Title: Helen Beech Red Bird Mission Collection, 1925-2009
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as follows: Box 1: Letters to Family from Red Bird Mission; Box 2: Letters to Family from Red Bird Mission, other items.
Abstract
Helen Beech (1901-1982) served at the Red Bird Mission in Beverly, Kentucky, from July 1925 through November of 1927. Beech, originally from Altoona, Pennsylvania, taught in Altona after graduating from the Indiana State Normal school. In 1925, Beech started her mission work in the mountains of Kentucky as a teacher at the Red Bird Mission in Beverly, Kentucky. After she served at Red Bird, Beech married the Rev. Dr. Chester Stewart Simonton.
Helen Beech Red Bird Missio...
