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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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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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From Muluk Iʻtizadi to Maymanat Jaʻfari
The letter reads: "Dear friend, I received your letter on Thursday night and it made me very happy. I pray to God, saying, 'if you are going to take everything from me, please do not take these two dear friends, who I have known for 18 years.' I always pray for your health and Khanum Vafadust's health. I saw your letter for Khanum Vafadust when I was with her and we were waiting for Asghar to bring our lunch. Then your letter for me arrived and she suggested that we write both of our replies to you on one letter. However, thinking of you tonight, I couldn't wait any longer so I decided to...
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Correspondence about Humay Sultan's request to open a girls school, 1907
Includes a letter from the Majlis to the Ministry of Education regarding the request by Humay Sultan, daughter of Mirza Yusuf Khan Mustashar al-Dawlah, to open a girls school in Tabriz; a letter from the Ministry of Education to the Education Association of Tabriz (Salar Mu’ayyad) asking them to review the case; a letter of notification to the Majlis; and Humay Sultan's succeeding letter, in which she repeats her request since, according to Sayyid Hasan Khan, the founder of ‘Idalat newspaper and member of the Education Association of Tabriz, no such instruction was received from the...
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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 Sarah Clock
Last four pages of a letter from Sarah A. Clock likely to Mrs. Platt, regrading sending sewing supplies, crayons, maps, and other school supplies, as well as what subjects they are teaching at the school
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Letter from Susan Moody to Mrs. Platt
Letter from Susan I. Moody to Mrs. Orol Platt regarding funding for the school, and the building's property debt
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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 Susan Moody
Regarding requests for funds for the Lillian Kappes Memorial Fund and the Tarbiyat School, with a brief description of the history of the school and the influential teachers associated with it
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