Passport Belonging to Philip James Elliot
Passport Belonging to Philip James Elliot
PPR.010256
Papers
1951
United States
English
Printed on Paper
6.1 × 3.7 × 0.2 in. (15.5 × 9.5 × 0.5 cm)
Not on View
This passport belonged to Philip James Elliot (1927–1956), who was a Christian missionary to the Waodäni people of Ecuador in the 1950s with his wife, Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015). Jim left the United States for Ecuador in 1951. He was killed in 1956 by a Waodäni hunting party as he and four other missionaries were attempting to make friendly contact. His wife, Elisabeth, whom he married in 1953, chose to stay and live with the tribe after Jim’s death. She returned to the United States in 1963.
Issued in 1951 by the United States Department of State to Philip James Elliot (1927–1956); Via death in 1956 to Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015); Via death in 2015 to Lars Gren, Little Rock, Arkansas; Donated in 2020 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
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