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Dr. R. Dale Copsey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GRHC SC 050

Scope and Contents

The Dr. R. Dale Copsey Collection consists of a biography of Dr. R. Dale Copsey and correspondence to and from him, dating from 1976 to 1987. The biography is a one page account of Dr. R. Dale Copsey’s life. It encompasses his early years, his military service and achievements, and his ministry work. The biography is undated but the last entry is from 2008. The majority of the correspondence is incoming from Ted Wenzlaff regarding family history.

Dates

  • 1927 - 2008

Access

Access to the physical collection is available upon request. Request must be made at least three (3) business days prior to ndsu.grhc@ndsu.edu.

Copyright

Copyrights to items in this collection remain with original copyright holders or are in the public domain.

Biography

Dr. R. Dale Copsey was born on December 10, 1927, in Kimberly, Idaho. He graduated from high school in 1946 at Gooding, Idaho. In 1957, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in theology from Northwest Christian College in Eugene, Oregon. Dr. Copsey later earned the Doctor of Ministry in 1977 from the San Francisco Theology Seminary. He entered military service in 1946 as an army Private and retired in 1987 as a Lieutenant Colonel. Dr. R. Dale Copsey married Geraldine M. Bell and they had two children: Alan and Tina.

Extent

3 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Summary

This collection contains a biography of Dr. R. Dale Copsey, spanning from 1927 to 2008, and correspondence from Ted Wenzlaff regarding family history, dating from 1976 to 1987.

Provenance

Materials donated by Dr. R. Dale Copsey on July 11, 2012.

Separated Materials

Donated along with the rest of the collection was a book, Ich Bin Ochsner by Dr. R. Dale Copsey. This book has been cataloged and placed within the GRHC Library.

Cataloged Book

  1. Copsey, R. Dale. Ich Bin Ochsner Mesa, Ariz: [R. Copsey], 2000.

Property Rights

The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Dr. R. Dale Copsey Collection
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection Repository

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