Siam: Margaret on Background to "The Pakai Affair"

Siam: Margaret on Background to "The Pakai Affair"

Margaret begins telling "what I call 'The Pakai Affair.'" To tell the story, she gives some background concerning mission history in Siam. Margaret tells of the history of the Presbyterian mission in Siam, the main figures, the mission stations and sub-stations, how they worked, relationships and laws in the mission, personalities and internal quarrels going on until "the Pakai affair" broke out. There was a tremendous amount of disagreements or even conflict going on among the girls' school personnel, including the missionaries associated with the school in one way or another. Three extremely difficult people among the missionaries, Margaret says, were Mrs. Bulkley, Miss Ruth Eakin, and Mrs. Bertha Blount McFarland.

Landon, Margaret (1903-1993)

January 1, 1933

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Over a course of 13 years Kip Landon (Kenneth Landon Jr.) began recording stories from his parents, Margaret and Kenneth Landon, resulting in 95 hours of recordings. Beginning on July 20, 1976, recording finished in June, 1978. The project resumed again in 1982 for a few months. After a long break, the third recording period began in 1988 and concluded in March 1989.

Margaret Landon (1903-1993)

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Margaret and Kenneth P. Landon Papers, 1824-2000

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Sub-Series 8: Audio and Video

Series 1: Biographical