Black & white professional photo of Alexander Beers as a middle-aged man, sitting in chair at desk with book or pamphlet in hand. Hand written on top and bottom "Alexander Beers" Handwritten on back: "Alexander Beers". People: Beers, Alexander
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Identifier
ghs0254
Description
Black & white professional photo of Alexander Beers as a middle-aged man, sitting in chair at desk with book or pamphlet in hand. Hand written on top and bottom "Alexander Beers" Handwritten on back: "Alexander Beers". People: Beers, Alexander
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Date
1900-1921
Subject
Portrait photographs
Religion
Missionaries
Provenance
Alexander Beers (1862-1921) grew up in Gresham from age 16 and is buried in Gresham's White Birch Cemetery. He is best known for founding Seattle Pacific University (originally Seattle Seminary) in 1891. He was a Methodist missionary in Alaska and Japan and was also a poet and essayist. His wife, Adelaide Beers, wrote a biography of Beers after his death called "The Romance of a Consecrated Life."
