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By Evan Kohlbus
Collection Overview
Title: Quimby and Milosh Mamula TWAP Papers, 1965-1967
ID: MSS/MSS-0020
Primary Creator: Mamula, Quimby (1942-)
Other Creators: Bogren, Eric, Bogren, Verna, Mamula, Milosh (1940-)
Extent: 4.0 Folders
Date Acquired: 05/09/2019
Subjects: Nigeria--History--Civil War, 1967-1970, Teachers, Foreign, Teachers for West Africa Program
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Quimby and Milosh Mamula TWAP Papers span the years from 1965-1967 and include letters to and from Quimby and Milosh Mamula during their time in Nigeria as a part of the Teachers for West Africa Program. The letters cover a wide variety of topics relevant to the Mamulas' personal life including cultural differences, the birth and early months of their first child, the military coup in Nigeria, challenging weather conditions, challenges with teaching, travels to other countries within Africa, and their plans after the TWAP program. This collection is organized chronologically, with the two letters sent from Verna and Eric Bogren to the Mamula’s being separate from the letters from the Mamulas. The letters dated in January 1965 are incorrectly dated and should be labeled as January 1966.
Collection Historical Note
Quimby M. Mamula, born on January 31, 1942, and Milosh B. Mamula born on May 21, 1940, were teachers in the TWAP (Teachers for West Africa Program). Milosh graduated from Earlham College in 1962, and Quimby graduated from Earlham in 1964. Together, they were stationed in Nigeria, to work at the Baptist Boys Academy as teachers, Quimby as an English Literature and French teacher, and Milosh as a Physics teacher. While in Nigeria, Quimby gave birth to Margaret R. Mamula on December 11, 1965 at Ogbomosho Hospital. The Mamulas spent the years 1965-1967 in Nigeria working as visiting teachers, during which, political instability between the Biafra secessionist state and the central government of Nigeria caused military coups that led to official civil war in July of 1967. The Mamulas witnessed both pre-war Nigeria, and Nigeria in its early war state, before finishing out their assignment in Nigeria. Quimby would continue her education work outside of Nigeria as an English literature and pedagogy professor, and Milosh would continue his work as a physics professor and college administrator.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 24 September-21 December 1965
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 9 January-12 December 1966
- Folder 3: Correspondence, 19 January-24 April 1967
- Folder 4: Verna and Eric Bogren Correspondence, 1966-1967
