Bliss Family Papers 1850-1981 1856-1922

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Bliss Family Papers 1850-1981 1856-1922

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Correspondence (with other writings, clippings, and photographs) of members of the Bliss and Dodge families, principally of Howard Sweetser Bliss, second president (1902-1920) of Syrian Protestant College (later American University of Beirut), which was founded by his father, Daniel Bliss, in 1866. Two letters by Howard Bliss (age 13) are from 1873; additional letters (to 1920) describe his undergraduate years at Amherst College, his travels to universities at Oxford, Goettingen and Berlin as a travelling fellow of Union Theological Seminary, and his pastorship at churches in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Montclair, N.J., following his ordination in 1902. The correspondence, especially of Abby Wood Bliss between 1874 and 1909, provides insight into marriage and family relationships of the 19th and early 20th centuries, discussing a range of issues from education and the raising of children to health problems and the treatment of illness. The Dodge family was descended from Howard's and Amy's daughter, Mary Bliss Dodge.

2 records storage boxes, 2 archives boxes, 1 half archives box, 1 flat box, 1 map case drawer; (4 linear ft.)

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Bliss, Amy Blatchford.

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Bliss family.

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Dale, Mary Bliss.

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Bliss, Abby Wood.

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Dodge family.

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Bliss, William Tyler.

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Bliss, William Tyler.

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Dodge family.

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Bliss, Howard Sweetser, 1860-1920

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American university of Beirut

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Previously known as the Syrian Protestant College and earlier as the St. Paul's Institute. From the description of Records of the American University of Beirut, 1895-1958, n.d. (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702132151 The American University of Beirut is located in Beirut, Lebanon and was built under a charter from the state of New York. The American University of Beirut was first opened as the Syrian Protestant College in 1866 i...

Bliss Family

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Bliss, Abby Wood.

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Bliss, Daniel, 1823-1916

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Daniel Bliss (August 17, 1823 in Georgia, Vermont, United States – July 27, 1916 in Beirut, Lebanon) was a Christian missionary from the United States and the founder of the American University of Beirut.\...

Bliss, Frederick Jones, 1859-1937

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Frederick Bliss was the second oldest child of the well-known American missionary Daniel Bliss, the founding president of Syrian Protestant College in Beirut (now American University of Beirut). Bliss attended Amherst College in Massachusetts and then Union Theological Seminary in New York. After training under Flinders Petrie in Egypt, Bliss became involved with the Palestine Exploration Fund working in the field of Biblical archaeology at the site of Tell el-Hesi between 1894 and 1897, whi...

Dale, Mary Bliss.

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Bliss, Amy Blatchford.

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