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Bliss Family Papers
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Contents List
Series 1: INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL
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INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL provides general information about the Bliss family and the city of Beirut, as well as about Syrian Protestant College.
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Genealogical charts
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Box 1: folder A
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Westminster Wood ancestry of Abby Wood Bliss
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Box 1: folder B
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Typescript: Memoir of Mrs. Sarah L. Huntington Smith -- Beirut background material
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1834-36
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Box 1: folder C
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Typescript: William Bird's Journal (incomplete) -- General information re: Bliss family and SPC
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1854-1902
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Box 1: folder D
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Bliss family chronology, handwritten; references to published sources (Rem -- Remembrances of Daniel Bliss; Jes-- [Henry H. Jessup?]; etc.).
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1850-1921
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Box 1: folder E
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Arrangement:
Divided into subseries as appropriate
Scope and content:
In general each series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence. Some contain printed material and general
information about the individual. In some cases (notably the Lewis Affair, the
untimely deaths of Gerald Fitzgerald Dale and three of the four Dale children, and
the call to Howard to assume the Presidency of Syrian Protestant College in 1902),
the same subject is discussed by more than one member of the family. Letters to
"Dear Family" appear in most series, and were apparently passed (by mail if
necessary) from one member to another; Howard's later letters sometimes specify
the order in which they are to circulate. Other letters were "personal, but not
confidential," or even "private," and there is an occasional note of apology added
by someone who has opened another person's letter by mistake.
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OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE:
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DB to HSB
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1880 Dec 27
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Box 1: folder 1
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Photocopies: DB to HSB
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1880
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Box 1: folder 1A
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DB to HSB
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1881
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Box 1: folder 2
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DB to HSB
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1882 Jan-Jul
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Box 1: folder 3
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Typescripts: DB to HSB (includes duplicates)
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1882
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Box 1: folder 4
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DB to HSB and WTB
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1882 Aug-Sep
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Box 1: folder 5
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DB to AWB [and HSB or FJB]
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1882 Nov 6
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Box 1: folder 6
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DB to HSB and WTB re the Lewis Affair
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1883 Feb 28
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Box 1: folder 7
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Typescript: DB to HSB and WTB re the Lewis Affair
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1883 Feb 28
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Box 1: folder 8
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DB to Family
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1883 Mar-Oct
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Box 1: folder 9
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DB to Family
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1883 Nov-Dec
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Box 1: folder 10
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DB to Family
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1884
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Box 1: folder 11
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DB to Family
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1885-1890
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Box 1: folder 12
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DB to Family
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1892-1898
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Box 1: folder 13
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DB to ABB
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1892 Apr 11
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Box 1: folder 13A
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DB to Children
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1895 Sep 7
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Box 1: folder 13B
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DB to MBD
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1897 Jul
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Box 1: folder 13C
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DB to HSB
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1898-1902
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Box 1: folder 14
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Typescript: DB to HSB
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1898 Dec 2
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Box 1: folder 15
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Typescripts: DB to HSB
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1899, 1900
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Box 1: folder 16
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DB to ABB: Typed letter describing method of reading difficult handwriting
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1908 Dec 15
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Box 1: folder 16A
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INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE:
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Copies: DB from W. S. Tyler, Amherst College
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1866, 1870
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Box 1: folder 17
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LEGAL DOCUMENT:
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Photocopy: DB passport
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1866
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Box 1: folder 18
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PRINTED MATERIAL:
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Biographical sketch from unidentified source
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 19
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Series 3: HOWARD SWEETSER BLISS
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Arrangement:
Divided into subseries as appropriate
Scope and content:
The Howard Sweetser Bliss series constitutes the bulk of the collection. In general each series contains outgoing
and incoming correspondence. Some contain printed material and general
information about the individual. In some cases (notably the Lewis Affair, the
untimely deaths of Gerald Fitzgerald Dale and three of the four Dale children, and
the call to Howard to assume the Presidency of Syrian Protestant College in 1902),
the same subject is discussed by more than one member of the family. Letters to
"Dear Family" appear in most series, and were apparently passed (by mail if
necessary) from one member to another; Howard's later letters sometimes specify
the order in which they are to circulate. Other letters were "personal, but not
confidential," or even "private," and there is an occasional note of apology added
by someone who has opened another person's letter by mistake.
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OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE:
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HSB to DB: travel, en route to U.S.
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1873 Jun 10-Aug 14
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Box 1: folder 20
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HSB to DB: Uncle Luke's house; visit with Dodge family; school in Amherst
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1873 Sep 19
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Box 1: folder 21
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HSB to DB: "Ned Dickinson is my seatmate and best friend;" Amherst home and school
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1874 Jan 17, 23
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Box 1: folder 22
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Typescripts: HSB to DB
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1873-74, 1876
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Box 1: folder 23
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Typescript: HSB to DB re possible return to Syria
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1876 Jul 11
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Box 1: folder 24
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HSB to Family
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1878 summer
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Box 1: folder 25
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HSB to Family: Amherst College
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1878-79
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Box 1: folder 26
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HSB to Family
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1879 summer
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Box 1: folder 27
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HSB to Family: Amherst College -- holiday visits to the Dickinsons
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1879-80
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Box 1: folder 28
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HSB to Family
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1880 summer
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Box 1: folder 29
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HSB to Family: Amherst College
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1880-81
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Box 1: folder 30
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HSB to Family
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1881 summer
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Box 1: folder 31
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HSB to Family: Amherst College
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1881-82
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Box 1: folder 32
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HSB to Family: Death of "Uncle" (Luke Sweetser)
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1882 Jul 26
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Box 1: folder 33
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HSB to Family
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1882 summer
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Box 1: folder 34
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Typescripts: HSB to Family: Account of Freshman year at Amherst;
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1878-79
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Box 1: folder 35
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Typescripts: HSB to parents from Amherst
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1878-79
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Box 1: folder 36
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Typescripts: HSB to Family
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1879 summer
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Box 1: folder 37
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Typescripts: HSB to Family -- Amherst, 1879 through Commencement
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1878-1882
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Box 1: folder 38
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Typescript: HSB to FJB -- after Commencement
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1882 Aug 24
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Box 1: folder 39
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HSB to Family: Washburn College; Christmas with Blatchford family in Chicago
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1882-83
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Box 1: folder 40
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HSB to Family: One year of teaching completed
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[1883] spring
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Box 1: folder 41
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HSB to Family: New Mexico, Colorado
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1883 Jul-Aug
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Box 1: folder 42
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HSB to Family: Washburn College
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1883-84
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Box 1: folder 43
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HSB to Mrs. Blatchford
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1884 Jun 26
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Box 1: folder 44
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HSB to parents: Reunion with Mary and family; visit to Dodge family; Adirondacks; Amherst; Greenfield; Jaffrey
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1884 Jun-Aug
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Box 1: folder 45
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Typescripts: HSB to Family and to Mrs. Blatchford -- Topeka and return to Amherst
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1883-84
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Box 1: folder 46
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Typescripts: HSB to Family (duplicates)
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1883-84
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Box 1: folder 47
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HSB to Family: Union Seminary; reunion with parents
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1884-85
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Box 1: folder 48
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Typescript: HSB to Mrs. Blatchford
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1884
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Box 1: folder 49
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Typescript: HSB to Family
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1884
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Box 1: folder 50
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HSB to parents: At sea
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1885 Sep 19
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Box 1: folder 51
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HSB to Family: Union Theological Seminary
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1885 Sep-1886 Jun 4
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Box 1: folder 52
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HSB to Family: Dr. Chickering's account of "Miss Emily's funeral"
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1886 Jun 12
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Box 1: folder 53
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HSB to Family
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1886 Jun 28-Sep 10
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Box 1: folder 54
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HSB to Family: Visit from Dr. Edwin Bliss
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1886 Sep 21
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Box 1: folder 55
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HSB to Family: Illness of Carrie Dale; birth of Geraldine Dale; death of Gerald and Carrie Dale; move of Mary and other children from Zahleh to Beyrout
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1886 Sep 29-Nov 29
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Box 1: folder 56
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HSB to Family
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1886 Dec
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Box 1: folder 57
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Typescripts: HSB to Family
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1884-1886
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Box 1: folder 58
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HSB to Mrs Blatchford
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1887 Feb 28, Apr 12
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Box 1: folder 59
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HSB to Family
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1887 Feb-May
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Box 1: folder 60
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HSB to Family: Death and funeral of "Uncle Jones"
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1887 Jun
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Box 1: folder 61
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HSB to Family: Amherst College Commencement of WTB
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1887 Jun
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Box 1: folder 62
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HSB [to Family]: Partial letter -- WTB at Amherst, undecided about future; HSB sailing in Sep; "enclose Uncle Jones last letter"
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[1887 Jun]
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Box 1: folder 63
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HSB to Family
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1887 Jul 6-Sep 19
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Box 1: folder 64
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HSB to Family: Voyage and arrival in Liverpool
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1887 Oct 5, 11
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Box 1: folder 65
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HSB to Family: Oxford
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1887 Oct-Dec
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Box 1: folder 66
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HSB to Family: Oxford
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1888 Jan 20-Jun 15
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Box 1: folder 67
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Typescript: HSB to parents
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1887 Aug 29
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Box 1: folder 68
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HSB to Family: Gottingen
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1888 Nov, Dec
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Box 1: folder 69
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HSB to Family: Gottingen; meeting with Mr. Blatchford
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1889 Jan-May
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Box 1: folder 70
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HSB to Family re ABB and WTB
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1889 Sep
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Box 1: folder 71
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HSB to Family: Partial letter from Gottingen -- [engagement?] -- "The announcement will not come out for some weeks or months"
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[1889 Mar]
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Box 1: folder 72
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Typescripts: HSB to Family
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1888-89
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Box 1: folder 73
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Typescripts: HSB to Family re engagement
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1889
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Box 1: folder 74
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HSB to Family
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1890
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Box 1: folder 74A
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HSB to Mary Williams Bliss
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1891
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Box 1: folder 75
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HSB to ABB
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1891-1893
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Box 1: folder 76
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HSB to Family
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1892, 1893
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Box 1: folder 76A
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Typescript: HSB to family -- mentions visit in Amherst with [Mabel Loomis] Todd re Emily Dickinson and Aby W. Bliss
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1894 Sep 3
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Box 1: folder 77
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Typescripts: HSB to ABB, about the children
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1893, 1898
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Box 1: folder 78
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HSB to Family
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1894
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Box 1: folder 79
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Typescripts: HSB to Family (duplicates)
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1894
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Box 1: folder 80
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HSB to Family
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1895-1899
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Box 1: folder 81
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HSB to "Miss Bogue" (Found in correspondence with Dodge family)
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1897 Jul 30
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Box 1: folder 81A
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Typescripts: HSB to Family (duplicates)
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1894-1901
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Box 1: folder 82
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Typescripts: HSB to Family (duplicates)
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1896-1899
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Box 1: folder 83
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Typescripts: HSB to Family
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1895-1898
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Box 1: folder 84
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Typescript: HSB to parents -- mentions death of Edward Dickinson, (Amherst College 1884), Assistant Librarian of AC
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1898 May 10
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Box 1: folder 85
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HSB to Alice Wood Bliss
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1901 Aug
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Box 1: folder 86
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Typescripts: HSB to Family
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1901
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Box 1: folder 87
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HSB and ABB to HSB's Family (includes printed material)
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1895-1899
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Box 1: folder 88
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HSB to parishioners
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1897 Jun 29
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Box 1: folder 89
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HSB to Family: Upper Montclair
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1900-1901
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Box 1: folder 90
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HSB to Family
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1900-1905
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Box 1: folder 91
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HSB to "Dear Boys," written en route to Syria
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1901 Mar 15
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Box 1: folder 92
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Typescript: HSB to parishioners: announcement of his return
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1901 Aug-Sep
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Box 1: folder 93
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Typescript: HSB to Family re decision to accept Presidency of SPC
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1902 Jan 21
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Box 1: folder 94
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HSB and ABB to Family re decision to accept the Presidency
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1902 Jan
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Box 1: folder 95
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Typescript: HSB to parishioners re decision to accept Presidency
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1902 Jan 30
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Box 1: folder 96
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HSB to parishioners: Resignation
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1902 Jan 30
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Box 1: folder 97
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HSB to DB re difference of opinion among Board of Managers about nomination of HSB
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1902 Feb 3
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Box 1: folder 98
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HSB to Family re Board of Managers
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1902 Feb 11
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Box 1: folder 99
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Typescripts: HSB to Family -- reply to letters re acceptance of Presidency
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[1902 Mar 1]
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Box 1: folder 100
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Typescript: HSB to [DB]: partial letter -- details re departure plans
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[1902]
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Box 1: folder 101
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Typescript: HSB and ABB to parishioners: Farewell letter
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1902 Oct 4
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Box 1: folder 102
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HSB to ABB: Call at Mr. Carnegie's
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1905 Sep 29
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Box 1: folder 103
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[HSB] to R. H. West re SPC
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1905 Oct 26
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Box 1: folder 104
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Typescript: [HSB to Prof. West]
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1905 Oct 26
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Box 1: folder 105
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HSB to ABB: Washington; lunch at the White House; Theodore Roosevelt; Hanover -- Dartmouth
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1905 Nov-Dec
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Box 1: folder 106
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Typescript: HSB to Frances Blatchford re approaching death of ABB's brother (Huntington Blatchford)
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1905 Dec 11
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Box 1: folder 107
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HSB to ABB
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[1905?]
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Box 1: folder 108
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HSB to ABB: Constantinople
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1906 Feb 6
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Box 1: folder 109
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Typescript: HSB to Board of Trustees: Supplement to Annual Report
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1906 Dec 18
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Box 1: folder 110
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Typescripts: HSB to DSD re SPC
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1902-1906
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Box 1: folder 111
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HSB to ABB: Personal letters
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1907 Jan-May
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Box 1: folder 112
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HSB to ABB
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1907 Sep 15
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Box 1: folder 113
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Typescripts: HSB to ABB: Journal letters
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1907
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Box 1: folder 114
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Typescripts: HSB to ABB: Journal letters (duplicates)
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1907
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Box 1: folder 115
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HSB to E. W. Blatchford
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1908 Aug 17
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Box 1: folder 116
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HSB, ABB, to Family: Furlough in U. S.
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1908 Aug-Oct
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Box 1: folder 117
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HSB to Family: Amherst -- visit at the Dickinsons'
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1908 Oct 20
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Box 1: folder 118
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HSB to ABB: Crisis at SPC
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1909 Feb-Sep 6
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Box 1: folder 119
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HSB to E. W. Blatchford
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1909 Apr 16, Jun 4
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Box 1: folder 120
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HSB to ABB: Death of Dr. Post
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1909 Sep 30
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Box 1: folder 121
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HSB to ABB: Trip to Egypt to join Cleveland Dodge party
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1910 Mar
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Box 1: folder 122
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HSB to Family
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1910 Jul-Sep
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Box 1: folder 123
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HSB to ABB
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1910 Sep 6
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Box 1: folder 124
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HSB to ABB: Description of Trustees' Meeting and resultant problems
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[1910 Sep 9]
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Box 1: folder 125
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HSB to FJB: Account of visit to Amherst
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1910 Nov 3
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Box 1: folder 126
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Typescript: HSB to Trustees: Account of bombardment of Beirut
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1912 Feb 7
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Box 1: folder 127
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HSB to ABB
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1912 Sep 24
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Box 1: folder 128
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HSB to Sydney A. Clark re Christianity and Christian ministry
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1912 Dec 18
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Box 1: folder 129
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HSB to ABB: Trip to Egypt and Sudan; return on yacht with Arthur Curtis James
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1913 Feb
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Box 1: folder 130
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HSB to ABB
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1914 Sep-Oct
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Box 1: folder 131
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Typescript: HSB re Holy War
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1914 Sep 24
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Box 1: folder 132
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Typescript: HSB to Dr. Dodge re wartime situation
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1914 Nov 28
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Box 1: folder 133
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HSB to Lyman Abbott: Birth of granddaughter (Grace Dodge); political situation
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1915 Feb 13
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Box 1: folder 134
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HSB to ABB
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1915 Aug-Sep
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Box 1: folder 135
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HSB to ABB
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1916 Jul 18-26
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Box 1: folder 136
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HSB to ABB: Last illness of DB; arrangements for family to come (DB died later that day.
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1916 Jul 27
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Box 1: folder 137
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HSB to ABB
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1916 Sep
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Box 1: folder 138
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HSB to ABB
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1918
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Box 1: folder 139
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HSB to ABB: Paris Peace Conference; voyage to America; illness
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1919 Jan-Jul
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Box 1: folder 140
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Typescripts: HSB to ABB -- excerpts
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1919 Jan-Mar
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Box 1: folder 141
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HSB to Theodore Greene
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1919 Jan 4
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Box 1: folder 142
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[HSB?] to Seirafi: Repayment or wartime loan to student
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1919 Jun 30
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Box 1: folder 143
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HSB to ABB and Family
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1919 Sep-Oct
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Box 1: folder 144
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HSB to ABB and Family
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1919 Nov-Dec
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Box 1: folder 145
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HSB partial letters
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[1919 or 1920?]
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Box 1: folder 146
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HSB to ABB and Family
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1920 Jan-Feb
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Box 1: folder 147
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INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE:
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To HSB from F. W. Cragin: Promissory note
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1884
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Box 1: folder 148
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To HSB from Lyman Abbott: Recommendation of HSB as Assistant Pastor, Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, NY
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1889 Jan 7
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Box 1: folder 149
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To HSB: Call to Plymouth Church
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1889 spring
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Box 1: folder 150
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To HSB from Jos. J. Randolph: sends "two mss. of your brother's"
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1890 Nov 3
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Box 1: folder 151
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To HSB from Dr. Morgan W. Ayres: concern for HSB's health
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[1895]
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Box 1: folder 152
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Typescript: To HSB from Edward Dickinson (AC 1884) re Amherst pastorate
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1897 Jun 7
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Box 1: folder 153
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To HSB
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1898
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Box 1: folder 154
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To HSB from Norman Clark
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1898
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Box 1: folder 155
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To HSB from England
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1899
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Box 1: folder 156
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To HSB
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1899
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Box 1: folder 157
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To HSB
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1900
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Box 1: folder 158
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Typescripts: Anonymous to HSB and ABB re "nurse girl"
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[1902]
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Box 1: folder 159
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Typescripts: Anonymous to HSB and ABB (duplicates)
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[1902]
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Box 1: folder 160
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To HSB from R. W. Raymond
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1902
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Box 1: folder 161
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To HSB from parishioners re Presidency of SPC
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1902
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Box 1: folder 162
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To HSB from friends re Presidency of SPC
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1902
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Box 1: folder 163
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To HSB from SPC faculty, former student re Presidency of SPC
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1902
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Box 2: folder 1
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Typescript: To HSB and ABB from MBD, re Presidency
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1902 Jan 26
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Box 2: folder 2
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Typescript: To HSB from FJB re Presidency
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1902 Jan 20
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Box 2: folder 3
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Typescript: To HSB from Aunt Alice re departure for Syria
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1902 Feb 14
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Box 2: folder 4
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Typescripts: To HSB re Presidency
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1902
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Box 2: folder 5
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To HSB from Williston Walker re Amherst College Honorary Degree to be conferred 1902 Jun 25
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1902 May 30
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Box 2: folder 6
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To HSB from D. S. Dodge: Humorous letter of congratulation on receipt of degree
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1902 Jun 6
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Box 2: folder 7
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Typescript: To HSB from Mrs. Lyman Abbott
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1902 Jul
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Box 2: folder 8
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Typescript: To HSB from H. A. Bridgman re material for "The Congregationalist"
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1902 Jul
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Box 2: folder 9
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Typescripts: To HSB re SPC
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1905
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Box 2: folder 10
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To HSB from A. M. Fairbairn, Oxford
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1905 Oct 13
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Box 2: folder 11
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Number not used
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Box 2: folder 12
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Typescripts: To HSB from Dr. Post, Prof. West re Moslem tract (Anti-Christian)
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1905 Nov
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Box 2: folder 13
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Typescript: To HSB from Harry Dorman re funds for YMCA
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1905 Nov 6
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Box 2: folder 14
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Typescripts: To HSB
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1905-06
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Box 2: folder 15
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Invitation to visit Oxford and preach
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1905 Oct 21
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Box 2: folder 16
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To HSB from Lyman Abbott: Mrs. Abbott's death
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1907 Oct 6
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Box 2: folder 17
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To HSB from George Adam Smith
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[1919?]
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Box 2: folder 18
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To HSB from Harold H. [Judson], Secretary of the Faculty, enclosing copy of letter from SPC Faculty to the Trustees of SPC re HSB's Presidency in wartime (original letter in Box 2, Folder 51)
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1919 Jan 8
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Box 2: folder 18A
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To HSB and Dr. Dodge from Frances Blatchford
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1919 Feb 25
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Box 2: folder 19
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To HSB from M. S. Wilson: Welcome home; sudden death of Frances Blatchford
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1919 Mar 20
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Box 2: folder 20
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To HSB from M. S. Wilson
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1919 Mar
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Box 2: folder 21
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To HSB from Williston Walker re Amherst College Honorary Degree to be conferred 1919 Jun 18
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1919 May 3
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Box 2: folder 22
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To HSB from Faculty of SPC; to Dr. Dodge from Faculty; [HSB?] reply: Faculty salaries
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1919 Jun-Jul
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Box 2: folder 23
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To HSB from Alexander Meiklejohn: Letter accompanying degree citation
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1919 Jul 21
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Box 2: folder 24
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Typescripts: re Presidency of SPC (duplicates)
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1902
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Box 2: folder 25
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SPEECHES:
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[HSB] remarks at the laying of the cornerstone of the Women's Pavilion at SPC
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[1907]
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Box 2: folder 26
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HSB, "The new era and the new duties," to Ottoman Students' Union Society
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1909 Mar 6
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Box 2: folder 27
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HSB, "Unity and not uniformity," delivered under the auspices of "Flower of Culture"
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1909 May 1
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Box 2: folder 28
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Typescript: HSB statement before Paris Peace Conference
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1919 Feb 13
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Box 2: folder 29
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Typescript: HSB speech [at SUNY, Albany] seeking funds for SPC
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[1919 April?]
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Box 2: folder 29A
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GENERAL:
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"Amherst Juvenile," HSB and FJB: Vol. 1, Nos. 1, 2, 3
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1874
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Box 2: folder 30
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HSB: summary of pre-college education
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1876-78
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Box 2: folder 31
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List of essays read at the "Young Men's Improvement Class," Beirut
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1877-78
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Box 2: folder 32
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HSB expenses, Amherst College
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1878 Sep-Nov
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Box 2: folder 33
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HSB Freshman composition: "Longfellow's Hiawatha"
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1879 Feb
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Box 2: folder 34
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Typescript: HSB essay on Hiawatha
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1879 Feb
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Box 2: folder 35
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HSB income and expenses: Amherst College, Washburn College
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1878-85
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Box 2: folder 36
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HSB expenses paid to F. J. Fletcher
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1887-88
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Box 2: folder 37
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Poem to HSB [from the Black family]
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1889
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Box 2: folder 38
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Typescript: Poem to HSB
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1889
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Box 2: folder 39
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Fred W. Hinrichs to Lyman Abbott re departure of HSB from Plymouth Church
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1894 Jun 29
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Box 2: folder 40
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Minutes of Council dismissing HSB from Assistant Pastorate of Plymouth Congregational Church, Brooklyn
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1894 Jul 9
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Box 2: folder 41
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Minutes of Council calling HSB to Christian Union Church, Upper Montclair, N. J.
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1894 Oct 18
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Box 2: folder 42
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Number not used
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Box 2: folder 43
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Farewell address to HSB, Upper Montclair
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1902 Oct 2
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Box 2: folder 44
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Description of HSB's arrival in Syria
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1902 Nov 11
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Box 2: folder 45
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Typescripts: German philosophical attack on SPC and Robert College; HSB reply
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1905 May
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Box 2: folder 46
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Typescript: Leeds Examiner interview with HSB
|
1905 [Oct?]
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Box 2: folder 47
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Typescript: James Bertram to Sir Robert Pullar -- Andrew Carnegie will not have interview with HSB
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1905 Oct
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Box 2: folder 48
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Number not used
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Box 2: folder 49
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SPC: terms of settlement with non-Christian students in connection with student strike
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1909 Apr
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Box 2: folder 50
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SPC Faculty to the Trustees of SPC re HSB's Presidency in wartime
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1919 Jan 7
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Box 2: folder 51
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Photocopy: HSB passport; travel permits
|
1919 Jan 13
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Box 2: folder 52
|
| Note:
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HSB Honorary Degree citation, Amherst College
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1919 Jun 18
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Box 2: folder 53
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Photocopy from Hoover Institution: Charles R. Crane to Woodrow Wilson re findings of commission in Syria (covering letter only)
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1919 Jul 10
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Box 2: folder 54
|
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Bulus Khauli account of visit to HSB at Presbyterian Hospital
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1920 Apr 10
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Box 2: folder 55
|
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PRINTED MATERIAL:
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The Bethel of Plymouth Church: Printed letter from HSB
|
1890 Feb
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Box 2: folder 55A
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"Plymouth Church at Work"
|
1893 Dec 17
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Box 2: folder 56
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Order of service, Plymouth Church, Brooklyn: announcement of HSB's installation at Christian Union Church, Upper Montclair, N. J.,
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1894 Oct 14, 1894 Oct 18
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Box 2: folder 57
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Order of service: Installation of HSB at Christian Union Church
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1894 Oct 18
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Box 2: folder 58
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Printed material and pastoral letters, Christian Union Church
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1895-1902
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Box 2: folder 59
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Printed material and pastoral letters, Christian Union Church
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1897-1901
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Box 2: folder 60
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News article: Ladies Society, Christian Union Church, presents "An Old English Fantasy"
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1897 Jun 17
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Box 2: folder 61
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Montclair Herald: Dedication of Christian Union Church
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1900 Nov 15
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Box 2: folder 62
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Newsclippings re Presidency
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1902
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Box 2: folder 63
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Program: Prize Declamation Contest, SPC
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1908 Jun 20
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Box 2: folder 64
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Newsclipping from 1909 letters of HSB to ABB
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[1909]
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Box 2: folder 65
|
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Crisis in Adana and other areas in Asia Minor
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1909 Apr
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Box 2: folder 66
|
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Newsclippings: HSB speaking on situation in Turkey
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1910 Nov
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Box 2: folder 67
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Newsclipping: "Dr. Bliss attacks race prejudice"
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1913 Jun 30
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Box 2: folder 68
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Article re SPC Commencement
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1916
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Box 2: folder 69
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Article re occupation of Beirut
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1918 Oct 8
|
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Box 2: folder 70
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Right of the Syrian people re political future
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1918
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Box 2: folder 71
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"About Dr. Bliss," -- church publication, unidentified
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[1919 Jan?]
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Box 2: folder 71A
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The Syrian Protestant College ... During the Great War and After, 1914-1920
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[1920]
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Box 2: folder 72
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The Plymouth Chimes, "Reminiscences of Dr. Howard Bliss"
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[1920]
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Box 2: folder 73
|
|
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"In Loving Memory of Howard Sweetser Bliss," Christian Union Congregational Church
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1920 May 30
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Box 2: folder 74
|
|
|
Minute of the Faculty of SPC prepared as a tribute to the Presidency of HSB
|
1920
|
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Box 2: folder 75
|
|
Series 4: ABBY WOOD BLISS
|
|
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|
Arrangement:
Divided into subseries as appropriate
Scope and content:
In general each series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence. Some contain printed material and general
information about the individual. In some cases (notably the Lewis Affair, the
untimely deaths of Gerald Fitzgerald Dale and three of the four Dale children, and
the call to Howard to assume the Presidency of Syrian Protestant College in 1902),
the same subject is discussed by more than one member of the family. Letters to
"Dear Family" appear in most series, and were apparently passed (by mail if
necessary) from one member to another; Howard's later letters sometimes specify
the order in which they are to circulate. Other letters were "personal, but not
confidential," or even "private," and there is an occasional note of apology added
by someone who has opened another person's letter by mistake.
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|
OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE:
|
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|
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AWB to FJB
|
[1874] Oct 13
|
|
Box 2: folder 76
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, Sons
|
1874-1883
|
|
Box 2: folder 77
|
|
|
AWB [to WTB?] (fragment found with WTB 1880-81 correspondence): Dr. [?] in town; coming to luncheon with Dr. Moore, Prof. Day, etc.
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[1880?]
|
|
Box 2: folder 77A
|
|
|
AWB to WTB
|
[1882]
|
|
Box 2: folder 78
|
|
|
AWB to Sons: Reference to Lewis Affair
|
1882-83
|
|
Box 2: folder 79
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, WTB, MBD, Sons: Some reference to Lewis Affair
|
1883
|
|
Box 2: folder 80
|
|
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Typescripts: Excerpts -- AWB to sons re Lewis Affair
|
1882-83
|
|
Box 2: folder 80A
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, WTB, Children
|
1884
|
|
Box 2: folder 81
|
|
|
AWB to Children
|
[1884]
|
|
Box 2: folder 82
|
|
|
Typescript: AWB to HSB
|
1884 Jun 11
|
|
Box 2: folder 83
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, Sons, Children
|
1885
|
|
Box 2: folder 84
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, Sons
|
1886
|
|
Box 2: folder 85
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, Children: Death of Gerald Dale; Carrie Dale; Mr. Dale, Sr.
|
1886 Oct
|
|
Box 2: folder 86
|
|
|
AWB to HSB: "shall not celebrate" Christmas
|
[1886?]
|
|
Box 2: folder 87
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, FJB, WTB, Sons
|
1887
|
|
Box 2: folder 88
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, ABB, WTB, Children
|
1888-89
|
|
Box 2: folder 89
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, ABB and other family
|
c. 1889-91
|
|
Box 2: folder 90
|
|
|
AWB to ABB: "My very precious Daughter Amy"
|
1889 Dec 4
|
|
Box 2: folder 91
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, ABB, Children
|
1890
|
|
Box 2: folder 92
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, ABB, WTB, Children
|
1890 Jan-Jun
|
|
Box 2: folder 93
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, ABB, WTB, Children
|
1890 Jul-Dec
|
|
Box 2: folder 94
|
|
|
AWB to ABB, HSB, WTB: Death of DB's brother
|
[1890?]
|
|
Box 2: folder 95
|
|
|
AWB to ABB and HSB
|
[1891]
|
|
Box 2: folder 96
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, ABB, Children, Baby
|
1891
|
|
Box 2: folder 97
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, ABB, Absent Boys, Children, Grandchild
|
1891
|
|
Box 2: folder 98
|
|
|
AWB to ABB and HSB from England and Spain
|
[early 1890s]
|
|
Box 2: folder 99
|
|
|
AWB to Children
|
[1890s]
|
|
Box 2: folder 100
|
|
|
AWB to HSB and ABB: ABB's birthday
|
[1890s]
|
|
Box 2: folder 101
|
|
|
AWB to HSB and ABB
|
1892
|
|
Box 2: folder 102
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, ABB, Children
|
1892
|
|
Box 2: folder 103
|
|
|
AWB to ABB and HSB
|
[1892?]
|
|
Box 2: folder 104
|
|
|
AWB to ABB, HSB, WTB: Re translation of tablet found by FJB
|
1892
|
|
Box 2: folder 105
|
|
|
Feb 15
|
[1893]
|
|
Box 2: folder 106
|
|
|
AWB to HSB, ABB, Children
|
1893
|
|
Box 2: folder 107
|
|
|
Typescript: AWB to HSB re religious advice to her nephew
|
[1893]
|
|
Box 2: folder 108
|
|
|
AWB to Children
|
1895
|
|
Box 2: folder 109
|
|
|
AWB to MBD
|
1895, n.d.
|
|
Box 2: folder 110
|
|
|
AWB to Children, Dear Ones at Home
|
1896-1898
|
|
Box 2: folder 111
|
|
|
AWB to MBD, May, FJB
|
[1897] Jun 21, Oct 1, Dec 21
|
|
Box 2: folder 112
|
|
|
AWB to Children and May
|
1898
|
|
Box 2: folder 113
|
|
|
Typescripts: AWB and DB to HSB
|
[1893?]-1900
|
|
Box 2: folder 114
|
|
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AWB to Children
|
1900, 1902, 1905
|
|
Box 2: folder 115
|
|
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AWB to HSB
|
[1902?]
|
|
Box 2: folder 116
|
|
|
AWB to Children: Copy of excerpt from Dr. Dodge's letter to AWB re MBD's acceptance of position of superintendent [of hospital]
|
[1905] Aug 8
|
|
Box 2: folder 117
|
|
|
Photocopy: AWB to ABB (copy in Margaret Bliss Leavitt's handwriting)
|
1907 Jul 6
|
|
Box 2: folder 118
|
|
|
AWB to ABB and HSB
|
1908 Jul 21, Sep 28
|
|
Box 2: folder 119
|
|
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AWB to ABB
|
1908-09
|
|
Box 2: folder 120
|
|
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AWB to Family, Children
|
1907-09
|
|
Box 2: folder 121
|
|
|
INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE:
|
|
|
|
|
|
To AWB from C. E. Hill
|
[1883]
|
|
Box 2: folder 122
|
|
|
To AWB from "Emma"
|
1890 Oct 2
|
|
Box 2: folder 123
|
|
|
To AWB from Mary Blatchford: Birth of Mary
|
1890 Nov 18
|
|
Box 2: folder 124
|
|
|
To AWB from S. G. [Bird]
|
[early 1890s]
|
|
Box 2: folder 125
|
|
|
Typescript: To AWB from Mrs. Lyman Abbott
|
1891
|
|
Box 2: folder 126
|
|
|
To AWB from Theodosia D. Jessup
|
1895 Aug 19
|
|
Box 2: folder 127
|
|
|
To AWB from Alfred Ely Day
|
1895 Sep 29
|
|
Box 2: folder 127A
|
|
|
To AWB from Frances Emily White
|
1898 Mar 20
|
|
Box 2: folder 128
|
|
|
PRINTED MATERIAL:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conference of Christian Workers, Brummana, Mt. Lebanon, Syria: Provisional Programme, printed letter (from AWB letters)
|
1898 Aug 9-14
|
|
Box 2: folder 129
|
| Note:
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Series 5: AMY BLATCHFORD BLISS
|
|
|
|
Arrangement:
Divided into subseries as appropriate
Scope and content:
In general each series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence. Some contain printed material and general
information about the individual. In some cases (notably the Lewis Affair, the
untimely deaths of Gerald Fitzgerald Dale and three of the four Dale children, and
the call to Howard to assume the Presidency of Syrian Protestant College in 1902),
the same subject is discussed by more than one member of the family. Letters to
"Dear Family" appear in most series, and were apparently passed (by mail if
necessary) from one member to another; Howard's later letters sometimes specify
the order in which they are to circulate. Other letters were "personal, but not
confidential," or even "private," and there is an occasional note of apology added
by someone who has opened another person's letter by mistake.
|
|
OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Typescript: ABB to AWB re engagement to HSB
|
1889 May 22
|
|
Box 2: folder 130
|
|
|
ABB to AWB
|
1890
|
|
Box 2: folder 131
|
|
|
ABB to MBD
|
1890, 1892
|
|
Box 2: folder 132
|
|
|
Typescript: ABB to MBD
|
1890 Jul 2
|
|
Box 2: folder 133
|
|
|
ABB to AWB
|
1891 May 5
|
|
Box 2: folder 134
|
|
|
ABB to HSB's parents: Partial letter
|
[1899 Dec?]
|
|
Box 2: folder 135
|
|
|
Typescript: ABB to AWB
|
1900 Sep 3
|
|
Box 2: folder 136
|
|
|
Typescript: ABB to AWB
|
1900
|
|
Box 2: folder 137
|
|
|
ABB to Family re call to Presidency of SPC
|
1901 Jul 22
|
|
Box 2: folder 138
|
|
|
ABB to her family re call to Presidency of SPC
|
1901
|
|
Box 2: folder 139
|
|
|
ABB to HSB: "Corrections" for Who's Who entry
|
[1909]
|
|
Box 2: folder 140
|
|
|
ABB to HSB
|
1919 Jan-Jul
|
|
Box 2: folder 141
|
|
|
ABB to HSB: Partial letter -- "perhaps ... you are really in Paris"
|
1919
|
|
Box 2: folder 142
|
|
|
ABB and daughter, Margaret, to AWB and family re HSB's last days
|
1920 Apr 20, 27
|
|
Box 2: folder 143
|
|
|
INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE:
|
|
|
|
|
|
To ABB from C. E. Hill, shortly after marriage
|
[1889]
|
|
Box 2: folder 144
|
|
|
To ABB from Dr. Moore
|
1905
|
|
Box 2: folder 145
|
|
|
To ABB from daughter Alice
|
1919 Mar 28
|
|
Box 2: folder 146
|
|
|
To ABB from Talcott Williams in memory of HSB
|
1922 May 2
|
|
Box 2: folder 147
|
|
|
To ABB and family in sympathy following HSB's death
|
1920
|
|
Box 2: folder 148
|
|
|
GENERAL:
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|
|
Photos of London, with ABB's notes re HSB's visit in 1905
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 149
|
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ABB: notes, tributes, etc. found wrapped together in silk. (Includes HSB letter to Family re decision to accept Presidency of SPC, 1902 Jan 21)
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 150
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ABB: silk originally wrapped around material in folder 150
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 151
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Lyman Abbott to Edward W. Blatchford [ABB's brother]: Congratulations on work in Constantinople
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1921 Aug 2
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Box 2: folder 151A
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Series 6: MARY BLISS DALE
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Arrangement:
Divided into subseries as appropriate
Scope and content:
In general each series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence. Some contain printed material and general
information about the individual. In some cases (notably the Lewis Affair, the
untimely deaths of Gerald Fitzgerald Dale and three of the four Dale children, and
the call to Howard to assume the Presidency of Syrian Protestant College in 1902),
the same subject is discussed by more than one member of the family. Letters to
"Dear Family" appear in most series, and were apparently passed (by mail if
necessary) from one member to another; Howard's later letters sometimes specify
the order in which they are to circulate. Other letters were "personal, but not
confidential," or even "private," and there is an occasional note of apology added
by someone who has opened another person's letter by mistake.
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OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE:
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MBD to HSB: Partial letter
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1882 Sep 20
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Box 2: folder 152
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MBD to AWB
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1883
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Box 2: folder 153
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MBD to ABB and HSB
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[1892]
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Box 2: folder 154
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MBD to HSB: Letter and partial letter
|
[1899?]
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Box 2: folder 155
|
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MBD to HSB and ABB
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1900-1902
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Box 2: folder 156
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Typescripts: MBD to HSB
|
1900-1901
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Box 2: folder 157
|
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Typescripts: MBD to HSB (duplicates)
|
1900-1901
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Box 2: folder 158
|
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Typescript: MBD to HSB: Arrival of Osanna Muksedian for nurses' training
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1905 Oct 15
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Box 2: folder 158A
|
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MBD to HSB: Request to go to Adana
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[1909 Apr]
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Box 2: folder 159
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Series 7: FREDERICK JONES BLISS
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Arrangement:
Divided into subseries as appropriate
Scope and content:
In general each series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence. Some contain printed material and general
information about the individual. In some cases (notably the Lewis Affair, the
untimely deaths of Gerald Fitzgerald Dale and three of the four Dale children, and
the call to Howard to assume the Presidency of Syrian Protestant College in 1902),
the same subject is discussed by more than one member of the family. Letters to
"Dear Family" appear in most series, and were apparently passed (by mail if
necessary) from one member to another; Howard's later letters sometimes specify
the order in which they are to circulate. Other letters were "personal, but not
confidential," or even "private," and there is an occasional note of apology added
by someone who has opened another person's letter by mistake.
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|
OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE:
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FJB to Family
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1879 Feb 23
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Box 2: folder 160
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FJB to parents: Future plans
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1880
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Box 2: folder 161
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FJB to "Dear Trio"
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[1880?]
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Box 2: folder 162
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FJB to HSB from Mansfield College, Oxford
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[early 1880s]
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Box 2: folder 163
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FJB to HSB
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1881, 1885
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Box 2: folder 164
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FJB to HSB: Lewis Affair
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1882 Dec-1883 Jan
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Box 2: folder 164A
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FJB to HSB: "Dear Mary ...suffers"
|
[1886?]
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Box 2: folder 165
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FJB to HSB
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[1887]
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Box 2: folder 166
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FJB to HSB re wedding
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1889
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Box 2: folder 167
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FJB to Family
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[early 1890s]
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Box 2: folder 168
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FJB to HSB
|
[early 1890s]
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Box 2: folder 169
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FJB to ABB
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[early 1890s]
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Box 2: folder 170
|
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FJB to Family, DB, HSB: From Jaffa Harbor, Wasta, Cairo, Jerusalem, Beirut, Sinai
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1891
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Box 2: folder 171
|
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FJB and DB to AWB
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1891 Mar
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Box 2: folder 172
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FJB to ABB
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1892, n.d.
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Box 2: folder 173
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FJB to HSB, ABB and Family
|
1887-1893
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Box 2: folder 174
|
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FJB, from the Court Circular: Humor
|
1896 Aug 25
|
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Box 2: folder 175
|
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FJB to HSB
|
1899-1902
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Box 2: folder 176
|
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Typescripts: FJB to HSB
|
1899 Nov 19; 1900 May 13
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Box 2: folder 177
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Typescript: FJB to HSB
|
1900
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Box 2: folder 178
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Typescript: FJB to HSB
|
1902 Jan 20
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Box 2: folder 178A
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Typescripts: FJB to HSB: Presidency of SPC, etc.
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1902
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Box 2: folder 179
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FJB to HSB: Problems -- Board of Managers, SPC
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1902 Apr 25
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Box 2: folder 180
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FJB [to HSB]
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[1905?]
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Box 2: folder 181
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FJB to HSB: Health problems of FJB
|
1905-06
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Box 2: folder 182
|
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FJB to HSB
|
1906 Oct 23
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Box 2: folder 183
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FJB to Brothers and Sisters
|
[1908?]
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Box 2: folder 184
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FJB to HSB
|
1909 Feb, Mar
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Box 2: folder 185
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FJB to HSB
|
1909 Nov 6
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Box 2: folder 186
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FJB to HSB
|
[1909] Dec 28
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Box 2: folder 187
|
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FJB to HSB: Health problems of WTB
|
1911
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Box 2: folder 188
|
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Typescripts, FJB
|
1914
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Box 2: folder 189
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FJB to HSB
|
1919 Sep 16
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Box 2: folder 190
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FJB to HSB
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1919 Oct
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Box 2: folder 191
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Copy: FJB to Faculty and Students of SPC re death and burial of HSB
|
1920 May 6
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Box 2: folder 192
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INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE:
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To FJB from the Palestine Exploration Fund
|
1900 Jun 25
|
|
Box 2: folder 193
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MANUSCRIPTS:
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"The Bread Boys of Damascus"
|
1890 Mar 24
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Box 2: folder 194
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Typescript: FJB -- poem for the Golden Anniversary of DB and AWB
|
1905
|
|
Box 2: folder 195
|
|
|
GENERAL:
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|
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| Note:
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Series 8: WILLIAM TYLER BLISS
|
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|
Arrangement:
Divided into subseries as appropriate
Scope and content:
In general each series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence. Some contain printed material and general
information about the individual. In some cases (notably the Lewis Affair, the
untimely deaths of Gerald Fitzgerald Dale and three of the four Dale children, and
the call to Howard to assume the Presidency of Syrian Protestant College in 1902),
the same subject is discussed by more than one member of the family. Letters to
"Dear Family" appear in most series, and were apparently passed (by mail if
necessary) from one member to another; Howard's later letters sometimes specify
the order in which they are to circulate. Other letters were "personal, but not
confidential," or even "private," and there is an occasional note of apology added
by someone who has opened another person's letter by mistake.
|
|
OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE:
|
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WTB to HSB
|
1878-81
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|
Box 2: folder 196
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Typescript: WTB to Family re arrival of HSB and Family in New York
|
1908 Aug
|
|
Box 2: folder 197
|
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Typescript: WTB to Family re arrival of HSB and family in New York (duplicate)
|
1908 Aug
|
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Box 2: folder 198
|
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WTB to HSB
|
1909
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Box 2: folder 199
|
|
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Arrangement: Scope and content:
DODGE FAMILY consists, with a single exception, of outgoing correspondence written by D. Stuart Dodge; his wife, Ellen P. Dodge; and his nephew, Cleveland H. Dodge. The series consists of 16 folders and contains letters of both business and personal nature.
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|
OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE:
|
|
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DSD to HSB
|
1878-82
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Box 2: folder 200
|
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EPD to HSB
|
1878-79
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Box 2: folder 201
|
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DSD to HSB: Death of EPD; checks to HSB for his college course to continue
|
1880 Jul 9
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Box 2: folder 202
|
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Typescript: DSD to DB -- visit with FJB, HSB, WTB; Dr. Post
|
1887 Sep 23
|
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Box 2: folder 203
|
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DSD to HSB: Arrival of box from Beirut, mishandled by Customs
|
1890 Apr 17
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Box 2: folder 204
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DSD to HSB
|
1890 May 26
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Box 2: folder 204A
|
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Telegram: DSD to HSB, re death of Geraldine Dale on Oct. 15 1891
|
1891 Nov 2
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Box 2: folder 205
|
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Typescripts: DSD to DB -- succession of HSB to Presidency of SPC
|
1901 Apr 9, 1902 Jan 17
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Box 2: folder 206
|
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Typescript: DSD to HSB -- congratulations on receipt of degree
|
1902 Jun 6
|
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Box 2: folder 207
|
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Typescripts: DSD to HSB
|
1901-1903
|
|
Box 2: folder 208
|
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Photocopy: DSD to AWB -- AWB's copy of excerpts re MBD as superintendent [of hospital]
|
[1905] Aug 8
|
|
Box 2: folder 209
|
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DSD to DB and AWB
|
1908-1910
|
|
Box 2: folder 210
|
|
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Typescripts: DSD to DB and AWB
|
1909
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Box 2: folder 211
|
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Typescript: DSD to DB and AWB -- funds for land purchase, SPC
|
1909 Feb 19
|
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Box 2: folder 212
|
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CHD to DSD
|
1910 Apr 12
|
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Box 2: folder 213
|
|
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Typescript: CHD to "Uncle Stuart" (duplicate)
|
1910 Apr 12
|
|
Box 2: folder 214
|
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CHD to HSB
|
1912 Mar 1
|
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Box 2: folder 215
|
|
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INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE:
|
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To DSD from James S. Dennis, re HSB
|
1909 Apr
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Box 2: folder 215A
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|
Series 10: SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE
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|
SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE contains only seven folders. Significant in the series is Donald M. Leavitt's article (written while the papers were in his grandmother's possession), "Darwinism in the Arab world: the Lewis Affair at Syrian Protestant College," published in 1981 in The Muslim World.
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|
GENERAL:
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Typescript:
|
1874
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Box 2: folder 216
|
|
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Typescript: Early history of SPC; parallel history of Robert College (Extract: Book II -- Minutes of the Board of Trustees of SPC)
|
1899 Jul 9
|
|
Box 2: folder 217
|
|
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Typescript: Remarks of HSB at laying of the cornerstone of the Women's Pavilion, SPC
|
1908
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Box 2: folder 218
|
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Request that College Community be exempted from order re evacuation of Beirut
|
c. 1915
|
|
Box 2: folder 219
|
|
|
PRINTED MATERIAL:
|
|
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|
Annual Reports, SPC
|
1898-99, 1899-1900, 1902-03
|
|
Box 2: folder 220
|
|
|
"Two Missionaries and Educators in Syria," The Missionary Review of the World, Vol. 44, No. 3
|
1921 Mar
|
|
Box 2: folder 221
|
|
|
Leavitt, Donald M., "Darwinism in the Arab world: the Lewis Affair at the Syrian Protestant College," The Muslim World, Vol. LXXI, No. 2
|
1981 Apr
|
|
Box 2: folder 222
|
| Note:
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PHOTOGRAPHS includes individual and group photos of Howard Bliss, as well as photos of Daniel Bliss, Abby Wood Bliss and Amy Blatchford Bliss.
|
|
Daniel Bliss
|
1855
|
|
Box 3: folder 1
|
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|
DB
|
c. 1856
|
|
Box 3: folder 2
|
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Abby Wood Bliss
|
1855
|
|
Box 3: folder 3
|
|
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DB and AWB
|
1902
|
|
Box 3: folder 4
|
|
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Howard Sweetser Bliss and the teachers at Syrian Protestant College
|
c. 1876
|
|
Box 3: folder 5
|
|
|
HSB with a group at Mansfield College, Oxford
|
1887
|
|
Box 3: folder 6
|
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HSB
|
1902
|
|
Box 3: folder 7
|
|
|
Amy Blatchford Bliss
|
1902
|
|
Box 3: folder 8
|
| Note:
|
Series 12: OVERSIZE MATERIAL
|
|
|
|
OVERSIZE MATERIAL contains a photographic reproduction of Daniel Bliss' 1866 passport; Howard Bliss' 1919 passport, with a photograph; and a set of Palestine Exploration Fund maps belonging to Frederick Jones Bliss.
|
|
Photographic reproduction: Daniel Bliss' passport (2 copies)
|
1866 Feb 8
|
|
Box MC5:12: folder 1
|
|
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Frederick Jones Bliss' Maps: Palestine, from the surveys conducted for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund
|
1890
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|
Box MC5:12: folder 2
|
|
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Howard Sweetser Bliss: Passport
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1919 Jan 13
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Box MC5:12: folder 3
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Bliss, Daniel. Reminiscences of Daniel Bliss, edited and supplemented by Frederick Jones Bliss. New York, etc.:Fleming H. Revell Co., 1920.
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|
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Box 4: folder 3
|
|
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Bliss, Daniel. Daniel Bliss and the Founding of the American University of Beirut, edited by Carleton S. Coon, Jr. Washington: The Middle East Institute, 1989.
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Box 4: folder 3
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Addendum 1 continues the Daniel Bliss Series (Series 2) with addition material on the history of the founding of Syrian Protestant College. Comprising 8 folders, and ranging in dates from 1850-1904 Addendum 1 contains; a typescript of reminiscences by Daniel Bliss (annotated by Frederick Jones Bliss) on the early days of the Syrian Protestant College, manuscripts of several sermons by Daniel Bliss, and Printed Materials including an early description for the proposed college in Syria.
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Series 1: DANIEL BLISS additions
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TYPESCRIPT:
|
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"A few reminiscences of the early days of the Syrian Protestant College, by Rev. Daniel Bliss, First President" -- documentation of the founding of SPC. [Annotated by FJB.]
|
n.d.
|
|
Box 5: folder 1
|
|
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MANUSCRIPTS:
|
|
|
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DB:
|
1894 Jul 8
|
|
Box 5: folder 2
|
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DB:
|
1889-1904
|
|
Box 5: folder 3
|
|
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DB:
|
1903 May
|
|
Box 5: folder 4
|
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DB:
|
n.d.
|
|
Box 5: folder 5
|
|
|
PRINTED MATERIAL:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Amherst College for the Academical Year 1850-51
|
1850-51
|
|
Box 5: folder 6
|
|
|
Missionary Tracts, No. 14:
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1856
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|
Box 5: folder 7
|
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before the Society of Inquiry when he graduated from Andover, 1855)
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|
Box 5: folder 7
|
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"The Syrian Protestant College" -- description of proposed college and appeal for donations
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[1865]
|
|
Box 5: folder 8
|
| Note:
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Arrangement:
Addendum 2 is arranged in three series: DANIEL BLISS ADDITIONS 2 (DB), ABBY WOOD BLISS ADDITIONS (AWB), BELLE DORMAN RUGH
Scope and content:
Addendum 2 further increases the Daniel Bliss Series (Series 2) by 23 folders ranging in dates from 1856 to 1874, and also adds 19 folders to the Abby Bliss Series (Series 4). Comprised mainly of personal correspondence between Daniel and Abby, the Daniel Bliss series contains a copy book from 1862 with letters to several associates. Though the copy book is in its own folder, three of the letters were transcribed by donor Belle Dorman Rugh and they precede the copybook in a sequence of folders. Otherwise, transcripts by Ms. Rugh are provided in the same folders as the originals, except where noted in the folder listing. The Abby Bliss Series is enriched with extensive correspondence between Abby and her Mother, Sister, Aunt and Uncle Luke Sweetser, and Cousin Howard. Dated from throughout 1856, the 19 folders of correspondence shed light onto a much younger Abby Bliss than is found elsewhere in the papers. Transcripts have been provided by Belle Dorman Rugh for a majority of the letters in this Addendum, and are filed with the originals in the same folder. A separate series was created for Belle Dorman Rugh which contain some of her working notes while she transcribed the letters.
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Series 1: Daniel Bliss additions 2
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Outgoing Correspondence:
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|
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Note:
folder contains original document only
|
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DB to Abby's Mother and Sister
|
1856 Jan 19
|
|
Box 6: folder 1
|
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DB to Abby's Mother
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1856 Apr 2
|
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Box 6: folder 2
|
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DB to D.D. Anderson
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1862 Feb 11
|
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Box 6: folder 3
|
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DB to J.S. & C. Adams
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1862 Feb 11
|
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Box 6: folder 4
|
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DB to Rev. Gordon
|
1862 Feb 11
|
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Box 6: folder 5
|
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DB to Prof Tyler *
|
1862 Feb 25
|
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Box 6: folder 6
|
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DB to George Washburn *
|
1862 Mar 5
|
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Box 6: folder 6
|
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DB to R. Anderson D.D. *
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1862 Mar 6
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Box 6: folder 6
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DB to Mr. Phelps*
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1862 Apr 18
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Box 6: folder 6
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DB to Brother Robson*
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1862 Apr 27
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Box 6: folder 6
|
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DB to Brother B *
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1862 Apr 28
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Box 6: folder 6
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DB to R. Anderson D.D *
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1862 Jun 13
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Box 6: folder 6
|
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DB to Abby and Children
|
1874 Apr 16
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Box 6: folder 7
|
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DB to Abby and Children
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1874 Apr 21
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Box 6: folder 8
|
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DB to Abby and Children
|
1874 Apr 22
|
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Box 6: folder 9
|
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DB to Abby and Children
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1874 Apr 26
|
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Box 6: folder 10
|
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DB to Abby and Children
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1874 Apr 28
|
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Box 6: folder 11
|
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DB to Abby and Children *
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1874 May 12
|
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Box 6: folder 12
|
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DB to Abby and Children *
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1874 May 15
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Box 6: folder 13
|
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DB to Abby and Children *
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1874 May 18
|
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Box 6: folder 14
|
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DB to Abby and Children *
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1874 May 19
|
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Box 6: folder 15
|
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DB to Abby and Children *
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1874 May 23
|
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Box 6: folder 16
|
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DB to Abby and Children *
|
1874 May 27
|
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Box 6: folder 17
|
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DB to Abby and Children *
|
1874 May 29
|
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Box 6: folder 18
|
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DB to Abby and Children *
|
1874 Jun 3
|
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Box 6: folder 19
|
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DB to Abby and Children *
|
1874 Jun 6
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Box 6: folder 20
|
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DB to Abby and Children *
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1874 Jun 9
|
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Box 6: folder 21
|
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DB to Abby and Children *
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1874 Jun 12
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Box 6: folder 22
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Incoming Correspondence:
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Note:
* folder contains original document only
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LF Marshall to DB *
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1874 May 23
|
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Box 6: folder 23
|
| Note:
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Series 4: Abby Wood Bliss additions
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Outgoing Correspondence:
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|
|
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AWB to Mother and sister Mary
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1856 Jan 11-Jan 23
|
|
Box 6: folder 24
|
|
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AWB to Aunt and Uncle Luke Sweetser
|
1856 Jan 17-Jan 23
|
|
Box 6: folder 25
|
|
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AWB to Cousin Howard
|
1856 Jan 30
|
|
Box 6: folder 26
|
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AWB to Aunt Abby Sweetser
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1856 Mar 24
|
|
Box 6: folder 27
|
|
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AWB to Cousin Howard
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1856 Apr 10
|
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Box 6: folder 28
|
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AWB to Aunt Abby Sweetser
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1856 Apr 21
|
|
Box 6: folder 29
|
|
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AWB to Uncle Luke Sweetser
|
1856 Apr 21
|
|
Box 6: folder 30
|
|
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AWB to Aunt Abby Sweetser
|
1856 May 30
|
|
Box 6: folder 31
|
|
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AWB to Mother
|
1856 Jun 15
|
|
Box 6: folder 32
|
|
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AWB to Mother and Sister
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1856 Jun 26
|
|
Box 6: folder 33
|
|
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AWB to Mother and Sister Mary
|
1856 Jul 5
|
|
Box 6: folder 34
|
|
|
AWB to Aunt Abby Sweetser
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1856 Jul 28
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Box 6: folder 35
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AWB to Aunt Abby Sweetser
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1856 Sep 14
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Box 6: folder 36
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AWB to Aunt Abby Sweetser
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1856 Oct 14
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Box 6: folder 37
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AWB to Aunt Abby Sweetser
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1856 Nov 6
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Box 6: folder 38
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AWB to Sister Mary
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1856 Nov 11
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Box 6: folder 39
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AWB to Aunt Abby Sweetser
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1856 Dec 15
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Box 6: folder 40
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AWB to Aunt Abby Sweetser
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1856 Dec 20
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Box 6: folder 41
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AWB to Sister Mary
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1856 Dec 31
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Box 6: folder 42
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Series 13: Belle Dorman Rugh
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WORKING NOTES
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Postscript to letters...
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Box 6: folder 43
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re: letters of 1874
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Box 6: folder 44
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Notebook used during transcription
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Box 6: folder 45
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