TY  - GEN
AU  - Spafford,Anna T.
AU  - Spafford,Horatio Gates
AU  - Vester,Bertha Spafford
ED  - American Colony (Jerusalem)
TI  - American Colony in Jerusalem collection,
KW  - Vester, Anna Grace.
KW  - Vester, Frederick.
KW  - Vester, Frieda.
KW  - Vester, John.
KW  - Vester, Louise.
KW  - Vester, Tanetta.
KW  - Vester, Valentine.
KW  - Whiting, Grace Spafford.
KW  - Whiting, Mary.
KW  - Whiting, Ruth.
KW  - Whiting, John D.
KW  - Spafford family.
KW  - Vester family.
KW  - Whiting family.
KW  - American Colony Stores
KW  - Anna Baby Home
KW  - Anna Spafford Baby Home
KW  - Fr. Vester & Co
KW  - Spafford Children's Center
KW  - Spafford Children's Hospital
KW  - Americans
KW  - Palestine
KW  - Charities
KW  - Christian communities
KW  - Consuls
KW  - Jerusalem
KW  - Earthquakes
KW  - Hymns
KW  - Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949
KW  - Jewish-Arab relations
KW  - Locusts
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Shipwrecks
KW  - Atlantic Ocean
KW  - Swedes
KW  - Tourism
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Israel
KW  - Jordan
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
N1  - Restrictions apply; Selected material also available through the Library of Congress Web site
N2  - Correspondence, 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; Documents 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000020
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010123
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010123.3
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