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Sepia Prints is a glimpse at the last days of the British Raj in India and the first days of Independence through the eyes of a missionary who lived and worked among the Telugus of South Central India during this period. The materials used are primarily from personal reflections and experiences. The illustrations were drawn by family members or taken from family albums.
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Sepia Prints: Memoirs of a Missionary in India
1990, Kindred Press
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0921788037 9780921788034
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Table of Contents
Father Bergthold.
Page v
Acknowledgements.
Page xi
Preface.
Page xiii
Early Missionaries.
Page xvii
Book I: 1903–1921.
Page 1
Grandparents Mandtler and Bergthold.
Page 2
Mother Katharina.
Page 3
Mother and Father in America.
Page 5
Map of India.
Page 6
Language Study.
Page 9
Falaknuma Palace.
Page 10
Halisika Stamps, Currency.
Page 11
Mother's Death.
Page 12
Pioneering Nagarkurnool Mission.
Page 14
Dress Codes.
Page 15
House Help and Workers.
Page 17
Nagarkurnool.
Page 18
Touring.
Page 24
Travel to Russia, America and Back.
Page 27
Ootacamund.
Page 28
Coonoor Boarding School.
Page 29
Mother Anna's Death.
Page 32
Hook Festival and Jaggernaut Wagon Pictures.
Page 36
Tiger Story.
Page 37
Papa's Early Photographs.
Page 38
First Car in Mission.
Page 39
Book II: 1921-1936.
Page 41
Journey to America.
Page 42
Parents Depart for India.
Page 44
Courtship.
Page 46
Graduation 1925, 1926.
Page 47
Letters, Snaps.
Page 48
Marriage to John.
Page 50
Travel to India.
Page 53
New Missionaries.
Page 54
Caricatures, Language Mistakes.
Page 56
F.A. Janzen's Death by Poisoning.
Page 58
Wanaparty.
Page 59
Esther's Birth.
Page 61
John's Birth.
Page 63
Devarakonda.
Page 65
Kalvakurty.
Page 66
Travel to North India.
Page 68
Viola Ruth's Birth.
Page 70
Home Cures.
Page 71
Sketches.
Page 72
Irene's Birth.
Page 75
Recollections of Four Oldest Children.
Page 76
Travel to America.
Page 78
Book III: 1936-1961.
Page 81
Return to India.
Page 81
Mahbubnagar.
Page 82
The Bungalow.
Page 84
Twin's Birth.
Page 88
Untouchables.
Page 89
Abraham.
Page 92
Ankamma.
Page 93
Train Recollections.
Page 94
"Mugus".
Page 96
Kodaikanal.
Page 98
Mission Conference.
Page 100
Marilyn's Birth.
Page 101
Mission Press.
Page 103
Parent's Retirement.
Page 105
Return to America: 1946.
Page 106
Minnesota, Kansas.
Page 108
Parents Wiebe and Bergthold's Deaths.
Page 112
Return to India: 1951.
Page 114
John's Diary Travelogue.
Page 115
Touring.
Page 118
Visitors.
Page 119
Kodaikanal Social Life.
Page 120
Jadcherla: Legal Proceedings.
Page 122
Parvathi.
Page 123
Mahbubnagar School, Teachers.
Page 124
Letters.
Page 126
Money Problems.
Page 129
Cyclone.
Page 130
Train Crash.
Page 131
Lombardis.
Page 133
Church Dedication.
Page 137
Radio Work.
Page 138
Farewell to India.
Page 140
Book IV: 1961-1970.
Page 145
Return to India.
Page 146
Ramapatnam.
Page 147
A Missionary Colleague.
Page 148
Dispensary.
Page 150
Venkamma.
Page 152
John's Death.
Page 154
Short Leave in America, Return to India.
Page 156
Snake Charmers.
Page 158
Solomon Raju.
Page 159
Baby Day.
Page 160
"One Day".
Page 162
Farewell Address.
Page 166
Farewell to India.
Page 167
Epilogue.
Page 171
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