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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
The letter discusses being proud of the addressee and other western Baha’i sisters for practicing their faith in the west, as well as the difficulties Tayirah faces practicing her faith in Persia because of the excess of calamities, persecutions, and lack of freedom, etc, and how faithful she has remained since she has been twelve years old
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Tayirah Khanum and others
Tayirah Khanum (center, seated); Mirza Mustafa Khan, probably Tayirah Khanum's son-in-law (standing behind her); Sydney Sprague and C. M. Remey (seated next to her); the rest is likely Tayirah Khanum's family
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Group Portrait
Group of Iranian and American Baha’i women and men (including Lillian Kappes, Susan Moody, Elizabeth Stewart, and Sarah Clock); at Bahman Shidani's house
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt
The letter mentions various people affiliated with the school, a photograph they took together, the roses in her garden, and Miss Kappes attempting to start a chapter of The Girl Scouts
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Group Portrait
Girls and their teachers at the Sar Qabr-i Aqa school, a branch of Tarbiyat school (managed by Dr. Moody); photo taken by Mawlud, daughter of Tayirah Khanum
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Miss Boylan, 1910
The writer talks about arriving to Batumi; their concern about carrying medicine in the trunk of their car without having permission, but the customs officers did not find them; getting a plate full of nuts and candied fruit from ‘Abd al-Baha’, saving most of it, and giving some to their host; and a promise to their host to get a letter from the addressee that describes the details about Meshkat el Azkar [Mashriq al-Adhkar].