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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)DA21/1/1/27
TitleLetters from American missionaries in the Middle East
Extent1 volume
Date1903-1916
DescriptionScrapbook containing letters written to James Rendel Harris after his visit to Armenia in 1903, mainly from American missionaries. Includes correspondence about manuscript collecting.

/1 Letter from Jerjy S Shammass [preacher in Oorfa, Turkey], 1903
/2 Letter from CS Sanders [American travelling missionary, Turkey], 1903
/3 Letter from WA Shedd [American missionary, Urumia, Persia], 1906
/4 Letter from Jerjy S Shammass, 1906
/5 Letter from John A Campbell, 1904
/6 Letter from AH Sayce [Queen's College, Oxford], with photograph of Armenian boundary stone, 1904
/7 Letter from CS Burne [Editor of the journal 'Folklore'], 1904
/8 Document in Syriac
/9 Letter to James Rendel Harris and Helen Balkwill Harris from George P Knapp [American missionary at Harpoot], 1904
/10-/19 Letters from HN Barnum [American missionary at Harpoot], 1904-1906
/20 Pencil notes in Syriac, nd
/21Document in Syriac, nd
/22 Letter from AN Andrus [American missionary, head of the Relief Committee, Mardin], 1904
/23 Bill for costs of shipping books from Mosul and Aleppo owed to AN Andrus, nd
/24 Letter from WW Peet [Treasurer, Missions American Board, Turkey], acknowledging receipt of a cheque from James Rendel Harris, 1904
/25-/30 Letters from AN Andrus, 1904-1906 (/29 front, letter to James Rendel Harris from AN Andrus, date illegible; back, part of a letter from a missionary describing conditions in Turkey, nd)
/31 Letter from WA Shedd, 1904
/32 Letter from Jerjy S Shammass, 1904
/33 Letter from Corinna Shattuck [American missionary, Oorfa], 1904
/34-/35 Letter from WW Peet, 1904
/36 Letter from Jerjy S Shammass, 1904
/37 Letter from CS Saunders, 1903
/38-/40 pages are stuck together
/41 Letter from WW Peet [Treasurer, Missions American Board, Turkey], acknowledging receipt of a cheque from James Rendel Harris, 1905
/42 Letter from Jerjy S Shammass and Julia Shammass [wife of Jerjy S Shammass], 1905
/43 can't unfold
/44 Letter from WW Peet, 1905
/45 Note made by James Rendel Harris listing the dates on which he sent cheques to WW Peet from 1904-1906, 1906
/46 Letter from Moses Ashdjian, 1906
/47 Letter from John E Merrill [Central Turkey College, Aintab], 1906
/48-/49 Letters from HN Barnum, 1907
/50 Letter from WW Peet, 1907
/51 Letter from HN Barnum, 1907
/52 Letter from Jerjy S Shammass, postcript note from Jacob Kunzler, German, 1907
/53 Letter from AN Andrus, 1907
/54 Account of money owed by James Rendel Harris to AN Andrus for collecting manuscripts, 1907
/55 Letter from AN Andrus, 1907
/56 Letter from George P Knapp [American missionary, Harpoot], enclosing /57 a 'List of Villages Plundered and Burnt by the Hamidieh Kocheve of the Kazza of Jezireh', 1907
/58 Letter from George P Knapp, 1907
/59 Letter from HN Barnum, 1907
/60 Document in Syriac
/62 Letter from Dionysius, Abdul Noor [Bishop of Harpoot], 1908, Syriac, with /61 translation into English, 1908
/63 Letter from Jerjy S Shammass, nd
/64 Copy of a page of 'The Hymns of St Ephrem', Syriac, made by Jerjy S Shammass
/65 Document in Syriac
/66 Letter from George P Knapp, 1908
/67 Letter from HN Barnum, 1908
/68-/69 Letters from AN Andrus, 1908
/70 Letter from Jerjy S Shammass, 1908
/71 Copy of document in Syriac
/72 Letter from AN Andrus, date obscured
/73 Letter from Rev SG Wilson [American Mission, Tabriz, Persia], 1908
/74 Letter from WW Peet, 1909
/75 Letter from AN Andrus, 1909
/76 Letter from HN Barnum, pages are stuck together, making the date unreadable
/77 Leaflet by AN Andrus entitled 'Annual Report of the Martdin Station of the Eastern Turkey Mission for 1908', 1909
/78-/80 Letters from AN Andrus, including accounts of money owed by James Rendel Harris for the costs of collecting manuscripts, 1909
/81 cannot unfold
/82 Documents in Syriac
/83 Letter from HN Barnum, 1909
/84 Letter from Fred Fielo Goodsell [Central Turkey College, Aintab], 1910
/85 Letter from Lootfy Levonian [Armenian Woodbrooke student, and head of School of Religion, Beirut], 1910
/86 Letter from Henry Harrison Riggs [American missionary], 1910
/87-/88 Letters to James Rendel Harris and HBH from MC Barnum [American missionary, Harpoot], 1910
/89 Document in Syriac, with note by James Rendel Harris: 'Title of book sent from a village near Midyat', nd
/90 Letter from WW Peet, 1910
/91 Issue of journal 'The Friends of Armenia', published by the Society of the Friends of Armenia, Summer 1910
/92 Note from James Rendel Harris to 'Dear Boy', possibly Herbert George Wood, enclosing /93 tribute to Corinna Shattuck, written by James Rendel Harris and published in the 'Friends of Armenia', 1910
/94-/95 Letter from WED Ward [American missionary; Treasurer, Harpoot Mission Station], 1910
/96 Letter from Joseph de Kelaita, 1911, enclosing /97 booklet entitled 'The Word of the Cross', 1911
/98 Page of a book, Syriac, nd
/99 Note of payment made to James Rendel Harris from Harpoot Mission Station, 1912
/100 Rough pencil note
/101 Letter from George P Knapp, 1911
/102-/103 Letters from Ernest W Riggs [Euphrates College, Harpoot, Turkey], 1911
/104 Letter from AN Andrus, 1911
/105 Letter from WW Peet, 1911
/106 Letter from Rev SG Wilson, 1911
/107-/108 Letter from Joshua and Ezra Khamis [Directors of Central Kurdistan Mission], 1911
/109 Letter from WED Ward, 1911
/110 Circular letter from the Central Kurdistan Mission, directed by Joshua, Ezra, and Nargid Khamis, 1911
/111-/118 Various notes in Syriac
/119 Letter from AN Andrus, 1911
/120-121 Letters from Joshua Khamis, 1911
/122-/124 Letters from AN Andrus, 1911
/125-/129 Correspondence between James Rendel Harris and Alexander Peckover, who will finance AN Andrus's search for manuscripts in the Sinjar area, 1911
/130 Typescript copy of a a letter from AN Andrus to WW Peet, 1911
/131 Letter from AN Andrus, 1911
/132 Letter from WW Peet, 1911
/133-/135 Letters from AN Andrus, 1911
/136 Copy of letter to AN Andrus from James Rendel Harris, 1911
/137 Letter from WED Ward, 1912
/138-/139 Letters from CHW Johns [Assyriologist, Queen's College, Cambridge], 1907
/140 Letter from Jacob Kunzler, German, 1912
/141 Letter from George P Knapp, 1912
/142 James Rendel Harris's account with AN Andrus for costs of collecting manuscripts, 1912 with /143 receipt
/144 Letter from Joshua Khamis, 1912
/145 Letter from AN Andrus, 1912
/146 Letter from George P Knapp, 1912, enclosing /147 and /148 photographs of a stone from the Guzeldereh region
/149 Letter from George P Knapp, 1912
/150 Letter from Jacob Kunzler, German, 1912
/151 Letter from George P Knapp, 1912
/152 Letter from AN Andrus, 1912
/153 Letter from George P Knapp, 1912
/154 Letter from unknown correspondent, [signature in Syriac], 1912
/155 Letter from AN Andrus, including a copy of a letter sent to him by Alphonse Mingana, 1912
/156 Letter from AN Andrus, 1913
/157 Letter from Alfred Ely Day [Syrian Protestant College, Beirut] to AN Andrus, forwarded to James Rendel Harris by AN Andrus, who added a note arranging payment of expenses for Mingana, 1913
/158 Letter from AN Andrus, 1913
/159 Letter from WW Peet, 1913
/160 Document in Syriac
/161 Letter from Chas C Sterret [Treasurer, American Mission, Urumia, Persia], 1913
/162 Letter from AN Andrus, 1913
/163 Account of money owed by James Rendel Harris to AN Andrus for relief work in 1911-1912, 1913
/164 Letter from Joshua Khamis, probably 1913
/165 Circular letter from WA Shedd, asking for money to fund work on a lexicon, nd
/166 Letter from James Rendel Harris to WW Peet, enclosing money to be sent to President Bliss 'being payment for monies advanced to Dr Mingana, on his European journey', 1913
/167 Letter to James Rendel Harris from Lootfy Levonian, 1913, enclosing /168-/170 copy of an inscription and 2 photographs.
/171-/172 Letter from Joshua Khamis, 1913
/173 Letter from George P Knapp, 1913
/174 Letter from Constantine Gregoriades [Antiquary, Panderma, Turkey], 1914
/175-/176 Letter from AN Andrus, 1914
/177 Bill for £10 sent to James Rendel Harris by WW Peet, 1914
/178-/179 Photographs of Dr George C Raynolds [American missionary at Van, Turkey], 1914
/180 Letter from Caro E Bush, 1915
/181 Letter from James L Barton [Secretary, Foreign Department, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Boston, Massachusetts], giving news of missionaries in Turkey, 1915
/182 Letter from Madeleine Cole [Women's Armenian Relief Fund], sending the Committee's condolences on the death of HBH, 1914
/183 Circular letter from Henry Harrison Riggs and Emma Barnum Riggs [missionaries, Harpoot], giving news of the death of Emma's mother, 1915
/184-/187 Press cuttings concerning atrocities in Armenia, 1915
/188 Report from the American Mission in Turkey, 1915
/189 Circular letter from George C Raynolds, giving news of the death of his wife, 1915
/190 Letter from Francis William Crossley [Manchester businessman, Methodist and philanthropist], proposing setting up a Committee of the Friends of Armenia, 1896
/192 Letter from George C Raynolds, enclosing /191 copy of a report giving news of missionaries in Armenia, 1915
/193 Letter from James L Barton, giving news of missionaries in Aintab, 1915
/194 Letter from George C Raynolds, 1915
/195-/196, /199 Press cuttings concerning conditions in Armenia, 1913
/197 Letter from Ellsworth Huntingdon, 1907, concerning his discovery of Hittite carvings at Hilar, enclosing /198 copy of inscription and /201 drawings of the carvings
/200 Letter from ?Blass, 1889
/201 Letter from HW Allen [American missionary at Van, Turkey], 1897
/202-/206 Letters from Francis William Crossley, 1896
/207 Circular letter from George C Raynolds, 1917, reporting on Armenian relief work
/208 Letter from J Hanauer [Damascus], 1909 enclosing /209 photograph of 'a new inscription' probably from the Damascus area
/210 Letter from WW Peet, discussing events at Veran Shehir, 1908 enclosing letters from: /211 unknown author /212 AN Andrus, describing conditions in Veran Shehir area
/213 Letter to James Rendel Harris from Dr Johannes Lepsius [Deutsche Orient Mission], German, 1908
/214 Letter to James Rendel Harris from the Foreign Office, reporting that a commission will investigate 'disturbances' in Veran Shehir, 1908
/215 Letter from WW Peet, enclosing /216 letter from Mary AC Ely [missionary in Bitlis, Turkey], 1908
/217 'Report of the American Orphanage at Van, 1908' by George C Raynolds and FA Yarrow
/218 Letter from WW Peet re work of AN Andrus at Veran Shehir, 1908
/219 Letter from WA Shedd, 1908
/220 Copy of letter from AN Andrus to WW Peet re equipment needed for aid work in Veran Shehir, 1909
/221 Letter to Helen Harris from Caro E Bush [American Mission, Harpoot], 1909
/222-/223 Letters to HBH from Mary AC Ely, 1909
/224-/225 Letters to HBH from Caro E Busch, 1909
/226-/227 Letters to HBH from Agnes C ?Salmund, 1909
/228 Letter to James Rendel Harris and HBH Harris from EM Chambers [missionary, Kessab, Syria] 1909
/229 Letter to HBH from Mary E H Perry [American missionary, Sivas, Turkey], 1909
/230 Letter to HBH from Maria B Poole [missionary, Harpoot, Turkey], 1909
/231 Letter to HBH from Olive P Andrus [missionary at Mardin, Turkey], 1909
/232 Letter to HBH from ?Shuskan A Harootunian [Zeitoon, Turkey], 1909
/233-/234 Letters to James Rendel Harris and HBH from Corinna Shattuck, 1909
/235 Letter to HBH from Elizabeth Ussher [missionary, Van, Turkey], 1910
/236 Letter to HBH from HN Barnum, 1909
/237 Letter to HBH from George C Raynolds, 1910
/238 Letter to James Rendel Harris from Corinna Shattuck, 1910
/239 Letter to James Rendel Harris and HBH from Mary E Barnum, 1910
/240 Letter to James Rendel Harris from HD Rawnsley, 1910
/241 Letter to HBH from Mary A C Ely, 1910
/242 Newsletter of the Friends of Armenia, 1910
/243 Typescript essay by James Rendel Harris entitled 'In Memory of Corinna Shattuck', 1910
/244 Letter to HBH from George C Raynolds, 1911
/245-/246 Letters to HBH from Mary EH Perry, 1910
/247-/248 2 typescript copies of letter from AN Andrus, describing manuscript hunting in the Zab valley and west of the Sinjar, near Mardin, 1912
/249 Circular Christmas letter from Henry Harrison Riggs, Emma Barnum Riggs, and Mary E Barnum, 1912
/250 Letter to HBH and James Rendel Harris from ?SH Karadjian [American mission, Oorfa, Turkey], 1912
/251 Cutting from the Nation, including a anti-Turkish poem by William Watson, 1912
/252 Letter, probably from James Rendel Harris, to an unknown correspondent, 1912, enclosing /253-/254 two copies of a report by AN Andrus, describing manuscript hunting in Mardin area, 1912
/255 Letter to James Rendel Harris from AD ?Hagspian [Robert College, Constantinople], 1913
/256 Letter to HBH from Grace H Knapp [missionary, Van, Turkey], 1913
/257 Letter to HBH from Mary EH Perry, 1913
/258 Letter to HBH from George C Raynolds, 1913
/259 Letter to HBH from Caro E Bush, enclosing /260 a picture postcard of some roses, nd
/261 Circular letter from Mary D Uline [missionary in Bitlis], 1913
/262 Circular letter from Clarence D Ussher [doctor in Van], 1913
/263 Circular Christmas letter from Mary E Barnum, Emma B Riggs, and Henry H Riggs, 1913
/264-/265 Press cuttings concerning Armenia, 1913
/266-/268 Bulletins from James L Barton American mission reporting news of missionaries in Turkey, 1916
/269 Cutting of an article entitled 'Christians in Syria Persecuted', 1916
/270 Cutting of an article about persecution of Armenians, arguing that the neutral powers should try to influence the Syrian government to protect Christians in Syria, 1916
/271 Booklet entitled 'The Plight of Armenia', nd
/272 Map of the Ottoman Empire and guide to its administration, economy, and diplomacy, French, 1908
/273 Pamphlet reporting on the work of the American mission in Sivas, 1913
/274 Map of the Frontier Provinces of Turkey, 1854
/275 'The Friend of Armenia', Newsletter of the Society of the Friends of Armenia, 1916
ArrangementOriginal order
LanguageFrench
English
German
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionDocuments are wider than the pages of the album - consider rebinding?
/6 is a photograph
/29 very fragile; pages 12-13 are stuck together, making items 38-40 impossible to read;
/43 cannot unfold
/72 edges are stuck together so it won't unfold
/76 edges are stuck together so it won't unfold
/81 edges are stuck together so it won't unfold
/88 is torn
/147 and /148 are photographs
/169 and /170 are photographs
/178 and /179 are photographs
/209 is a photograph
/275 is folded