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Minutes of the Fowler Orphanage Association taken by Martha B. Hoyle, Laura J. Hoyle, and Blanche E. Schofield. Mostly concerns donations. Mentions Matron of the Orphanage Ella M. Barnes and Lucy Lightower.

Scope and Contents Noted that during the meeting there was a report concerning life at the Orphanage; also includes discussion of Native American education. Lucy Lightower becomes Superintendent of Fowler, and then Jane Smith after Lightower’s retirement in 1951; Elizabeth Wilson finally becomes Matron two years later. Of interest is a visit by Elizabeth Wilson and a letter from Emily Sidwell. In 1962 the Home transferred from the care of the Presbyterian Mission Board to a local Christian school; after that,...

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Reports on life at the Home and the changes in the institution over time. Other topics include a discussion of the founding of Israel, a cholera epidemic, the life of a young woman named Faiza and her path to and through Bible College, the death of one girl while lighting a stove, Billy Graham’s visit to Cairo, and the end of Elizabeth Wilson’s tenure in 1967.

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Ohio Yearly Meeting Contribution, received through Mildred Cooper/Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon W. Smith, a list of donors for 1946 from the Ohio YM and a number of thank-yous from the (Presbyterian) Board of Foreign Missions, Lists of contributors to the Ohio YM Fowler Orphanage Association.

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Pamphlet on the Fowler Children’s home in both English and Arabic, Brochure: Evangelical Church at Faggala, Cairo, Egypt, Beneficial Society, report of the activities of the Society (including the Fowler Children’s Home).

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Regarding the 100th anniversary of Childrens’ Services in Athens County, as started by John Fowler, notice of the visit of Willis and Anne McGill (as missionaries in Cairo).

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Sent to Mr. And Mrs. Sheldon Smith. Descriptions and often names are written on the back. Includes other photographs of the girls at the orphanage.