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Quakers -- Middle East

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

William Bacon Evans papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1020
Abstract

The papers of Quaker William Bacon Evans (1875-1964), a traveler to the Middle East, including Palestine, Syria and Lebanon and to Europe. His letters and journals are complemented by letters to him from a number of prominent people.

Dates: 1787-1963

Rolla Foley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-310
Abstract This collection contains photographs, letters, documents, and pamphlets regarding Rolla Foley's musical career in the Near East between 1939-1945. He had various roles throughout music performances and festivals, most often compiling and editting the music, but also conducting on occasion. These festivals include the 1941 Palestine Children's Music Festival, the 1943 Children's Music Festival, the 1943 Syrian Students' Music Festival, the 1944-1945 Near East Music Festival, and the 1945 Folk...
Dates: 1941 - 1979

Jones Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1009
Abstract

The papers of Eli and Sybil Jones, 19th century Quaker missionaries, most notably to the Middle East where they established missions on Mt. Lebanon and in Ramallah, Palestine; the correspondence of Charles and Ellen Jones, also 19th century Quaker missionaries in Ramallah; and the letters of Quaker James Parnell Jones, son of Eli and Sybil Jones, who fought in the Civil War.

Dates: 1821-1918

Middle East Negatives

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-250
Abstract

This collection contains a series of photo negatives.

Dates: Undated.

Henry Newman sketchbook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-04-020
Abstract

The sketchbook of Henry Newman features sketches and watercolors of Friends Training Home in Brummana, Lebanon.

Dates: 1875-1876

Calvin W. and Gwendolyn T. Schwabe Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-223
Abstract Calvin W. Schwabe (born in 1927) is a veterinarian and public health scientist. He married Gwendolyn Joyce Thompson (nicknamed "Tippy") in 1951. In 1954, the Schwabes joined the Society of Friends. From 1956 to 1966, Calvin Schwabe was a member of the medical and public health facilities of the American University of Beirut. Beginning in 1960, he served as a consultant to the World Health Organization. In 1966, he established the first department and graduate program in epidemiology with a...
Dates: 1950-1970

J. Lindley Spicer scrapbook

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Identifier: HC.MC-975-04-013
Abstract

J. Lindley Spicer's scrapbook is largely comprised of photos and printed images of Quakers, meeting houses, meetings for worship, and Quaker missions in Mexico, Africa, Palestine, and China. The volume also includes a number of clipped newspaper articles on various Quaker leaders. Inside the scrapbook is an index of photos and clippings.

Dates: Undated.

Khalil A. Totah and Eva Marshall Totah papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1210
Abstract The papers revolve around three topics and provide a picture of Quakers in Palestine in the 20th century: Khalil A. Totah, his second wife, Eva Marshall Totah and his first wife, Ermina Jones Totah. Khalil Totah discusses the situation in Palestine, primarily in the 1930s, and speaks of his own life and aspirations, as when he became a Quaker minister. His diaries expand the picture, adding information about Friends Boys School in Ramallah (Palestine) and his understanding of the political...
Dates: 1896-1955

Anna Mary Woodward scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-04-016
Abstract

Anna Mary Woodward's scrapbook includes clippings related to Quaker history and Quaker meeting houses, clippings from The Friend, post cards of meeting houses, a Quaker calendar for 1911, clippings about Quaker ministers, materials of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the reunion of two historic societies, and information about Friends' missions in Japan, China, and Ramallah.

Dates: 1896-1923