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Title: Zamin Ki Dost Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1930-1960
Collection number: 740
Creator:
Zamin Ki Dost, 1866-1947
Extent:
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
[Identification of item], Zamin Ki Dost Papers (Collection 740). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3649372
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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Zamin Ki Dost, 1866-1947--Archives.
Crabtree, Mattaline G.
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906- --Correspondence.
Women authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Women poets, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Women mystics--United States--Archival resources.