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Manuscript/Mixed Material American Colony in Jerusalem Collection: Part I: Letter [from Bertha Spafford Vester] to Dr. [Siegfried] van Vriesland

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Title

  • American Colony in Jerusalem Collection: Part I: Letter [from Bertha Spafford Vester] to Dr. [Siegfried] van Vriesland

Names

  • American Colony (Jerusalem)
  • Vester, Bertha Spafford, 1878-1968 (Author)
  • van Vriesland, Siegfried, 1886-1939 (Addressee)

Created / Published

  • July 6, 1920

Headings

  • -  Jews--Palestine
  • -  American Colony in Jerusalem
  • -  Pool, Dr. de Sola
  • -  van Vriesland, Siegfried, 1886-1939
  • -  Larson, Miss
  • -  Zionist Commission to Palestine
  • -  American Colony Aid Association
  • -  Manuscripts
  • -  Correspondence
  • -  Palestine -- Jerusalem

Genre

  • Manuscripts
  • Correspondence

Notes

  • -  Unsigned letter [from Bertha Spafford Vester] to Dr. van Vriesland (of the Zionist Commission to Palestine) written from American Colony, Jerusalem. Re Miss Larson's interview with van Vriesland and the conditions set by Agnes Goldman re distribution of non-sectarian aid to help those suffering from tuberculosis, and Miss Larson's salary.
  • -  Record carbon copy is typed on the back of a printed letter by Otto Koenig, Bible House, New York, April 11, 1914 re souvenir scenes of the Holy Land (1 p., printed document).
  • -  Dutch attorney Siegfried van Vriesland (1886-1939) of Rotterdam moved to Palestine in 1919. He was treasurer of the Palestine Zionist Executive (Zionist Commission to Palestine) from ca. 1919-1930. Beginning in 1927 he served as Dutch consul and consul-general and from 1930-38 was director of the Palestine Potash industries near the Dead Sea.

Medium

  • letter 11" x 8"

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Part I, Box 3, Folder 17: American Colony in Jerusalem
  • series: Part I: Topical File, 1871-2004

Source Collection

  • American Colony in Jerusalem Collection

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

Digital Id

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

American Colony, Bertha Spafford Vester, and Siegfried Van Vriesland. American Colony in Jerusalem Collection: Part I: Letter from Bertha Spafford Vester to Dr. Siegfried van Vriesland. July 6, 1920. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mamcol.063/.

APA citation style:

American Colony, Vester, B. S. & Van Vriesland, S. (1920) American Colony in Jerusalem Collection: Part I: Letter from Bertha Spafford Vester to Dr. Siegfried van Vriesland. July 6. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mamcol.063/.

MLA citation style:

American Colony, Bertha Spafford Vester, and Siegfried Van Vriesland. American Colony in Jerusalem Collection: Part I: Letter from Bertha Spafford Vester to Dr. Siegfried van Vriesland. July 6, 1920. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mamcol.063/>.