Pearce Family Papers, 1880-1962
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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Pearce Family Papers
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Pearce family
Biographical History for: Pearce Family Papers
Biographical Note Primary family members represented in papers include Charlotte Hays Brown (1862- 1951), who served in Syria under the auspices of the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church from 1885-1931. For much of that time she was principal of the Sidon Female Seminary. She later lived in Lebanon. Her sister, Rebecca McClure (Brown) Pearce (1860-1911) was also a missionary in Syria from 1885-92. Rebecca's daughter, Katherine Standish Pearce (1895- 1990) graduated Smith College, 1915; taught languages and was librarian at Constantinople Women's College, Turkey, 1925-31, and was cataloger at the Princeton University Library, 1931-61. Katherine's sister, Charlotte Crosby Pearce (1894-1919), also graduated Smith College 1915.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Pearce Family Papers represent the extended Pearce/Brown family involved in education in under served areas in the rural United States and missionary and education work in the Middle East, circa 1880s-1930s. Also represented are Eleanor I. Burns, founder of the American College for Girls in Istanbul; Mary Mills Patrick, founder of Constantinople Women's College; and Alice Lloyd, founder of Caney Junior College in Kentucky. The collection includes biographical and genealogical information; correspondence (1892-1962); photographs; scrapbook; travel diary from European trip (1953); and writings (1911-53). Pamphlets and reports relating to the Sidon Female Seminary are of particular interest.
Education--Turkey--History--Sources
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Missionaries--Middle East--Biography--Sources
Women missionaries--Middle East--Biography--Sources
Brown, Charlotte Hays, 1862-1951
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Patrick, Mary Mills, 1850-1940
Pearce, Charlotte Crosby, 1894-1919
Pearce, Katherine Standish, 1895-1990
Pearce, Rebecca McClure Brown, 1860-1911
Brown family
American College for Girls (Istanbul, Turkey)
Sidon Female Seminary
series
Biography and memorabilia
Brown Family tree
Charlotte Hays Brown
Clippings, articles, miscellaneous biographical material, 1936-52
Passports, 1925, 1932
Arthur J. Brown: clippings, 1951-62
Eleanor I. Burns: clippings and articles, 1950-52
Alice Lloyd: clippings and articles, 1961-62, n.d.
Mary Mills Patrick: clippings and articles, 1927-64
Charlotte Crosby Pearce: obituary, 1919
Katharine Standish Pearce
Teaching contracts, 1919
Constantinople Women's College: library lists, 1927-30
"Green Pyne Leaf" (Princeton University Library staff publication,) 1951-61
Rebecca Brown Pearce
Small book given to her on her birthday, 1874
Sidon Seminary, Syria: reports, notes and printed material, 1880-92
Miscellaneous memorabilia, 1888-1929, n.d.
Writings: Katharine Standish Pearce
Trip to Europe, 1953
Miscellaneous, 1911-53
Correspondence
From Katharine Standish Pearce
Family, 1920-28
Margaret Storrs Grierson, 1950-66
To Katharine Standish Pearce
Annie E. Brown, n.d.
Arthur J. Brown, 1946
Eleanor Lyons Brown, 1929
Frederick W. Brown, 1921, 1953
Wilma Brown, 1923?
Elsa Kimball, 1955-62, n.d.
Henry Leiper, 1962
Alice Lloyd, 1921-23
Mary Mills Patrick, 1921-28, 1955
Charlotte C. Pearce, 1919
Miscellaneous, 1924-52, n.d.
Business letters, 1920
From Charlotte Hays Brown
Family, 1892-1931
"My Dear People" (from Syria), 1929-34
Frederick T. Brown to Rebecca Brown Pearce and Mary L. Brown, 1873-88
Frederick Leiper, letters to him, 1911-13
Edgar Pearce to Cohen Pearce, 1882
Irving Pearce to Cohen Pearce, 1882
To Rebecca Brown Pearce, 1884-98
Lois Wilson to Mary Brown Leiper, 1951
Letters to Miss Adams, 1950-53
Miscellaneous, 1904, 1951, n.d.
Photographs
Rebecca Brown Pearce, 1888, 1955, n.d.
Charlotte Hays Brown, 1885-1955
Mary Mills Patrick, 1940-43, n.d.
Lebanon, Syria, and Europe, 1910, 1923-26, n.d.
Miscellaneous, mostly groups, 1895-34, n.d.
Sidon Seminary, Syria, 1887-1931, n.d.
Sketches by Charlotte H. Brown
Scrapbook of Mary Brown Leiper, circa 1930s