Collins, Mary C. (Mary Clementine), 1846-1920
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Collins, Mary C. (Mary Clementine), 1847-1920
Collins, M. C. (Mary Clementine), 1847-1920
Winona, 1846-1920
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found: NUCMC data from Augustana College, Center for Western Studies for Riggs, T.L. Papers, 1852-1946(Collins, Mary C., 1847-1920; Mary Clementine Collins; b. Iowa; missionary and teacher to Dakota Indians; Congregational minister; reformer)
found: Letter from Miss M.C. Collins, 188-?
found: Collins, Mary C. Winona, 1920?:title page (Rev. Mary C. Collins) page 3 (died at Keokuk May 25, 1920; born in 1846)
found: South Dakota State Historical Society. Mary Collins Collection(Mary Collins was born in Upper Alton, IL on April 18, 1846; Mary returned to Keokuk, IA in 1910; lived in Iowa until her death on May 25, 1920; in 1875, Mary began her mission work in Dakota Territory with Reverend and Mrs. Thomas L. Riggs at the Oahe Mission near Ft. Sully. She was both teacher and social worker and quickly learned the Lakota dialect of the Sioux language. In December 1885, began her own mission work at Little Eagle on the Standing Rock Reservation; earning the Sioux name "Winona" which means princess; ordained as a minister of the Congregational Church in October of 1899) - http://history.sd.gov/archives/data/manuscript/collins.aspx
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1992-05-06: new
2022-09-10: revised
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