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Most of the Turkish collection relates to the final years of the Ottoman Empire, military operations in Turkey during World War I, post-WWI relief work, and the establishment of the Turkish Republic. More recent holdings include extensive pamphlets and documents issued by current Turkish political parties.
Professor, American University, Istanbul
Miscellaneous materials
Dean, Robert College, 1917–19 and 1922–34
President, Constantinople Woman's College, 1890–1924
Organization created to prepare background information for the US delegation to the Paris Peace Conference
Lieutenant colonel, British Army
President, Euphrates College, Harput, Turkey, 1910–21; child welfare director, Near East Relief, 1920–21
US photographer
Turkish journalist; editor, Vakit, 1917–22, Vatan, 1922–26 and 1940–61, and Tan, 1936–39
Miscellaneous materials
Being that the majority of our collections at the archives consist of paper documents, you can imagine our surprise when we found a handful of Turkish shadow puppets interfiled in the pages of a magazine in the Eleanor Bisbee papers. These shadow puppets, traditionally made from camel or ox hide, have a rich and vibrant history that began in the sixteenth century.
