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Reports trace relief from Jerusalem to Persia. New Near East, Mar 1920.
Location
Jerusalem
Year
1920
Item Detail
After the First World War and the Armenian Genocide, people displaced across Armenia and the neighboring regions were still living on soup kitchens, camps, hospitals, and orphanages. Near East Relief ran these through a network of regional stations and American fundraising offices. This issue reports 324,247 refugees in Armenia, 3,426 people fed in Trebizond soup kitchens and breadlines, a Constantinople bakery supplying 46 orphanages, and 50,000 Assyrian refugees at Bakubah. It also covers Holy Week in Jerusalem, schools and workshops, campaign finances, the siege of Marash, and memorials to two relief workers.
Context
The New Near East was Near East Relief's monthly publication that reported on the organization’s work and mobilized financial support from American readers. Its articles preserve evidence of field conditions and institutional decisions, but they frame that evidence through Near East Relief’s own appeals for support.
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Holding Institution
Rockefeller Archive Center
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External Link
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Attribution
Near East Foundation Collection, Rockefeller Archive Center
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Rights
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Notes
Masthead: Vol. V, No. 7 (Total No. 35), March 1920. Published by Near East Relief, New York.
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Document Contents
* “Holy Week in Jerusalem” describes Christian observances in the city.
* “Caucasus Refugees in Armenia” reports 324,247 refugees, of whom 284,947 were identified as Turkish Armenians.
* “Caucasus Monthly Report, Near East Relief” tabulates food, medical, orphanage, and industrial work by district.
* “Brief Bits from the Caucasus” and “News Items” report on an agricultural school, personnel movements, and regional conditions.
* “Trebizond” records 3,426 people in soup kitchens and breadlines in December 1919.
* “The Power of Giving Life,” by Hugh S. Miller, describes relief work at Etchmiadzin.
* “Acorne Grows to Oak” announces the expansion of the Acorné field newsletter into a printed weekly and lists active Near East Relief stations.
* “Constantinople Bakery Enlarged” reports that the bakery supplied 46 orphanages with 8,474 children.
* “Robert College at Constantinople” recounts the college’s history and role in regional education.
* “Near East Relief Orphans Print Daily Paper” reports the production of an English-language newspaper in Jerusalem.
* “The Son of Holmes” prints an extract from a letter by Mary Catherine Holmes.
* “Cesarea Unit Near East Relief” presents the unit’s December 1919 financial report.
* “Persia” and “What the Workers Tell” print letters from Tabriz and Urumia about massacres, displacement, and relief work.
* “Sunshine and Shadows in Bagdad” describes the Bakubah camp and its 50,000 Assyrian refugees.
* “New Station Opened” announces a relief station at Arabkir in the Harpoot district.
* “Report from Syria” presents statistics for the Aleppo district.
* “Campaign” reports that $11 million had been raised toward a national goal of $30 million.
* “Cablegrams” prints March 1920 communications from Beirut and Cairo about the siege of Marash.
* “The Bedouin” comments on postwar Palestine and British administration.
* “Dr. George C. Raynolds” and “Countess Benoist d’Azy” memorialize two relief workers who died in service.
* “Sivas Workshops” records monthly production, which included 700 pairs of wooden shoes.