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table of contents
  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Note on Transliteration
  3. Introduction
  4. 1. The “Errand” to Iran
  5. 2. “Into the Commonwealth Stage”
  6. 3. “Spiritual Lend Lease”
  7. 4. “Something Other Than Ordinary Education”
  8. Map and photo gallery
  9. 5. “These Young Persian Friends of Mine”
  10. 6. The Persian “Boomerang”
  11. 7. “Build It for the Eye of God”
  12. Conclusion
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index

Photograph of the Wright family in 1941 indicates the importance of multigenerational families to the Del Be Del network. Sarah Wright McDowell, the founding editor of the Del Be Del newsletter, is in the middle of the picture, along with her brother, Edwin Wright, and her husband, Dr. Philip McDowell.

Figure 18. The Wright family in 1941. Courtesy of PHS. Wright Family Papers. Edwin Wright, standing in back third from right, was a former missionary who worked for the US government during the Second World War and Cold War. Philip McDowell, standing in back on far right, was a doctor at the Presbyterian Mission Hospital in Tehran. Sarah Wright McDowell, sitting middle row fourth from left, was Edwin’s sister and Philip’s wife, and the founding editor of the Del Be Del newsletter.

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