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Dwight Allen’s photos

John Bosch, probably at Geyserville, 1940s
Louise Bosch, probably at Geyserville, 1940s
l to r: Marion Hofman, Louise Bosch, David Hofman, probably at Geyserville
1 to r: Valera Allen, Hanan Tomkins, Louise Bosch, Agnes Alexander, probably at Geyserville
1 to r: Mamie Seto, Gladys Bodmar, Edith Whitton, Louise Bosch, others
1 to r: Tony Seto, Mamie Seto, Ali Yazdi
Geyserville about 1948, Shidan Fathe-Azam seated, Alicia Ward (Cardell) directly behind, Firuz Kazemzadeh standing
Geyserville 7/6/57, l to r: Greg Dahl (red hair behind other children), other children, ?, Judy Phillips, Caswell Ellis, Nancy Phillips, Bob Phillips, Victor de Araujo
Geyserville, l to r: Paul Schoeney, Shidan Fathe-Azam, Sadie Ellis, Lila Storch (?), Firuz Kazemzadeh, Betsy Greene Haynes, Zarah Schoeney
Geyserville from the hill above, about 1950
Geyserville kitchen and cafeteria, 1947
Geyserville Unity Feast about 1950
Geyserville, l to r: Dwight Allen, Phoebe Babo, Fred Babo (on truck), Dale Allen (facing away), Ted Groger (?), Kenton Allen
Entebbe airport, Kampala, Uganda, arriving, about 1952, l to r: Allen Elston, Mary Elston (pioneer in Mozambique), Val Allen, Hand of the Cause Musa Banani, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani, Mrs. Banani, Violette Nakhjavani, Isobel Sabri, Aziz Yazdi
Johannesburg, first LSA, l-r Hand of the Cause William Sears, Harry and Margaret (Bahiyyih Randall Winckler) Ford, Helen and Robert Miller, Marguerite Sears, ?
Salisbury, S. Rhodesia, incl. Hands of the Cause Musa Banani (r), William Sears and John Robarts, and Ali Nakhjavani
Bulawayo, Rhodesia, 1 to r: Hand of the Cause John Robarts, Mrs. Robarts, Noura Feridian
Uganda (?) about 1952 incl. (1 to r) John Allen, Isobel Sabri, Mrs. Banani, Val Allen, Violette Nakhjavani, Bahíyyih Nakhjavani, and Musa Banani
Johannesburg conference 1954: rear left Patrick Robarts, John Robarts; rear from right, Dale Allen, John Allen, Isobel Sabri; front right, Kenton Allen, behind him his mother Valera Allen
William Sears
Corinth, Greece 1953, l to r: pioneers Amin Banani, Sheila Banani, Suzie Banani, Carole Allen
Wilmette, in the House of Worship, Hand of the Cause Paul Haney standing holding his hat
Honolulu 1946, John and Val Allen at the grave of Martha Root
l-r: ?, Radha Rost, ? Allen

Photos courtesy of Dwight Allen. See the captions in the slide show view for descriptions.

Films

In 1969 the well-known filmmaker George Stoney was commissioned by the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly to make a documentary of the Bahá’í youth activities in America. The result was his film A New Wind, plus a separate untitled film about the Bahá’í Youth for One World conference in Wilmette that year. Here are those films, converted from rather worn copies of the original 16mm films belonging to my parents, Arthur and Joyce Dahl.

Documentary film “It’s Just the Beginning” about the 1970 Bahá’í National Youth Conference made by Kiva Films (from David Walker of Kiva Films):

CBS News film “And His Name Shall Be One” on the Bahá’í Faith in the Lamp Unto My Feet series in 1966 (from the 16mm film copy belonging to Arthur and Joyce Dahl):

Other

World Order is the Goal, statements broadcast by CBS radio in
San Francisco 1945, transferred from 78 rpm records. Arthur Dahl narrates
the 6th and 7th segments (0h27) (.zip file of all 8 segments 12MB):

Words for the World, read by David Bond & Selma Soloman,
produced by Charles Wolcott, October 1961 (0h44)
(.zip file of all segments 20MB):

Correspondence of Joyce Lyon Dahl (Greg’s mother):

At the suggestion of Grace Holley, the mother of Marion Holley Hofman, Mme. Dreyfus-Barney invited Joyce to join Bahá’í meetings in Paris, 1931: (Laura Clifford Dreyfus-Barney to Joyce Lyon, 30 January 1931)

On Joyce’s return to California, she became part of the Bahá’í community and received warm invitations to Geyserville from Louise Bosch: (Louise Bosch to Joyce Lyon 24 May 1935) (Louise Bosch to Joyce Lyon 2 June 1936)

Joyce’s roommate at Stanford was Marion Holley, who later married David Hofman. Here is a letter from Marion to Joyce,
18 October 1937: (Marion Hofman to Joyce Dahl, 18 October 1937)

Joyce and Arthur Dahl contributed the funds for the publishing of the Guardian’s great book God Passes By, and received from him this letter of thanks dated 13 March 1944.

Rúhíyyih Khánum to Joyce Dahl, 3 November 1982
Violette Nakhjavani to Joyce Dahl, 3 November 1982

Correspondence of Arthur L. Dahl (Greg’s father):

The Guardian thanked him for photographs he had sent (presumably of Geyserville), December 3, 1951.

In 1959 he wrote to the Hands of the Faith in the Holy Land regarding pilgrimage for our family and received their reply.