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Fiske papers
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Contents List
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1843-1864
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6 folders
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
This series includes Fiske's correspondence from her departure for Persia in 1843 until her death in the United States in 1864. A letter book and other letters describe her missionary work, especially with regard to the progress of her school and its pupils, her work with village women and Persia's volatile political environment. Also included are descriptions of setbacks caused by cholera epidemics and natural disasters. Correspondence written after her return to the United States focuses on her ties to Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, her desire to return to Persia and her failing health.
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Correspondence,
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1843-1844
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Box 1: folder 1
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Correspondence,
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1846-1847
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Box 1: folder 2
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Correspondence,
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1848
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Box 1: folder 3
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Correspondence,
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1849-1850
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Box 1: folder 4
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Correspondence,
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1855-1857, 1859-1860
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Box 1: folder 5
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Correspondence,
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1863-1864
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Box 1: folder 6
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1841-1866
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2 folders.
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
This series includes essays and other writings by Fiske from 1841-1866. Written in 1841,"My Sisters Dying Bed," describes the death of Fiske's sister. The series also includes Fiske's Bible selections and a journal of prayer requests by students. Of particular note is Fiske's biography of Mary Lyon, "Recollections of Mary Lyon," which was published in 1866, two years after Fiske's death.
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Writings: "My Sister's Dying Bed;" notes; requests,
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1841; circa 1859-1864; 1863-1864
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Box 1: folder 7
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Writings: "Recollections of Mary Lyon,"
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1866
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Box 1: folder 8
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Biographical Information,
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1864
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5 folders
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
This series contains an obituary from July, 1864 from an unidentified newspaper. This item is supplemented by books, articles, and notes concerning Fiske. Of particular significance are two biographies: "Faith Working by Love" by D.T. Fiske in 1868 and "Woman and Her Saviour in Persia," by Thomas Laurie (1863), and "Faith Working by Love" (also issued as "The Cross and the Crown; or Faith Working by Love") written in 1868 by D.T. Fiske.
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Biographical Information: Obituary,
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1864
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Box 2: folder 1
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Biographical Notes, Articles, and Sketches,
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1864-[ongoing]
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Box 2: folder 2
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Thomas Laurie, "Woman and her Saviour,"
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1863
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Box 2: folder 3
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D.T.Fiske, "The Cross and the Crown; or "Faith Working by Love: The Life of Fidelia Fiske,"
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1868
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Box 2: folder 4
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D.T. Fiske "Faith Working by Love: The Life of Fidelia Fiske,"
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1868
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Box 2: folder 5
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1842-1864
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2 folders
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Arrangement:
Arranged by type of material.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
This series contains a lock of Fiske's hair, a New Testament Bible in Syriac that she used, which was published in 1854, and scraps of fabric bookmarks that were found in the Bible.
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Lock of Hair,
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circa 1842-1864
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Box 3: folder 1
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New Testament Bible in Syriac, with envelope containing items found in Bible,
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1854
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Box 3: folder 2
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circa 1842-1864
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2 folders
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
Restrictions on access: Scope and content:
This series includes a formal portraits of Fiske and a drawing of the Fiske Female Seminary. These items are supplemented by a photograph of Jewish students at the school dating from about 1912.
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Photographs of Fiske and the Fiske Female Seminary,
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circa 1842-1864
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Box 3: folder 3
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33Photographs of Fiske and the Fiske Female Seminary, circa 1842-1864
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Photograph of Jewish Students at the School,
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circa 1912
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Box 3: folder 4
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34Photograph of Jewish Students at the School, circa 1912
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