Amelia Collins

Amelia Collins
Born	Amelia Engelder Collins June 7, 1873
Died	January 1, 1962 Haifa, Israel
Resting place	Bahá’í cemetery, Haifa
NSA member	U.S. & Canada 1925 - 1933 1938 - 1948 United States 1948 - 1951
IBC member	Vice-President 1951 - 1961
Custodian	1957 - 1962
Title(s)	Hand of the Cause Holy Land 1951 - 1962
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Amelia Engelder Collins (June 7, 1873 - January 1, 1962) was a prominent American Bahá’í and a Hand of the Cause. She was born to a Lutheran family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and became Bahá’í in 1919 and made large donations to several Bahá’í projects in Haifa, Israel. These included donations toward the building of the Western Pilgrim House, the superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb the International Archives building and the purchasing of the land for the future House of Worship on Mount Carmel.

She was appointed Hand of the Cause and Vice-President of the International Bahá’í Council by Shoghi Effendi in 1951. She passed away in Haifa, Israel on January 1, 1962.

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• Harper, Barron (1997). Lights of Fortitude (Paperback ed.). Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-413-1.

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