3 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) American Colony (Jerusalem).
John D. Whiting papers, 1890-1970
900 items ; 18 containers ; 7.8 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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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American Colony in Jerusalem collection, circa 1786-2007
16,600 items ; 64 containers plus 17 oversize ; 37.6 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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...
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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.
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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.