Missionary Biography - Dr. Robert C. and Claire McClenney Grieve
Scope and Contents
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).
Dates
- Creation: 1912-1983
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1929-1941
Language of Materials
Materials are in English
Conditions Governing Use
No restrictions on use
Biographical Note
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.
Extent
1 box ( 1 cu feet) : Condition: Fair; Some Material in Tatters
Abstract
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.
Processing Information
Initial Accession Date: October 15, 2005. Date Last Update: Mar. 15, 2006
- Title
- Guide to the Dr. Robert C. and Claire McClenney Grieve Papers 1912-1983
- Author
- Janet Hauck; H. W. Johnston
- Date
- © 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections Repository