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1. 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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   Access restrictions apply.

2. 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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   Access restrictions apply.

3. 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.

4. 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.