Descriptive Summary
Creator(s)
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Biographical Note / Administrative History
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
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
Collection Inventory
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1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 186 | |
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| SERIES I: Correspondence, 1922-1935 | |
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| Outgoing | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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| Incoming | |
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2 | 12a | February, 1923 from F. Boyes in Tripoli | |
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| SERIES II: Photographs, 1922-1934, n.d. | |
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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 | |
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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 |