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Date 2023-12-31, sorted by firsts, descending

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2023 31 Dec
202-		 The passing of Don Calkins in Great Falls, Montana. He was buried at the Riverside Cemetery in Fort Benton, Montana. Don had been a Bahá'í for over 50 years, active on-line for over 20 and had been living in Great Falls, MT. He collected nearly 40 gig of Bahá'í e-texts. His primary interest was the social history of the Faith in the U.S., looking at it from the bottom up rather than from the top down, looking at individuals and activities locally that created patterns at the national and global level.

See How I Became a Bahá'í by Don Calkins.

Two examples of Don's work can be found on Bahá'í Library Online:

  • Letters of Shoghi Effendi, Arranged Chronologically. Shoghi Effendi, Don Calkins, comp. (2020/2023). Compilation of all the Guardian's messages, arranged in chronological order as individual "rich text" files. This arrangement allows us to see the flow of guidance from Shoghi Effendi over time, and perhaps identify patterns.
  • Uncompiled Letters. Shoghi Effendi, Don Calkins, comp. (2016). 1,500 messages by or on behalf of the Guardian not found in the various national collections such as Baha’i Administration, Messages to the Antipodes, Compilation of Compilations, or Lights of Guidance.
    		•  - In Memoriam; Don Calkins; Shoghi Effendi, Letters written on behalf of; Shoghi Effendi, letters of
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