Location

Constantinople (Istanbul)

Year

1921

Item Detail

Near East Relief built its American campaign around Lent, school programs, and small personal gifts, and its fundraising stories ran alongside accounts of displaced Armenian children and field workers in Anatolia. Schools, churches, soldiers, and children in the United States took part. Field stories follow Khoren and Araxie to an orphanage at Mezereh and describe a decorated shop window in Concord that raised funds. The issue records the appointment of H. C. Jaquith in Constantinople and reports from Marash.

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

  • External Link

  • Attribution

    Near East Foundation Collection, Rockefeller Archive Center

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  • Notes

    Masthead: Vol. VI, No. 5 (Total No. 45), February 1921. Published by Near East Relief, New York.

  • Document Contents

    * “A Lenten Call, 1921” asks American readers to support children and refugees through the Lenten Sacrifice Appeal.

    * “Armenia in the Schools” describes Elizabeth Pashayan’s work with American students and teachers.

    * “The Story of a Ring” records the donation of a diamond ring for Near East Relief.

    * “Beneficiaries Turned Benefactors,” “Tonic for the Soul,” and “Gifts from Empty Hands” report gifts from a South African congregation, Manchester College, and enlisted soldiers.

    * “The Window That Saved Lives,” by Mary Jenness, describes a Concord, New Hampshire, display that raised money for Near East Relief.

    * “Constantinople Director” announces H. C. Jaquith’s appointment as managing director in place of James P. Coombs.

    * “Lighten the Shadows of the Cross” and “Responses to the Lenten Sacrifice Appeal” report on the national campaign led by Leonard Wood.

    * “How Khoren Joined the ‘Big Brothers,’” by Melville Chater, follows Khoren and Araxie from captivity to a Near East Relief orphanage.

    * “Seeds of Growth and Hope” explains the organization’s stated humanitarian purpose amid continuing political violence.

    * “Flashes Out of the Darkness” prints messages from Near East Relief workers at Marash.

Schools, churches, and children answer a Lenten call. New Near East, Mar 1921.