Logan Family papers, 1952-1994
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Summary
- Creator:
- Logan family
- Abstract:
- The Logan family were Southern Baptist missionaries to Nigeria from 1952 to 1982. Wayne Logan was a dentist practicing in Enugu and Ibadan. In the late 1970s, the family moved to Lagos, where Dr. Logan taught orthodontics at the University of Lagos Dental School. The Logan Family Papers includes many slides documenting the Logan family's life in Nigeria, including missionaries, missionary children, churches, and local Nigerian culture. Also includes books from their library collection.
- Extent:
- 2.7 Linear Feet
2025 Items - Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.00819
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Logan Family Papers collection is divided into two series: Visual Materials and Printed Materials. The visual materials consist mostly of slides. Many of the slides document the Logan family's life in Nigeria and in America, from the children's birth to late teens. Others document village life, peoples, patients, markets, church-life, baptisms, weddings, amongst others. The printed materials include several books from the Logan family's collection that document African culture, history and customs.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Logan family were Southern Baptist missionaries to Nigeria from 1952 to 1982, working on behalf of the Southern Baptist Convention's Foreign Mission Board. Wayne Logan was a dentist and worked in the Baptist Dental Centre in Ibadan. After 1960 the family moved to Enugu, where they established a Dental Clinic. In the late 1970s the family moved again to Lagos, where Dr. Logan taught Orthodontics at the University of Lagos Dental School.
- Acquisition information:
- The Logan Family Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2013.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Joanne Fairhurst; Meghan Lyon, January 2014
Encoded by Joanne Fairhurst; Meghan Lyon, January 2014
Accession(s) described in this collection guide: 2014-0007
Materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
- Physical location:
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- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Baptists -- Missions -- Nigeria
Married people in missionary work -- Africa
Dentistry -- Nigeria
Children of missionaries -- Africa - Names:
- Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention. Foreign Mission Board
Logan family
Logan family
Logan, William Wayne - Places:
- Nigeria -- History -- 20th century
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[Identification of item], Logan Family Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.