Title:
Peace Sanctuary was born in wake of Civil War carnage
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Peace Sanctuary on River Road in Mystic
Mary Jobe and Camp Mystic
Mary Jobe and Camp Mystic
Object ID:
Kim08-034b
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
05/17/2001
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
The Peace Sanctuary on River Road in Mystic dates back to post Civil War days in 1866 when a group meeting in Providence created the Universal Peace Union. Alfred H. Love, a Philadelphia Quaker, was chosen president of the new group. In 1914, Mary L. Jobe, distinguished teacher and mountain climber, purchased the property to establish a summer camp for girls, Camp Mystic. She married Carl Akeley, famous African explorer, and when to Africa with him in 1926. She retired to Camp Mystic and died at the Mary Elizabeth Convalescent Hospital in 1966.
People:
Read, E. B.
Jones, Maggie
Love, Alfred H.
Jobe, Mary L.
Akeley, Carl
Jones, Maggie
Love, Alfred H.
Jobe, Mary L.
Akeley, Carl
Search Terms:
Peace Sanctuary
Camp Mystic
Camp Mystic