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Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 4, 2010 May 18
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Creator
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Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
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Date Created
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2010-05-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Methodist Church, Orphans, Orphanages, Amusements, Religion--Study and teaching, Clergy
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Description
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In this first of seven interviews given by Loy Witherspoon and conducted by Christina Wright, Dr. Witherspoon describes his family history, early life, and education. Topics include how he became an orphan and his positive experience living in The...
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The political economy of religious commodities in Cairo
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Author
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Starrett, Gregory, 1961-
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Subjects--Topical
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Islam, Semiotics, Material culture
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Description
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Anthropology’s rediscovery of material culture has emphasized the centrality of objects and their production in constituting human experience. In Egypt, the design, mass production and marketing of different classes of religious objects-from praye...
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William C. E. Pfischner oral history interview, 2017 May 22
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Creator
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Pfischner, William C. E., 1922-2022
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Date Created
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2017-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Physicians, Orphanages, Conscientious objectors, Medicine--Practice
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Description
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In this interview, Dr. William C.E. Pfischner discusses his thirty-year long career as a doctor for the U.S. Navy and for the Philadelphia Health Department, as well as his association with life partner Dr. Loy H. Witherspoon, founding chair of th...