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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Zamin Ki Dost papers
Creator:
Zamin Ki Dost, 1866-1947
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0740
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1930-1960
Abstract: Zamin Ki Dost (1866-1947) was a medical missionary in India and lectured throughout the U.S. for Armenian Relief before settling
in Los Angeles to teach philosophy and write stories and poems. The collection consists of literary manuscripts, including
a manuscript biography by Zamin Ki Dost's disciple, Mattaline G. Crabtree, manuscripts of Dost's mystical teachings interpreted
by Crabtree, correspondence between Lawrence Clark Powell and Crabtree, and ephemera.
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[Identification of item], Zamin Ki Dost Papers (Collection 740). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9936493723606533
Born Willimina Leonora Armstrong in Nebraska in 1866 and educated in Philadelphia, Zamin Ki Dost went to India in 1887 as
a medical missionary; her experience furnished the material for her book,
Incense of sandalwood; near the end of the century she lectured throughout the U.S. for Armenian Relief; in 1901 settled in Los Angeles, a semi-invalid
from a broken spine, teaching philosophy from her home and writing stories and poems; published
Son of power (1920), stories of India written under the pseudonym Zamin Ki Dost and in collaboration with Will Levington Comfort; she
died in 1947.
Collection consists of literary manuscripts, including a manuscript biography by Zamin Ki Dost's disciple, Mattaline G. Crabtree,
manuscripts of Dost's mystical teachings interpreted by Crabtree, correspondence between Lawrence Clark Powell and Crabtree,
and ephemera.
Arranged in the following series:
- Manuscripts.
- Correspondence with Dr. Lawrence Clark Powell & ephemera.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women mystics -- United States -- Archives.
Women poets, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Powell, Lawrence Clark -- Correspondence
Crabtree, Mattaline G
Zamin Ki Dost, 1866-1947