Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal

Volume 1, no. 3 December 2019

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Was it Heredity or Environment?

Was it Heredity or Environment?

When someone does something out of the ordinary, especially when they engage in a cause bigger than themselves for which they know they may give up their lives, curiosity begs to explore their motivations and what influences formed their decisions.

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Who Was Joanna (Leffingwell) Lathrop

Who Was Joanna (Leffingwell) Lathrop

The year 2019 is also the bicentennial year of the first of the four Lathrop/Scudder missionaries to enter service to Ceylon. We honor them and their exceptional family with several articles in this December 2019 issue of the Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal.

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The American Lathrop Story Begins

The American Lathrop Story Begins

The Lathrop sisters’ parents’ heritage begins with Rev. John1 Lothrop who fled from England’s persecutors and from his incarceration for his religion, arriving in Massachusetts in 1634. (In order to promote the accurate biographical data for Rev. John Lothrop and his family,

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Christmas at Vellore Medical School

Christmas at Vellore Medical School

Christmas at the Vellore Medical School, circa 1939 Excerpts from a letter written by Dr. Ida B. Scudder soon after her return. Reprinted from Scudder Bulletin, volume VII, (March 1940): 7. “Well, Christmas is over and the New Year almost upon us. I had my celebration...

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