John D. Whiting papers

LC control no.	mm2005085237
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Whiting, John D. (John David), 1882-1951 » More like this
Main title	John D. Whiting papers, 1890-1970 (bulk 1904-1964).
Description	900 items. 18 containers. 7.8 linear feet.
Access advisory	Restrictions apply. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Biography/History note	Businessman, photographer, author, tour guide, and intelligence officer.
Summary	Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, reports, subject file, film catalogs and caption lists, printed matter, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Whiting's life as a prominent member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, a Christian utopian community founded in 1881. Documents Whiting's work as a business manager and artifact dealer with Fr. Vester & Co., also known as the American Colony Store; tour guide of historic sites in the Middle East; photographer with the American Colony Photo Dept.; author and photographer published in National Geographic; deputy U.S. consul for Jerusalem; and military intelligence officer for the British Army during World War I. Subjects include Jacob Spafford's discovery of the inscription in Hezekiah's Tunnel, Jerusalem; the locust plague of 1915; conditions in Jerusalem during World War I; the Arab-Israeli conflict; industry and commerce in the region; and Whiting family life. Family members represented include Anna T. Spafford, Jacob Spafford, Bertha Spafford Vester, Alice Brauch Whiting, Edmund Wilson Whiting, and Grace Spafford Whiting.
Notes	Some photographs: transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Collection material in English. MSS85237
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008123>
Acquisition source	Gift, Wendy Whiting Blome and John F. Whiting, 2005-2006.
Subjects	Spafford, Anna T., 1842-1923. » More like this Spafford, Jacob. » More like this Vester, Bertha Spafford, 1878-1968. » More like this Whiting, Alice Brauch. » More like this Whiting, Edmund Wilson. » More like this Whiting, Grace Spafford. » More like this Whiting family. » More like this Great Britain. Army--Intelligence specialists. » More like this American Colony (Jerusalem) » More like this American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept. » More like this Fr. Vester & Co. » More like this National geographic magazine. » More like this Americans--Jerusalem. » More like this Arab-Israeli conflict--1948-1967. » More like this Christian communities--Jerusalem. » More like this Communal living--Jerusalem. » More like this Diplomatic and consular service, American--Jerusalem. » More like this Historic sites--Middle East. » More like this Industries--Middle East. » More like this Industries--Palestine. » More like this Locusts--Middle East. » More like this Missionaries--Jerusalem. » More like this Missionaries--United States. » More like this Photography--Middle East. » More like this World War, 1914-1918--Military intelligence--Great Britain. » More like this World War, 1914-1918--Jerusalem. » More like this Hezekiah's Tunnel (Jerusalem) » More like this Jerusalem--Commerce. » More like this Jerusalem--History. » More like this Jerusalem--History--Siege, 701 B.C. » More like this Middle East--Antiquities. » More like this Middle East--Commerce. » More like this Middle East--Description and travel. » More like this Middle East--History. » More like this Palestine--Commerce. » More like this Palestine--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this Palestine--History. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--Palestine. » More like this Authors. Businessmen. Intelligence officers. Photographers. Tour guides.
Local shelving no.	0335N Small backlog (Unprocessed ac. 23,536)
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008123> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008123.3>