TY  - GEN
AU  - Whiting,John D.
TI  - John D. Whiting papers,
KW  - Spafford, Anna T.,
KW  - Spafford, Jacob.
KW  - Vester, Bertha Spafford,
KW  - Whiting, Alice Brauch.
KW  - Whiting, Edmund Wilson.
KW  - Whiting, Grace Spafford.
KW  - Whiting family.
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Army
KW  - Intelligence specialists
KW  - American Colony (Jerusalem)
KW  - Photo Department
KW  - Fr. Vester & Co
KW  - National geographic magazine
KW  - Americans
KW  - Jerusalem
KW  - Arab-Israeli conflict
KW  - 1948-1967
KW  - Christian communities
KW  - Communal living
KW  - Diplomatic and consular service, American
KW  - Historic sites
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Industries
KW  - Palestine
KW  - Locusts
KW  - Missionaries
KW  - United States
KW  - Photography
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Military intelligence
KW  - Hezekiah's Tunnel (Jerusalem)
KW  - Commerce
KW  - History
KW  - Siege, 701 B.C
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Authors
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Businessmen
KW  - Intelligence officers
KW  - Photographers
KW  - Tour guides
N1  - Restrictions apply; Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material
N2  - Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, reports, subject file, film catalogs and caption lists, printed matter, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Whiting's life as a prominent member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, a Christian utopian community founded in 1881.  Documents Whiting's work as a business manager and artifact dealer with Fr. Vester & Co., also known as the American Colony Store; tour guide of historic sites in the Middle East; photographer with the American Colony Photo Dept.; author and photographer published in National Geographic; deputy U.S. consul for Jerusalem; and military intelligence officer for the British Army during World War I.  Subjects include Jacob Spafford's discovery of the inscription in Hezekiah's Tunnel, Jerusalem; the locust plague of 1915; conditions in Jerusalem during World War I; the Arab-Israeli conflict; industry and commerce in the region; and Whiting family life.  Family members represented include Anna T. Spafford, Jacob Spafford, Bertha Spafford Vester, Alice Brauch Whiting, Edmund Wilson Whiting, and Grace Spafford Whiting
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