Ward family papers, 1826-1977.

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Ward family papers, 1826-1977.

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Correspondence, diaries, day books, pictures and memorabilia of W.E.D. Ward. There is correspondence and other items related to AC Class of 1906 reunions. Correspondence with his mother, Laura, and twin brother Mark. Also with his wife, Dora Judd Mattoon (Doreen). Correspondence with his sisters, Laura D. and Mary Isabella, and brother, Edwin. Also correspondence (1876-1896) from his grandparents, Isabella Holmes Porter Bliss and Edwin Elisha Bliss, to their children. Includes the daybooks and documents pertaining to Lauriston Ward (1786-1851).

5 archive boxes, 3 record storage boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

Amherst College. Library

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Amherst College. Library

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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. In the 19th century it was the largest and most important of American missionary organizations and consisted of participants from Protestant Reformed traditions such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and German Reformed churches. Before 1870, the ABCFM consisted of Protestants of several denominati...

Amherst College

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Bliss, Edwin Elisha.

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Ward, Mary I. (Mary Isabella), 1874-1961

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Bliss, Isabella Holmes Porter, d. 1896.

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Amherst College. Class of 1906. Ward.

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Ward, Edwin St. John, 1880-1951

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Edwin St. John Ward (1880-1951) graduated from Amherst College in 1900. He received his medical degree from Columbia University in 1904. From 1907 through 1911 he was a medical missionary for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Turkey. He was a professor of surgery at the American University in Beirut from 1911-1931, where he served as the acting Dean of the Medical Department from 1920-1921 and as Dean of Medical Faculty from 1924-1931. Dr. Ward was also a m...

Ward, Mark H.

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Amherst College. Class of 1837. Bliss.

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Ward, Langdon S., 1828-1895.

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Ward family.

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Ward, known as Earl, (Amherst College 1906) worked for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Harpoot, Turkey (1909-1913) and in India with the YMCA (1916-1932). He was with the YMCA in Boston and Brockton, Mass. (1913-1916); Manchester, NH (1932-1936) and Lebanon, NH (1936-1950). His twin brother Mark, (1884-1952, AC 1906), was a medical missionary in Turkey and Beirut (1915-1923) and medical secretary for the ABCFM (1923-1952). Brother Edwin St. John (1880-1951, AC...

Ward, William Earl Dodge, 1884-1977

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Ward, Dora Judd.

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Ward, Lauriston, 1786-1851

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Ward, Laura Arixene, 1846-1914.

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