Printed weekly in Constantinople for private circulation, The Acorne linked Near East Relief’s scattered field staff. Its reports covered station work, personnel, supplies, transport, disease, and refugee and orphan care. This collection holds seventeen surviving issues from 1920. (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University Libraries; University of Chicago Library; Mennonite Historical Library, Goshen College)
Sultan gives grain for the starving. Acorne, 3 Jan 1920.
Sultan gives grain for the starving. Acorne, 3 Jan 1920.
A year on, 500 workers are in the field. Acorne, 10 Jan 1920.
A year on, 500 workers are in the field. Acorne, 10 Jan 1920.
157,000 fed daily in the Caucasus. Acorne, 17 Jan 1920.
157,000 fed daily in the Caucasus. Acorne, 17 Jan 1920.
A year's work totted up in figures. Acorne, 24 Jan 1920.
A year's work totted up in figures. Acorne, 24 Jan 1920.
Wellesley gives $10,000 for the work. Acorne, 31 Jan 1920.
Wellesley gives $10,000 for the work. Acorne, 31 Jan 1920.
Grain moves inland by camel and araba. Acorne, 7 Feb 1920.
Grain moves inland by camel and araba. Acorne, 7 Feb 1920.
Twenty workers meet 800 Russian refugees at Proti. Acorne, 21 Feb 1920.
Twenty workers meet 800 Russian refugees at Proti. Acorne, 21 Feb 1920.
Dodd counts 12,000 refugees at Adana. Acorne, 28 Feb 1920.
Dodd counts 12,000 refugees at Adana. Acorne, 28 Feb 1920.
Marash counts its dead. Acorne, 27 Mar 1920.
Marash counts its dead. Acorne, 27 Mar 1920.
Seven of eleven villages attacked. Acorne, 1 May 1920.
Seven of eleven villages attacked. Acorne, 1 May 1920.
A diary kept through the siege of Ourfa. Acorne, 17 Jul 1920.
A diary kept through the siege of Ourfa. Acorne, 17 Jul 1920.
Sixty workers meet at Robert College. Acorne, 4 Sep 1920.
Sixty workers meet at Robert College. Acorne, 4 Sep 1920.
Relief reaches prisoners at Nigdeh. Acorne, 18 Sep 1920.
Relief reaches prisoners at Nigdeh. Acorne, 18 Sep 1920.
Kinney's orphans escape Adabazar. Acorne, 25 Sep 1920.
Kinney's orphans escape Adabazar. Acorne, 25 Sep 1920.
5,176 children on the Harpoot roll. Acorne, 2 Oct 1920.
5,176 children on the Harpoot roll. Acorne, 2 Oct 1920.
Aintab carries on through 101 days. Acorne, 9 Oct 1920.
Aintab carries on through 101 days. Acorne, 9 Oct 1920.
A barracks becomes a home for 1,000 boys. Acorne, 16 Oct 1920.
A barracks becomes a home for 1,000 boys. Acorne, 16 Oct 1920.