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Missions, American -- Turkey

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Dora Judd Mattoon Ward Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00285
Abstract

Papers documenting the personal and professional lives of Dora Ward and her husband, Earl Ward (AC 1906). The bulk of the collection comprises correspondence with family members describing the Wards' work as missionaries in Turkey and India, 1911-1932. The correspondence is supplemented with photographs, work records, diaries, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1883-1979; Majority of material found within 1911-1932

Edwin St. John Ward (AC 1900) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00189
Abstract

Correspondence, legal documents, newsclippings, journal articles, one book and one map relating to the professional activities and personal life of Edwin St. John Ward, Amherst College Class of 1900. The bulk of the material falls into the years 1915-1918, when Dr. Ward was in service to the American Red Cross in Turkey, Palestine and France.

Dates: 1897-1986; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1918
Digital Collection: Henry J. Van Lennep (AC 1837) Sketches and Papers
Digital Collection: Henry J. Van Lennep (A...

Henry J. Van Lennep (AC 1837) Sketches and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00191
Abstract

Most of the collection conists of pencil sketches and watercolors of scenery, people and objects, chiefly Turkish but also some American. In addition, a small amount of personal papers include passports related to his travel as a missionary in Turkey, a notebook of sermons written by Van Lennep in Armenian, and portrait photographs.

Dates: 1834-1879

Williams-Chambers-Blaisdell Family Papers ("The Blaisdell Papers")

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00270
Abstract The Williams-Chambers-Blaisdell Papers ("the Blaisdell Papers") contain correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and documents from the family of missionaries William Nesbitt Chambers and Cornelia Pond Williams Chambers and their children, especially their daughter Dorothea Nesbitt Chambers (later Blaisdell). The papers include material (primarily correspondence) from other family members such as Nesbitt and Cornelia's siblings and relatives. The bulk of the material dates from about...
Dates: circa 1845-2010