Bahá’í World/Volume 9/Maps

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V[edit]

MAPS OF MEXICO, WEST INDIES, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, INDIA AND BURMA, TEACHING REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA AND OF THE BAHÁ’Í WORLD [Page 995]

THE BAHÁ’Í COMMUNITY IN MEXICO & WEST INDIES[edit]

ATLANTIC OCEAN

GULF OF MEXICO

PACIFIC OCEAN

MEXICO

  • ‎ CANANEA‎ ●
  • ZACOALTIPAN ●
  • TEPETLAZTOC ●
  • COXCATLAN ●
  • COYOACAN ●
  • MEXICO CITY ★
  • TACUBA ★
  • PUEBLA ★
  • VERA CRUZ ★

CUBA

  • HAVANA ★

JAMAICA

  • KINGSTON ★

HAITI

  • PORT AU PRINCE ★

DOMINICAN REP.

  • TRUJILLO ★

PORTO RICO

  • ARECIBO ●
  • ‎ JUNCOS‎ ●
  • RIO GRANDE ●
  • SAN JUAN ★

★ SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY ● GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL [Page 996]

REPUBLICS OF THE WEST INDIES[edit]

CUBA

(1) 1940 Mr. and Mrs. Philip Marangella, resident teachers in Havana. Established Center in Palacio Pedrosa.
1940-1941 Mrs. Emogene Hoagg, resident teacher.
1941-1942 Miss Josephine Kruka assisting Mrs. Hoagg.
1943-1944 Miss Kruka and Miss Jean Silver. Spiritual Assembly established in 1942.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

(2) 1939-1944 Miss Margaret Lentz, resident teacher in Ciudad Trujillo. Also spent some time in Sosua.
1944 Miss Gwenne Sholtis, resident teacher. Miss Lentz returned to United States.

HAITI

(3) 1937 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gregory spent some time in Port-au-Prince.
1940 Mrs. Ruth Blackwell resident teacher in Port-au-Prince, later assisted by Mr. Ellsworth Blackwell.
1941 Mrs. Amelie Bates visiting teacher.

PUERTO RICO

(4) 1940 Miss Rouhíyyíh Jones and Mrs. Katherine Disdier permanent resident teachers. Later joined
1942 by Mrs. Ella Guthrie, Mrs. Edith Marangella, Mrs. Ayned McComb and Mr. Lucien McComb.
1943 Spiritual Assembly formed.

JAMAICA

(5) 1940 Mr. and Mrs. John Shaw resided in Kingston for some months.
1942-1943 Dr. Malcolm King resident teacher. Spiritual Assembly formed in 1943.

MEXICO AND MEXICO CITY[edit]

1939-1940 Mrs. Frances Benedict Stewart travelling teacher. Center established by Pedro Espinosa.
1940 Mrs. Amelia Collins made special trip.
1941 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bishop and Mrs. Pilkington spent some time in Mexico City.
1942 Mrs. Florence Keemer.
1942 Mr. John Eichenauer.
1944 Miss Juliet Thompson and Mrs. Daisy Smyth resident teachers in Mexico City.
Some extension work has been done by the friends from Mexico City. Among the outlying cities are—
1943 Puebla, where a Spiritual Assembly is said to exist.
1943 Veracruz, also has a Spiritual Assembly.

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THE BAHÁ’Í COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL AMERICA[edit]

★ SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY ● GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL

GUATEMALA

  • GUATEMALA ★

BR. HONDURAS

EL SALVADOR

  • APOPA ●
  • VILLA ‎ DELGADO‎ ●
  • SAN SALVADOR ★
  • ‎ AYUTUXTEPEQUE‎ ●
  • STA TECLA ●
  • MEJICANOS ●

HONDURAS

  • TEGUCIGALPA ★

NICARAGUA

  • MANAGUA ★

COSTA RICA

  • ALAJUELA ●
  • SAN JOSÉ ★
  • PUNTARENAS ●

PANAMA

  • CRISTOBAL ●
  • BALBOA ●
  • ANCON ●

CARIBBEAN SEA

PACIFIC OCEAN

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CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS[edit]

GUATEMALA

(1) 1936-1937 Journey of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Mathews.
1939-1940 Mr. Gerrard Sluter first resident teacher.
1940 Mrs. Lorol Schopflocher visiting teacher.
1941 Mrs. Frances Stewart visiting teacher.
1942 Mr. John Eichenauer.
1943-1944 Mrs. Florence Keemer resident teacher.
1943 Spiritual Assembly organized.
1943 Mrs. Louise Caswell visiting teacher.
1944 Mrs. Gayle Woolson visiting teacher.

EL SALVADOR

(2) 1939-1940 Mr. John Eichenauer first resident teacher.
1940 Mr. Clarence Iverson resident teacher.
1942 Spiritual Assembly organized.
1943 Mrs. Louise Caswell visiting teacher.

HONDURAS

(3) 1939-1940 Mr. Antonio Roca first pioneer teacher.
1940 Mr. Gerrard Sluter resident teacher.
1940 Mrs. Lorol Schopflocher visiting teacher.
1940-1941 Mrs. Frances Stewart visiting teacher.
1941-1942 Mr. John Eichenauer resident teacher.
1942 Spiritual Assembly organized.
1942 Mrs. Louise Caswell visiting teacher.

NICARAGUA

(4) 1939-1943 Mr. Mathew Kaszab first resident teacher.
1936-1937 Journey of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Mathews.
1941 Mrs. Frances Stewart visiting teacher.
1942 Mr. John Eichenauer resident teacher, Managua.

COSTA RICA

(5) 1936-1937 Journey of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Mathews.
1940 Mrs. Gayle Woolson and Mrs. Amalia Ford first resident teachers, San Jose.
1941 Spiritual Assembly organized.
1942 Mrs. Cora Oliver visiting teacher.

PANAMA

(6) 1919 Journey of Miss Martha Root.
1920 Journey of Miss Leonora Holsapple.
1934-35-37 Journey of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Mathews.
1937 Mr. ‎ and‎ Mrs. Stuart W. French circumnavigated the continent of South America.
1939 Mr. Mathew Kaszab first resident teacher (remained 5 months).
1939-1944 Mrs. Louise Caswell and Mrs. Cora Oliver first resident teachers.

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THE BAHÁ’Í COMMUNITY IN SOUTH AMERICA[edit]

★ SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY ● GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL

VENEZUELA

  • Caracas ●

COLOMBIA

  • Barranquilla ●
  • Bogota ★

GUIANA

ECUADOR

  • Quito ★
  • Ambato ●
  • Guayaquil ●

PERU

  • Lima ★

BOLIVIA

  • La Paz ●
  • Sucre ●
  • Potosi ●
  • Villa Montes ●
  • Tarija ●

PARAGUAY

  • Asuncion ★

BRAZIL

  • Recife ●
  • Bahia ★
  • Rio de Janeiro ●
  • Sao Paulo ●

URUGUAY

  • Montevideo ★

ARGENTINA

  • Marmol ●
  • Buenos Aires ★
  • Lanus ●

CHILE

  • Santiago ★
  • Colli Pulli ●
  • Temuco ●
  • Punta Arenas de Magallanes ●

PACIFIC OCEAN

ATLANTIC OCEAN

C.S. [Page 1000]

1943 Mr. and Mrs. Clare Hamilton established residence as pioneers.
1943 Miss Julie Regal resident teacher.
1943 Sr. Gerardo Vega visiting teacher from Costa Rica.
1943 Miss Gwenne Sholtis, Mrs. Mary Barton, Miss Virginia Orbison and many other visitors for brief periods.

SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS[edit]

THE CONTINENT[edit]

1921 Miss Martha Root visited most important cities.
1935 Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Mathews visited most important cities.
1937 Stuart W. and Nellie S. French circumnavigated the continent, visiting especially Lima, Peru, Santiago, Chile, Punta Arenas de Magallanes, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.
1937-1939 Mrs. Frances Stewart visited all important cities.

VENEZUELA[edit]

(1) 1936 Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Blakeley visited Caracas.
1939-1940 Mr. and Mrs. Emeric Sala resident teachers in Caracas.
1939-1944 Miss Priscilla Rhodes.
1942-1943 Miss Gwenne Sholtis resident teacher in Caracas.
1944 Mrs. Dorothy Baker visiting teacher.

COLOMBIA[edit]

(2) 1940 Mr. and Mrs. Emeric Sala visited Bogotá.
1940-1944 Mr. ‎ Gerard‎ Sluter transferred from Honduras for permanent residence in Bogotá, in 1940.
1942 Mrs. Ruth Shook (Fendell).
1942-1943 Miss Winifred Louise Baker resident teacher.
1943 Mrs. Dorothy Baker visiting teacher.
1943 Spiritual Assembly organized.

ECUADOR[edit]

(3) 1940 Mr. John Stearns resident teacher.
1942 Mrs. Mary Barton visiting teacher.
1942 Mr. and Mrs. Rafi Mottahedeh visiting teachers.

PERU[edit]

(4) 1935-1938 Mrs. Isabel Stebbins Dodge resident teacher in Morococha and Lima.
1937 Mrs. Joel Stebbins visited Lima for several months.
1941-1944 Miss Eve Nicklin resident teacher.
1943 Miss Flora Hottes visiting teacher.
1943-1944 Miss Virginia Orbison visiting teacher.
1944 Spiritual Assembly organized.
1944 Mr. John Stearns transfers residence from Ecuador to Peru.
Several visiting teachers pass through Lima.

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BOLIVIA[edit]

1940 Mrs. Eleanor Smith (Adler) first pioneer teacher resided in La Paz for several months. 1942-1944 Miss Flora Hottes resident teacher. 1943 Miss Virginia Orbison visiting teacher in La Paz and also Sucre. 1944 Miss Orbison returned for one month.

CHILE[edit]

Period from 1921 to 1940 Miss Root, Mr. and Mrs. Mathews, Mrs. Frances Benedict Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. French. 1940 Mrs. Marcia Steward (Atwater) resident teacher. 1941 Spiritual Assembly organized in Santiago. 1942 Mrs. Atwater taught also in Valparaiso. 1944 Miss Virginia Orbison resident teacher when Mrs. Atwater returned to United States. Mrs. Amelia Collins, Mrs. Mary Barton, Mr. Philip Sprague all visited Santiago and taught there. 1944 Mrs. Marcia Steward (Atwater), now in Magallanes, will return to Santiago to reside. Mr. Haik Kevorkian en route to Magallanes for resident teacher.

ARGENTINA[edit]

1940 After successive visiting teachers the Spiritual Assembly organized. 1941 Mrs. May Maxwell ascended to Abhá Kingdom, Miss Jeanne Bolles had accompanied her to Buenos Aires. 1941-1944 Visiting teachers were Mrs. Nourse, Mrs. Stewart, Miss Bolles, Mr. Sprague, Mr. Wilfrid Barton, Mrs. Mary Barton, Mrs. Amelia Collins, Miss Elisabeth Cheney, Miss Virginia Orbison. 1943-1944 Miss Etta Mae Lawrence resident teacher.

URUGUAY[edit]

1940 Mr. Wilfrid Barton resident teacher in Montevideo. 1940-1943 Mrs. Mary Barton made protracted visits to assist Spiritual Assembly organized in 1942-dissolved later because of removals. Visiting teachers-Miss Orbison, Mrs. Collins, Miss Elisabeth Cheney, Mr. Sprague.

PARAGUAY[edit]

1940-1941 Miss Elisabeth Cheney, resident teacher, left well established group in Asunción. 1943 Miss Virginia Orbison, visiting teacher, spent some months in Asunción. 1943 Miss Gertrude Eisenberg transferred from Rio de Janeiro to Asunción. 1944 Spiritual Assembly organized. 1944 Elisabeth Cheney en route to resume residence in Asunción. [Page 1002]

BRAZIL[edit]

1924 1940 1942-1944

Miss Leonora Holsapple became permanent resident in Bahia. She also spent much time in Rio and São Paulo and Santos and now is permanent resident of Recife having married Mr. Harold Armstrong in 1942

Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Worley have been permanent residents since 1940. Spiritual Assembly organized in 1940.

Miss Eve Nicklin also assisted in teaching for some months in Bahia.

Mrs. R. L. Wood resident in Rio.

Miss Gertrude Eisenberg resident before going to Asunción.

Many travelling teachers visited Rio, some of them spending some time in Bahia. Among these are Miss Jeanne Bolles, Mr. Philip Sprague, Miss Beatrice Irwin, Mr. and Mrs. Raffi Mottahedeh.

Mr. and Mrs. Mottahedeh also visited most of the large cities also along the west coast where valuable teaching work was done.

THE GUIANAS[edit]

1940

Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Blakeley visited British Guiana for some time but the Guianas were not included in the present assignment which covered Latin America only. [Page 1003]SRINAGAR SHADIKHAN JAMMU KIRIAFGHANAN AMRITSAR SIMLA LAHORE- LYALLPUR QUETTA HOSHIARPUR LUDHIANA DEHRA AMBALA MEERUT SIRSA OERA BUGTI RAHIMYARKHAN NEW DELHI DELHI BULANDSHAH SUKKUR O ALIGARH AGRA GORAKHPUR JAIPUR JODHPUR AJMER HYDERABAD SIND CAWNPORE LUCKNOW BAREILLY KARACHI SIWAN CHAPRA COOCH BIHAR SERAMPORE CALCUTTA AHMEDABAD

  • KOTAH

ALLAHABAD INDIA UJJAIN BARODA DEOLALI LOATPURI KALYAN ADHERI SURAT BOMBAY POONA PANCHGAN KARVI BHAI VALLI SECUNDERABAD HYDERABAD ICCAN KOLHAPUR BELGAUM HUBLI ARABIAN SEA SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL MADRAS CHITTAGONG BAY OF BENGAL KAWLIN MANDALAY BURMA TAUNGYYI. BANGLORI

THE BAHÁ’Í COMMUNITY IN INDIA AND BURMA[edit]

DEEDANAW- RANGOON C.S.


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