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Workers protect orphans through three Cilician sieges. New Near East, Sep 1920.
Location
Hadjin (Saimbeyli)
Year
1920
Item Detail
Fighting continued in Cilicia and southeastern Anatolia during the Franco-Turkish conflict, and Hadjin, Aintab, and Urfa were besieged. Near East Relief workers tried to protect orphanages, hospitals, and refugee communities inside the contested cities while keeping food distribution, medical care, and workshops running, and their reports make up most of this issue. Other articles describe textile production at Talas, Armenian refugee camps in Constantinople, disease control through clothing distribution, and industrial work at Alexandropol and Sivas. Statistical tables document the Caucasus orphanage system in June 1920.
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. 12 (Total No. 40), September 1920. Published by Near East Relief, New York.
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Document Contents
* “A House Party Extraordinary” recounts how Near East Relief workers protected the Hadjin orphanage compound during siege conditions.
* “The Land of the Daily Armistice,” by L. A. Shepard, describes relief work amid recurring combat at Aintab.
* “Ten Weeks of Terror,” by Charles F. Weeden Jr., recounts the siege of Urfa.
* “Threads of Life” describes the Talas factory, its six power looms, and its hand-weaving mill.
* “Araxi Finds a Home” tells the story of Mary Hubbard’s adoption of a two-year-old child.
* “Modern Medicine for a Nation” summarizes Walter Duranty’s interview with William N. Haskell about American relief in the Caucasus.
* “Greek Red Cross in Constantinople” surveys hospitals and medical work in the city.
* “Brief Bits From the Field” prints reports from Marash and other relief stations.
* “Armenian Refugees in Constantinople” describes six refugee camps in the city.
* “Letter of Appreciation” prints the Greek High Commissioner’s thanks for relief sent to villages near Marsovan.
* “Clothing Used Instead of Drugs,” by Thomas A. Fridy, reports that clean clothing reduced louse-borne disease among refugees.
* “The Transformation of the Mud City,” by Blanche L. Knox, reports changes at Alexandropol through clothing and industrial work.
* “Sivas” reports the opening of a brass foundry and tannery.
* “Want Russian Backing for Armenia” prints an extract from Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby on boundaries and recognition.
* “Caucasus Division” and “Consolidated Monthly Report of Relief Activities for Month of June, 1920” present district counts of orphanages and other services.
* “The Bedouin” retells a judicial story.
* A report from the Broussa area describes emergency bread distribution for refugees.
* “Personnel Who Sailed Recently for the Near East” lists departing relief workers and their home addresses.
* “Cable From Charles V. Vickrey” reports on conditions in Caucasus Armenia.