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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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Letter from Ruha to Mrs. Platt, 1921
Regarding receipt of funds and the general state of education in Persia, as well as the building of a new school in Mt. Carmel
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Mirza Abu Turab to Majd al-Islam, 20 November 1909
From Qavzin, Mirza Abu Turab (Haj Dadash) Shaykh al-Islam writes to Mirza Husayn Shaykh al-Islam (Majd al-Islam) in Tiflis.
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Khadijah Sultan to Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)
Khadijah Sultan writes to her son, Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam), telling him that ‘Izzat al-Saltanah is doing well and, unlike what he thinks about her pregnancy, it was early and her husband's family were very eager for this. Also, since Muhammad ‘Ali Khan has asked for his mother's opinion on hiring a tutor, she suggests that he hire a chaste woman, so that Khadijah Sultan will not have to deal with her love affairs. She tells him that the tutor they hired in Farmanfarma's house has been obliged to wear a chador when she goes out.
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Letter from Lillian Kappes, 1919
Letter from Lillian Kappes, likely to Mrs. Platt; it mentions the bank account and updates about it; how Iranians make Turkish coffee and serve it; and the importance of having a school building of their own
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
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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 Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1919
It mentions the Mashriq al-Adhkar meeting and discusses important issues such as a bank account having been opened in the name of the Tarbiyat girls' school; the school tuition for the students and how students who do not have to pay the tuition are lazy and not working hard; suggests that all the students must pay even a small part of the fee; if Mrs. Kappes finds a girl whom she thinks is bright and ambitious, but her parents cannot afford the school fee, she will let you know. She continues to say that most of the children who are not paying the tuition and come from the lower classes...
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Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1912
Discusses going to Nuzhat al-Dawlah's house that morning, and seeing the addressee's child who speaks Persian and Turkish beautifully. Also mentions Nuzhat al-Dawlah's inquiry about getting the rest of the goods and money for Hasan Aqa's family.
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Letter from Lillian Kappes, 1920
Letter from Lillian Kappes, likely to Mrs. Platt, which mentions her trip to the mountains with lengthy descriptions of the mountains and natural scenery outside of Tehran, how the money sent to the Tarbiat School is being used, the importance of having a school building of their own, and discussions of her Baha’i friends and colleagues
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