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American Colony in Jerusalem collection, circa 1786-2007

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Part I: Topical File, 1871-2004 (continued)
Photograph, Mother and child in the waiting room of the Spafford Children's Center, Jerusalem, circa 2004 (continued)
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Photograph, Chess class at the Spafford Children's Center, Jerusalem, circa 2004
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Photograph, Youth and volunteers from the Spafford Children's Center picnic in a park on the way to the Golan during summer camp, 2004
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Photograph, Special education class (Arabic class) at the Spafford Children's Center, Jerusalem, circa 2004
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Photograph, Play therapy class at the Spafford Children's Center, Jerusalem, circa 2004
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Documents regarding relief and charitable work
Miscellaneous activities
Letter from T. H. Lawrence to John D. Whiting, Dec. 19, 1917
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Letter from George Doolittle to John D. Whiting, Feb. 15, 1915
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Letter from Charles V. Vickrey to John D. Whiting, Nov. 15, 1917
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Letter from R. H. Glover, Foreign Secretary, Christian and Missionary Alliance, to Dr. W. W. Peet, American Legation, Switzerland, Nov. 6, 1917
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Letter from Irene M. Givenwilson, Curator, American Red Cross Museum, to Bertha Spafford Vester , Dec. 14, 1922
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Notes by Bertha Spafford Vester on sewing work begun February 19, 1918, Feb. 19, 1918
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Receipt signed by Mary A. Butterfield for furniture received from the American Colony, Mar. 24, 1920
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List of effects belonging to Friends Ramallah Mission at Grand Hotel , circa 1920
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Nonsectarian nature of work
Letter from Bertha Spafford Vester to Agnes Goldman, July 6, 1920
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Letter from Siegfried van Vriesland, Zionist Commission treasurer, to Mrs. [Bertha Spafford] Vester, July 7, 1920
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Letter [from Bertha Spafford Vester] to Dr. [Siegfried] van Vriesland, July 6, 1920
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Draft manuscript by Bertha Spafford Vester re the sewing rooms and Christian Herald Relief Fund lace industry, undated [circa 1920]
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BOX I:OV 1-OV 7 Part I: Oversize, 1871-1942
Draft of hymn, map, scrapbooks, photograph album, hospital record, and printed matter.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
BOX I:OV 1 Topical file
On to Jerusalem
“Perilous Times,” circa 1879 (Container I:1)
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In the Holy Land
Map of Jerusalem, undated (Container I:2)
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BOX I:OV 2 The American Colony at Work
Scrapbook of American Colony clippings, 1871-1942
Bound vol. (Container I:2)
BOX I:OV 3 Loose items removed from scrapbook (Container I:2)
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BOX I:OV 4 The Locust Plague
Locust Album, 1915 (Container I:2)
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BOX I:OV 5 World War I
Photograph album, 1914-1917 (Container (I:2)
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BOX I:OV 6 Scrapbook of Fannie L. Koster regarding American Colony, circa 1908-1924 (Container I:2)
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BOX I:OV 7 Hospital record for Mustafa Zekie, Nov. 28, 1916 (Container I:2)
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Manifesto and other printed announcements, 1882, 1896, 1905, 1914 (Container I:2)
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BOX II:1-9 Part II: Our Jerusalem, circa 1786-1942
Correspondence, notes, writings, lectures, printed matter, and other papers compiled by Bertha Spafford Vester as resource files for her book, Our Jerusalem.
Most files are arranged chronologically by year. Others are grouped by type of material and therein chronologically.
BOX II:1 Biographies, 1873, 1941, undated
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Chapter on Moslem girls school, draft, undated
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Chronological file
1850-1860, 1 of 2
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1850-1860, 2 of 2
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1864-1868
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1870, 1 of 2
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1870, 2 of 2
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1871, 1 of 2
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1871, 2 of 2
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1872, 1 of 2
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1872, 2 of 2
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1873, 1 of 3
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1873, 2 of 3
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1873, 3 of 3
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BOX II:2 1874, 1 of 2
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1874, 2 of 2
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1875
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1876
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1877
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1878
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1879
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1880
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1881
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1882
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1883
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1884
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1885
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1886
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1887
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