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110	2		_aAmerican Colony (Jerusalem)
245	0	0	_aAmerican Colony in Jerusalem collection, _fcirca 1786-2007 _g(bulk 1870-1968).
300			_a16,600 _fitems.
300			_a64 _fcontainers plus _a18 _foversize.
300			_a37.6 _flinear feet.
351			_aArranged in three parts composed of fourteen series.
351			_aPart I arranged in two series. Series 1: Topical File, 1871-2004; and Series 2: Oversize, 1871-1942.
351			_aPart II arranged in seven 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 five 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.
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 Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010123
600	1	0	_aVester, Anna Grace.
600	1	0	_aVester, Frederick.
600	1	0	_aVester, Frieda.
600	1	0	_aVester, John.
600	1	0	_aVester, Louise.
600	1	0	_aVester, Tanetta.
600	1	0	_aVester, Valentine.
600	1	0	_aWhiting, Grace Spafford.
600	1	0	_aWhiting, Mary.
600	1	0	_aWhiting, Ruth.
600	1	0	_aWhiting, John D. _q(John David), _d1882-1951.
600	3	4	_aSpafford family.
600	3	4	_aVester family.
600	3	0	_aWhiting family.
610	2	0	_aAmerican Colony Stores.
610	2	0	_aAnna Baby Home.
610	2	0	_aAnna Spafford Baby Home.
610	2	0	_aFr. Vester & Co.
610	2	0	_aSpafford Children's Center.
610	2	0	_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 Collection in the Library of Congress.
856	4	1	_3American Colony in Jerusalem Collection : Selected Material _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000020
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010123
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010123.3
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