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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Kenneth G. Killinger Collection, Ms1988-030, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Kenneth G. Killinger Collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 1988.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Kenneth G. Killinger Collection commenced and was completed in 1988. Additional description was completed in May 2009.
The Rev. Kenneth G. Killinger was a mountain missionary. During the 1920s and 1930s, he worked in the area around Marion, Virginia, and throughout Smyth County, establishing a Lutheran church which doubled as a school. He helped provide health care and education to mountain communities, and improve roads.
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The collection contains four pieces of ephemera relating to Kenneth G. Killinger's mission work near Marion, Virginia: a report of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia, two summer camp meeting programs, and a brochure urging donations. The report from 1925 by Killinger talks about his mountain mission work, as well as the needs for the mountain community in the upcoming year. The programs are from the first two Lutheran Summer Camp meetings "Under the Auspices of the Mountain Mission Association" at "Killinger Farm," held in 1931 and 1932. The brochure, undated, features two dialogues about the pending school year, as well as a call for aid to the mountain school.
The collection is arranged chronologically.
The guide to the Kenneth G. Killinger Collection, Ms1988-030 by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).