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Title: Biography of Thomas Johnson (1802-1865), Methodist Minister and Missionary
Date: 2003
Object Type: Biography

Title: Interpreting the Shawnee Sun: Literacy and Cultural Persistence in Indian Country, 1833-1841.
Description: Article about the influence of literacy and the press on the Shawnee culture. "The Shawnee Sun is intriguing because it points to Shawnee-missionary collaboration, on the the one hand, and widespread Shawnee resistance to the broader cultural and religious demands associated with Christianity on the other."
Date: 2008
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Letters of Allen T. Ward, 1842-1852: From the Shawnee and Kaw (Methodist) Missions
Description: Biographical article about the letters from 1842 to 1851 of Allen T. Ward, or Allen Ward (1806-1862), with portraits of himself and family members and a picture of the east building of the Shawnee Methodist Mission in Johnson County, Kansas. The letters describe his "impressions" and experiences of the place, Indians, fellow missionaries and other settlers, and the surrounding area's activities including Kansas City and the 1849 cholera epidemic (pages 364-371).
Date: 1967
Object Type: Magazine Article