Lambert, R. A., 02/02/1920-02/11/1920

File — Box: 1, Folder: 17.5

Identifier: 53477

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Correspondence, reports and printed materials relating to CVHE's diplomatic service in Turkey and the Hague from 1915 to 1920. A second series with similar materials can be found at the end of the collection (donated at a later date than this set).

Dates

02/02/1920-02/11/1920

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 12 Linear Feet (12 Hollinger Record Storage boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

A set of correspondence copies found together, much of which is to or from Dr. R. A. Lambert, all of which regards conditions in Syria in early February 1920 when two American YMCA workers, James Perry and Frank L. Johnson, were killed in a terrorist attack. Includes 1 carbon from R. A. Lambert in Aleppo, Syria to the American consulate in Constantinople; 1 copy letter from J. B. Jackson in Aleppo to Mark L. Bristol; 1 copy letter from William S. Dodd of Adana, Cilicia to Constantinople; 1 copy letter from Lambert to Major Nicol in Beirut; 2 telegrams from John Tyndall McCutcheon in Beirut to Constantinople; 1 copy letter from Paul Azan in Constantinople to Aleppo; and 2 copy letters from John H. Boyd to Lambert.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BOYD, JOHN H. - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter

AZAN, PAUL - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter

LAMBERT, R. A. - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter

BRISTOL, MARK L. - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter

DODD, WILLIAM S. - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter

JACKSON, JESSE B. - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter

TURKEY (1920) - ADANA, CILICIA - U.S. NEAR EAST RELIEF - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

CILICIA (1920) - U.S. NEAR EAST RELIEF - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

YMCA - MISSION TO SYRIA (1920) - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

SYRIA (1920) - CONDITIONS - REPORT: Autographed Letter

ALEPPO, SYRIA (1920) - CONDITIONS - REPORT: Autographed Letter

JOHNSON, FRANK L. - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

PERRY, JAMES - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY (1920) - AMERICAN CONSULATE - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter

LEBANON (1920) - BEIRUT - CONDITIONS - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter