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Jones Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1009
Abstract
The papers of Eli and Sybil Jones, 19th century Quaker missionaries, most notably to the Middle East where they established missions on Mt. Lebanon and in Ramallah, Palestine; the correspondence of Charles and Ellen Jones, also 19th century Quaker missionaries in Ramallah; and the letters of Quaker James Parnell Jones, son of Eli and Sybil Jones, who fought in the Civil War.
Dates:
1821-1918
Khalil A. Totah and Eva Marshall Totah papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1210
Overview
The papers revolve around three topics and provide a picture of Quakers in Palestine in the 20th century: Khalil A. Totah, his second wife, Eva Marshall Totah and his first wife, Ermina Jones Totah. Khalil Totah discusses the situation in Palestine, primarily in the 1930s, and speaks of his own life and aspirations, as when he became a Quaker minister. His diaries expand the picture, adding information about Friends Boys School in Ramallah (Palestine) and his understanding of the political...
Dates:
1896-1955
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- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945- 1
- Israel -- History 1
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- Middle East -- Description and travel 1
- Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948 1
- Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1917-1948 1
- Peace movements -- Middle East -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- 19th century -- Biography 1
- Quakers -- History -- 19th century 1
- Quakers -- Lebanon 1
- Quakers -- Travel -- 20th century 1
- Quakers -- United States -- Civil War, 1861–1865 1
- Society of Friends -- Education -- West Bank -- Rām Allāh 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- correspondence 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
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- Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 1
- Hilden, Joy Totah 1
- Husayni , Amin, Grand Mufti, 1893-1974 1
- Jones, Charles, M., 1844-1896 1
- Jones, Eli 1
- Jones, Ellen Maxfield, 1853-1904 1
- Jones, James Parnell 1
- Jones, Richard Mott, 1843-1917 1
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 1
- Jones, Sybil 1
- Jones, Virginia Costello 1
- Ly , Juwan Usang 1
- MacMichael, H.A. (Harold Alfred), 1882-1969 1
- Madāris al-Frindz (Rām Allāh) 1
- Madāris al-Frindz (Rām Allāh) 1
- Oliver, Daniel, 1870-1952 1
- Totah, Ermina Jones, 1892-1928 1
- Totah, Eva Rae Marshall, ca. 1896-1990 1
- Totah, Khalil, 1886-1955 1
- Wauchope, Arthur, Sir 1 ∧ less
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