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Letter from Evelyne Caldwell to Mrs. Platt, 1916
Letter from Evelyne Caldwell to Mrs. O.A. Platt in New York. Mrs. Caldwell thanks Mrs. Platt for the package she sent to the Tarbiyat school in Tehran, talks about her great voyage, and says she hopes to see her again.
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1918
Letter from Sarah A. Clock to Mrs. Platt about receiving her letter, how the Tarbiyat school is functioning, the Tarbiyat school's scholarship, and about weddings, funerals and various religious customs in Iran.
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt along with Taj al-Saltanah's invitation, 1917
Includes different topics, such as her living situation in Iran and a description of the recent commencement. She enclosed Taj al-Saltanah's invitation for a visit. Mrs. Clock writes that while Nasir al-Din Shah oppressed the Baha’is, his daughter, Taj-Saltanah, has joined Baha’ism; also that Taj-Saltanah gave her two pieces of crocheted lace to send to the addressee to be sold, and its money be given to the Mashriq al-Adhkar
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1916
Mentions the addressee's correspondence; describes the Persian garden she and Mrs. Kappes are staying at for their vacation and rest, accompanied by Dr. Draeger, the head of German School, and his wife who converted to Baha’ism; how the wife of Dr. Draeger had fallen from the roof of the school and has a severe injury, and Sarah Clock is taking good care of her in the garden; notes that Mrs. Kappes has instituted many methods and improvements in the school that are copied by the other Persian girls' schools; and writes of Mrs. Kappes' meeting with the five men of the school committee and...
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1921
Mentions the return of Mrs. Caldwell, her children, and her brother, Mr. DeLambert, to America via India; Mrs. Caldwell will bring the nicest Persian flag made in the school under the supervision of the beloved Mrs. Kappes; and discusses the author's living situation after the death of Mrs. Kappes, and looking up someone the writer used to know in New York who then lived in Los Angeles and lost her husband
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Letter from Lutf Allah Hakim to Dr. Clock, 1919
Mentions receiving a check from Mrs. Platt and cashing it and transferring the money to the addressee; talks about their previous time together and having no doubt the addressee has done a great job to heal a good number of people; gives updates about the Convention, his work, and going to work with ‘Abd al-Baha’ in Haifa; and asks the addressee to confirm receipt of this letter and the enclosed draft both to Mrs. Platt in Los Angeles and himself
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Invitation from Lillian Kappes to Mrs. Draeger, 1911
An invitation for the Tarbiyat School graduation ceremonies on September 20, 1920, at 9am
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Letter from Susan Moody to Mrs. Platt, 1921
Mentions funds sent to the school, a student benefitting from the funds, and expresses gratitude for Mrs. Platt's support for Lillian Kappes' memorial
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Letter from Susan Moody to the Baha’is Assembly of Los Angeles, 1921
Mentions the Baha’i Assembly of Los Angeles's donations to a scholarship fund and to the Lillian Kappes' memorial fund
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Diary letter by Mirza Ahmad Suhrab, 1913
Includes different topics, such as the importance of the Tarbiyat school; as well as a list of students along with their fathers and patrons
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