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Letter about Major Imbrie's injury
Letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister reporting the murder of the U.S Vice Consul in Iran, Major Imbrie. According to the report, after the news of a miracle at the Saqqa Khanah on Shaykh Hadi avenue arrived and people start gathering in front of the Saqqa Khanah, Major Imbrie, along with another American friend, went to the scene and started photographing the crowd. Some people who were offended by the fact that their women were being photographed attacked him. He was injured and was taken to the police hospital and, despite the attempts of European and Iranian doctors, died after...
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Translation of Susan Moody's obituary in Ittila‘at Newspaper, 1934
Susan I. Moody's obituary in Ittila‘at Newspaper; mentions her accomplishments during her twenty-one year stay in Iran, including establishing a hospital called Sihhat, the Tarbiyat Girl's school, and a Kindergarten
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Battered woman, 1911
Muhammad ‘Ali Qazzaq (cossack) beat a female prostitute at her house.
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Charity meeting, 1910
A women's charity association has organized a meeting and film screening to raise money for causes such as opening orphanages, hospitals, and schools for girls.
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Ban of women's strolling in Lalah-zar, 1911
Doctor Stepanian complains about the way police have been questioning women passing through Lalah-zar neighborhood and how it has affected his patients who are afraid to come to his office.
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Women's association event, 1910
Report about an event organized by a women's association
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Speeches by Badr al-Duja Khanum, 1911
From a series of speeches made by graduates of the American girls school; Badr al-Duja Khanum [daughter of] Imam al-Hukama, talks about public and personal health (published in two issues)