MARC Record from Library of Congress

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040 $aDLC$cDLC$edacs$dDLC
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110 2 $aAmerican Colony (Jerusalem)
245 00 $aAmerican Colony in Jerusalem collection,$fcirca 1786-2007$g(bulk 1870-1968).
300 $a16,600$fitems.
300 $a64$fcontainers plus$a17$foversize.
300 $a37.6$flinear feet.
351 $aPart I arranged in 2 series. Series 1: Topical File, 1871-2004; and Series 2: Oversize, 1871-1942.
351 $aPart II arranged in 7 series. Series 1: Our Jerusalem, circa 1786-1942; Series 2: Bertha Spafford Vester Diaries, 1920-1968; Series 3: American Colony Members, 1810-2006; Series 4: Business and Legal Files, 1811-2006; Series 5: Chronological File, 1893-1968; Series 6: Miscellany, 1869-2005; Series 7: Restricted, 1887-1984; and Series 8: Oversize, 1866-1938.
351 $aPart III arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Bertha Spafford Vester Files, 1861-1991; Series 2: John D. Whiting Files, 1906-1924; Series 3: Valentine Vester Files, 1989-2007; Series 4: Miscellany, 1879-1997; and Series 5: Oversize, 1918-1967.
506 1 $aRestrictions apply.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, diaries, minutes, notes, hymns, financial and legal records, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, photograph albums, and other papers relating to the history of the American Colony and its members, particularly the Spafford, Vester, and Whiting families. Documents the events that led to the founding of this cooperative Christian community in the Holy Land; the lives and philanthropic work of American Colony members including the Anna Baby Home (later the Anna Spafford Baby Home, the Spafford Children's Hospital, and Spafford Children's Center) and other health care services; the secularization and shift toward incorporation of the religious commune; tourist services provided by the colony; and the conflict and split between American and Swedish members. Also documents life in Jerusalem and Palestine as part of the Ottoman Empire, the British mandate, Jordan, and Israel.
520 8 $aDocuments business interests including the American Colony Stores and Fr. Vester & Co. Subjects also include the trial in Chicago concerning Mary Whiting's custody of her two children, John D. Whiting and Ruth Whiting; Swedes emigrating to join the American Colony; the locust plague of 1915; antagonism of the U.S. consuls toward the colony; World War I in Palestine; the 1927 earthquake; and Jewish-Arab violence especially the Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. Includes the papers of Anna T. Spafford, Horatio Gates Spafford, and Bertha Spafford Vester. Horatio Gates Spafford's papers include his handwritten lyrics to the hymn, It is well with my soul, written after a shipwreck that resulted in the death of his four daughters. Other individuals represented include Anna Grace Vester, Frederick Vester, Frieda Vester, Horatio Vester, John Vester, Louise Vester, Tanetta Vester, Valentine Vester, Grace Spafford Whiting, and John D. Whiting.
530 $aSelected material also available through the Library of Congress Web site.
541 $cGift,$aBoard of directors of the American Colony of Jerusalem, Ltd.,$d2004-2009.
544 $3Audio-visual recordings$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
544 $3Some maps$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Geography and Map Division.
544 $3Some picture postcards$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 1 $aReligious community in Jerusalem founded by American emigré Christians, Horatio Gates Spafford and his wife, Anna T. Spafford, and perpetuated by their daughter, Bertha Spafford Vester, and others.
546 $aCollection material chiefly in English, with Arabic, Hebrew, Swedish, and Turkish.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.
600 10 $aVester, Anna Grace.
600 10 $aVester, Frederick.
600 10 $aVester, Frieda.
600 10 $aVester, John.
600 10 $aVester, Louise.
600 10 $aVester, Tanetta.
600 10 $aVester, Valentine.
600 10 $aWhiting, Grace Spafford.
600 10 $aWhiting, Mary.
600 10 $aWhiting, Ruth.
600 10 $aWhiting, John D.$q(John David),$d1882-1951.
600 34 $aSpafford family.
600 34 $aVester family.
600 30 $aWhiting family.
610 20 $aAmerican Colony Stores.
610 20 $aAnna Baby Home.
610 20 $aAnna Spafford Baby Home.
610 20 $aFr. Vester & Co.
610 20 $aSpafford Children's Center.
610 20 $aSpafford Children's Hospital.
650 0 $aAmericans$zPalestine.
650 0 $aCharities$zPalestine.
650 0 $aChristian communities$zPalestine.
650 0 $aConsuls$zJerusalem.
650 0 $aConsuls$zPalestine.
650 0 $aEarthquakes$zPalestine.
650 0 $aHymns.
650 0 $aIsrael-Arab War, 1948-1949.
650 0 $aJewish-Arab relations.
650 0 $aLocusts$zMiddle East.
650 0 $aMedical care$zPalestine.
650 0 $aShipwrecks$zAtlantic Ocean.
650 0 $aSwedes$zPalestine.
650 0 $aTourism$zPalestine.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zPalestine.
651 0 $aJerusalem$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aJerusalem$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aIsrael$xHistory.
651 0 $aJordan$xHistory.
651 0 $aPalestine$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aPalestine$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aTurkey$xHistory$yOttoman Empire, 1288-1918.
700 1 $aSpafford, Anna T.,$d1842-1923.$fAnna T. Spafford papers.
700 1 $aSpafford, Horatio Gates,$d1828-1888.$fHoratio Gates Spafford papers.
700 1 $aVester, Bertha Spafford,$d1878-1968.$fBertha Spafford Vester papers.
740 0 $aAmerican Colony in Jerusalem
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 41 $3Selected material$uhttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/americancolony/
856 41 $3Selected material$uhttp://www.loc.gov/exhibits/americancolony/
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010123