Guide to the Frances Pryor Irwin Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

Frances Pryor Irwin Papers

Inclusive Dates

1922-1935, n.d.

Call Number

RG 186

Creator(s)

Irwin, Frances Pryor, 1895-1939.

Quantity

0.66 cubic feet

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Digital Content

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Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Frances Pryor Irwin was appointed by the Board of Foreign Missions to the Syria Mission in 1921 and taught at the American School for Girls in Beirut, Syria. In 1924, she assumed the principalship for the newly formed American Junior College for Women and remained in that position until her resignation from missionary service in 1937.

Collection Overview

Record Group 186 consists of Frances Pryor Irwin's correspondence and miscellaneous photographs, 1922-1935, n.d.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES I: Correspondence, 1922-1935 Box 1 Folders 1-13; Box 2 Folders 1-12a
Includes outgoing correspondence, primarily to her family
and is arranged chronologically.

SERIES II: Photographs, 1922-1934, n.d. Box 2 Folders 13-38
Includes miscellaneous photographs that reflect Irwin's missionary service in Syria. Most photos are dated to correlate with her outgoing correspondence and are arranged chronologically by month and year.

Alternative Formats

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Administrative Information

Processing Information

Included with the finding aid in folder 1 of box 1 are several pages of attempts to catalog Irwin's letters by subject. Though these calendars were included, their accuracy should not be assumed.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: 1984
Frederick J. Heuser, Jr., Archivist.

Collection addition and finding revised: 1988
Kristin L. Gleeson, Associate Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Corporate Subject

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission.

American School for Girls (Beirut, Lebanon)

American Junior College for Women (Beirut, Lebanon)

Topical Subject

Women missionaries Lebanon.

Presbyterian Church Missions Lebanon.

Women Education Lebanon.

Junior colleges Lebanon.

Education Lebanon Beirut.

Genre-form

Photographs. aat

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description	Alternative Formats

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 186

		SERIES I: Correspondence, 1922-1935

		Outgoing

1	2	November-December, 1922
	3	January-June, 1923
	4	July-December, 1923
	5	January-June, 1924
	6	July-December, 1924
	7	January-June, 1925
	8	July-December, 1925
	9	January-June, 1926
	10	July-December, 1926
	11	January-June, 1927
	12	July-December, 1927
	13	Furlough Correspondence, 1928

2	1	January-June 1929
	2	July-December, 1929
	3	January-June, 1930
	4	July-December, 1930
	5	January-June, 1931
	6	July-December, 1931
	7	January-June, 1932
	8	July-December, 1932
	9	January-June, 1933
	10	July-December, 1933
	11	January-June, 1934
	12	July, 1934-January 1935


		Incoming

2	12a	February, 1923 from F. Boyes in Tripoli


		SERIES II: Photographs, 1922-1934, n.d.

2	13	November 1922
	14	December, 1922
	14a	Suk El Gharb, 1922/23
	14b	Suk El Gharb, 1922/23
	15	January, 1923
	16	March, 1923
	17	January, 1924
	18	April, 1924
	19	August, 1924
	20	September, 1924
	21	November, 1924	Digital
	22	May, 1925

		Photographs

2	23	June, 1923	Digital
	24	January, 1927
	25	Summer, 1927	Digital
	26	October, 1927	Digital
	27	August, 1929
	28	Junior College, 1929	Digital
	29	February, 1930
	30	July, 1930
	31	August, 1932	Digital
	32	September, 1932
	33	March, 1933	Digital
	34	July 1933
	35	1934	Digital
	36	Miscellaneous n.d.	Digital
	37	Miscellaneous n.d
	38	Kennedy Mem. Hospital, Tripoli/American College for Women, Beirut	Digital

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