Florence Billings Papers 1915-1959 1919-1928

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Florence Billings Papers 1915-1959 1919-1928

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Near East Relief worker, Turkey; World War I Relief worker. Correspondence, journal entries, reports, travel notes, articles, thesis, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia document the work of Florence Billings and her colleague Annie T. Allen with the Near East Relief in Turkey and Greece, 1920-22; Billings' travels in and writings about, the Middle East; and a small amount on relief work in World War I France and travels in Europe. Photographs include Turkish leaders such as Mustafa Kema (Ataturk), Refet Pasha, Prime Minister Fethy Bey, feminist Halidé Edib, and numerous scenes of Turkish villages and country side.

2 boxes; (1 linear ft.)

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Sophia Smith Collection

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Atatürk, Kemal, 1881-1938

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Adivar, Halidé Edib, 1885-1964

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Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-

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Billings, Florence, 1879-1959

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Officials entering Constantinople, 1922. Individuals identified, from left: Adnem Bey, Halide Hanoum, Refet Pasha Florence Frances Billings was born in Hatfield, Massachusetts on June 14, 1879, daughter of Frederick Dickinson and Frances Amelia (Hunt) Billings. She had three sisters: Charlotte, Emily, and Anna Hunt Billings (Smith Class of 1891). Her grandfather, Charles Morris Billings of Hatfield, was an abolitionist and member of the Underground Railroad and her gran...

Allen, Annie T., 1868-1922

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