Box 1
Contains 7 Results:
Minutes, 1926-1939
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.
Minutes, 1940-1987
Correspondence, 1944-1977
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.
Receipts and Other Financial Records, 1946-1987
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.
Miscellaneous, 1926-1976
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).
Newspaper clippings, 1949-1982 and n.d.
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).
Photographs, 1946-1953 and n.d.
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.