Zamin Ki Dost

Zamin Ki Dost
A white woman wearing a turban and robes, one arm raised in a gesture of command or benediction.
Willimina Leonora Armstrong, from a 1913 newspaper.
Born
Willimina Leonora Armstrong

(1866-08-14)August 14, 1866
Nebraska
DiedNovember 2, 1947(1947-11-02) (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California
Occupationsphysician, writer, lecturer
Notable workIncense of Sandalwood (1904)
Son of Power (1920, with Will Levington Comfort)
RelativesSaleni Armstrong-Hopkins (sister)

Zamin Ki Dost (transl. Friend of the Earth; pen name of Willimina Leonora Armstrong) (August 14, 1866 – November 2, 1947) was an American physician, writer, and lecturer. She is best known for her book Incense of Sandalwood (1904)[1] and stories of India written in collaboration with Will Levington Comfort and published as Son of Power (1920).[2]

Early life and education

Willimina Leonora Armstrong was born in Nebraska in 1866,[3] the daughter of William Leonard Armstrong and Elizabeth Summers Armstrong (1830-1870). Her father was a Union Army surgeon in the American Civil War. She was educated in Philadelphia.[4]

Career

In 1887 she went to India as a medical missionary and served with her older sister, physician Saleni Armstrong-Hopkins.[5] In 1901 she settled in Los Angeles teaching philosophy,[6] and writing stories and poems.[4] In 1904 she published the book Incense of Sandalwood where she gathered her experience of living in India.[5] She wrote eighteen stories of India under the pen name Zamin Ki Dost published in collaboration with Will Levington Comfort as Son of Power.[7] She also composed songs.[8] Armstrong was sued in 1913 for compelling a loan from one of her students with hypnotism.[9]

Death

Willimina Leonora Armstrong died in 1947, and is buried at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, California. Her papers are in the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.[10]

Works

Books

  • 1904 – Willimina Leonora Armstrong, Incense of the Sandalwood[1]
  • 1920 – Will Levington Comfort, Willimina Leonora Armstrong, Son of Power[2]
  • 1931 – Will Levington Comfort, Zamin ki Dost, Caroline Renner, Bestien und Heilige[11]
  • 1957 – Essential things to know and do, compiled by Noor Zhan[12]

Songs

  • 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Have no Fear[13]
  • 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Armageddon[14]
  • 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Light of my eyes[15]
  • 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, I hear his voice calling me[16]
  • 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, America invincible; Office for our dead[17]
  • 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Lullabye[18]
  • 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, A hymn to world peace; Office for our dead[19]
  • 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, The great transmuter[20]
  • 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Uncle Samuel's men[21]

References

  1. ^ a b Armstrong, Willimina Leonora (1904). Incense of Sandalwood. Baumgardt Publishing Company.
  2. ^ a b Dost, 1866-1947; Comfort Will Levington Zamin Ki (2006). Son of Power. Project Gutenberg.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  4. ^ a b "Zamin Ki Dost, 1866-1947 - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  5. ^ a b "Finding Aid for the Zamin Ki Dost Papers, 1930-1960". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  6. ^ "Institute Sessions". The Pomona Progress. 1906-12-21. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ McWilliams, Carey (1973). Southern California: An Island on the Land. Gibbs Smith. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-87905-007-8.
  8. ^ "Zamin Ki dost - Franklin Search Results". franklin.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  9. ^ "Asks Law to Wrest Cash from Grip of Occult". The Los Angeles Times. 1913-09-06. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Finding Aid for the Zamin Ki Dost Papers, 1930-1960 Archived 2022-04-20 at the Wayback Machine, UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.
  11. ^ Comfort, Will Levington; Dost, Zamin Ki; Renner, Caroline (1931). Bestien und Heilige (in German). Transmare Verlag.
  12. ^ "Essential things to know and do, New Age Publishing". UCLA Library. 1957.
  13. ^ Zamin Ki Dost (1918). "Have no fear". franklin.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  14. ^ Zamin Ki Dost (1918). "Armageddon". franklin.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  15. ^ Zamin Ki Dost (1918). "Light of my eyes". franklin.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  16. ^ Zamin Ki Dost (1918). "I hear his voice calling me". franklin.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  17. ^ Zamin Ki Dost (1918). "America invincible; Office for our dead/". franklin.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  18. ^ Zamin Ki Dost (1918). "Lullabye /". franklin.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  19. ^ Zamin Ki Dost (1918). "A hymn to world peace; Office for our dead /". franklin.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  20. ^ Zamin Ki Dost (1918). "The great transmuter /". franklin.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  21. ^ Zamin Ki Dost (1918). "Uncle Samuel's men /". franklin.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  1. Willimina Leonora Armstrong on Find a Grave
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamin_Ki_Dost