Finding Aid for the Zamin Ki Dost Papers LSC.0740
Finding aid prepared by Esther Vésey, August 1961; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé.
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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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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Organization and Arrangement
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
Incense of Sandalwood. Los Angeles, California: Baumgarten Publishing Company,
1904.
box 1
Copy 1
April 20, 1940.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph inscription in ink, Dear Gertrude..., signed, W.L.A., 2105 Oak Glen Place, Los Angeles, California.
box 1
Copy 2.
June 5, 1938.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph inscription in ink to Carey McWilliams.
box 1
Essential Things to Know and Do, by the Noor Zhan. Compiled by Her Chela. Los Angeles, California: New Age Publishing Company,
1957.
box 1
Pamphlet.
General Physical Description note: 37pp.
box 1
Teachings of the Noor Zhan (Answers to Questions) Compiled by Her Chela. n.p.,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript. 158pp. In brown clip-binder.
box 1
Phenomena of the Spheres (Flying Saucers) Dictated by the Noor Zhan. n.p.,
August 10, 1952.
General Physical Description note: Typescript (carbon) title in holograph. 17 leaves.
box 1
Three Messages from the Noor Zhan to her Children of the Light. n.p.,
July-August 1958.
General Physical Description note: Typescript (carbon) title and closing inscription in holograph. 4 leaves.
box 1
Essential Things to Know and Do, by the Noor Zham. n.p.,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Typescript (mimeograph copy). 23 leaves. Manila covers.
Scope and Contents note
Front cover with holograph title and inscription: Presented to Dr. Lawrence Clark Powell and family with love, by M.G.C.
box 1
Teachings Concerning Business Practices in the New Era. n.p.,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Typescript (mimeograph copy). 2 leaves.
Scope and Contents note
All the manuscripts end with ...The Noor Zhan has spoken through the hand of her Chela.
box 1
The Noor Zhan, Compiled by Her Chela. [Copy 2] n.p.,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Typescript (carbon). 768pp. In blue paper box.
Scope and Contents note
9 parts stapled in individual covers, each labeled in holograph. Also included is a 7pp. table of contents. Biography of Willimina
L. Armstrong.
box 3
Correspondence and ephemera
re Willimina L. Armstrong. Letters to Dr. Lawrence Clark Powell from Martha.
General Physical Description note: 41 letters: 25 pieces ephemera.
box 2
A Basket of Whatnot. n.p.,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Typescript. Some pagination and correction in holograph. 275 leaves. In brown and buff box with title and some notations in
holograph.
Scope and Contents note
1 or 2-page poems of essays, each identified as being by Miss Armstrong.
box 2
India's Gates. n.p.,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
ca.400pp. (leaves) In maroon box, with title and some holograph notations on side label.
Scope and Contents note
40 individual stories, each clipped separately; pages unnumbered.
box 3
Jeopardies of Passion. n.p.,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Typescript.
ca.300 leaves. In maroon box, with title and some holograph notations on side label.
Scope and Contents note
23 individual stories, each clipped separately; pages unnumbered.
box 3
Miscellaneous manuscripts. n.p.,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Typescripts. 3 pieces.
Scope and Contents note
Included are several leaves of biographic data
re Miss Armstrong.
