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1. John D. Whiting papers, 1890-1970

   900 items. 18 containers. 7.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Businessman, photographer, author, tour guide, and intelligence officer. Correspondence, diaries, photographs, notebooks, reports, printed matter, and other papers pertaining to Whiting’s life as a prominent member of the American Colony in Jerusalem.

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2. American Colony in Jerusalem collection, circa 1786-2007

   16,600 items. 64 containers plus 18 oversize. 37.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Religious community in Jerusalem founded by American emigré Christians, Horatio Gates Spafford (1828-1888) and Anna T. Spafford, and perpetuated by their daughter, Bertha Spafford Vester, and others. Correspondence, diaries, minutes, notes, hymns, financial and legal records, scrapbooks, photographs, photograph albums, printed matter, and other papers relating to the history of the colony and its members.

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3. Lars E. Lind papers, 1913-2008

   50 items. 3 containers. 1 linear foot. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Member, photographer, and businessman in the American Colony in Jerusalem. Correspondence, memoirs and other writings, clippings, and printed matter largely relating to Lind's life as a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem.

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4. Olof E. Lind papers, 1713-1996

   1,000 items. 4 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, photographer, and rancher. Correspondence, memoirs and other writings, biographical material, legal files, financial records, clippings, autograph book, scrapbook, photographs, and other material relating primarily to Lind’s life and work in Palestine while a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, after leaving the colony in 1923, and his claims against the Israeli government.

5. Stephen D. Pyle papers, 1924-1927

   25 items. 1 container. 0.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Baptist minister. Correspondence and associated miscellany, photographs, and ephemera primarily addressed to Pyle from American Colony in Jerusalem members Jacob E. Spafford and G. Eric Matson.

6. Naseef-Page family papers, 1880-1936

   150 items. 1 container. .4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Members of the American Colony in Jerusalem. Correspondence, notes, photographs, and ephemera.

7. G. Eric Matson and Edith Matson papers, 1908-1977

   5,250 items. 21 containers plus 1 oversize. 8.0 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Photographers. Correspondence, diaries, financial records, invoices, printed matter, maps, photographs, and other papers relating to the Matsons' careers as photographers in Jerusalem with the American Colony Photo Department, with the bulk pertaining to their operation of the Matson Photo Service in the United States after departing from Palestine in 1946.

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