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| 1931 May |
A permanent summer school is established at Louhelen Ranch near Davison, Michigan. [BW10:181; GPB340] |
Summer schools; Davison, MI; Michigan, USA; USA |
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| 1931 May |
Lilian Barron McNeill, an English Bahá'í, and her husband, a retired British army officer, rented the house at Mazra'ih. [DH92]
They restored the house, which had deteriorated, preserving those parts unchanged from the time of Bahá'u'lláh. [DH92–3, BW19P779-782] |
Lilian Barron McNeill; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Mazraih); Restoration; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Mazraih, Iran; Akka, Israel |
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| 1931 1 May |
The superstructure of the Wilmette House of Worship was completed and turned over by the Fuller Company at the opening of the National Convention, nineteen years after the day on which the Master had blessed the undertaking. It was then dedicated. [BW10:180; DP:156–7; SBBH1:145]
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Wilmette, IL; USA |
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| 1931 May |
The passing of Mrs Claudia Coles in London. (b. 1863 or 1866 in Charleston, South Carolina). She accepted the Faith in Washington DC and moved to London in 1920. She was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles many times and often served as secretary. [BW4264-265]
See tribute from Shoghi Effendi.
See Portraits of Some Bahá'í Women by O.Z. Whitehead, GR, Oxford, 1996 pages 29-48.
See a brief biography in The Bahá'í Community of the British Isles 1844-1963 p462-464 and for the story of his learning of the Faith, p441. |
Claudia Coles; In Memoriam; Washington, DC, USA; USA; London, England; United Kingdom |
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