworth.edu - Access Restrictions
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Rights Transferred: All
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Whitworth College played an important part in the lives of Robert C. Grieve and his wife Claire McClenney who were students from 1931 to 1933. The pair married in June of 1936 and finished formal education in 1939 (At that time graduation from Whitworth was not a prerequisite for medical school enrollment at the University of Oregon).
They served under the Sudan Interior Mission from February 1940 until they were killed on August 23, 1940 by Italian air force strafing of their village.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This file contains letters, documents, the American flag shredded by shrapnel and bullets, and other artifacts from the Sudan. (Taken from a letter from H. Glen Ellison, Class of 1949, to Janet Hauck, Whitworth College Archivist).
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| box-folio | ||
| 1/1 | Introduction and Inventory | |
| 1/2 | Portraits and Other Pictures | |
| 1/3 | Photo Album and Scrapbook No. 1 | circa 1932 |
| 1/4 | Photo Album and Scrapbook No. 2 | 1929-1932 |
| 1/5 | Photo Album and Scrapbook No. 3 | 1933 |
| 1/6 | Photo Album and Scrapbook No. 4 | 1933-1934 |
| 1/7 | Scrapbook re Demise in the Sudan | 1935-1983 |
| 1/8 | Memorial Service and Other Memorials | September 22, 1940 |
| 1/9 | Grieve Memorial Organ at Whitworth College | June 6, 1943 |
| 1/10 | Condolence Cards | September 1943-October 1943 |
| 1/11 | Letters of Condolence | August 1940-October 1940 |
| 1/12 | Copies of Letters and Papers | 1935-1941 |
| box:oversize | ||
| 2 | Artifacts
American Flag with Shrapnel and Bullet Holes, Map of Northeast
Africa from the San Francisco Examiner, University of Oregon Medical School
Diploma, Bible and Camera Rhinoceros Hide Whip, Miscellaneous Small Items.
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October 10, 1935-1938 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Claire McClenney Grieve
- Dr. Robert Grieve
Corporate Names
- Whitworth College, Spokane
- Sudan Interior Mission
Geographical Names
- Doro, Sudan
Janet Hauck; H. W. Johnston
2006
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