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James L. Barton, comp., "TURKISH ATROCITIES": STATEMENTS OF AMERICAN
MISSIONARIES ON THE DESTRUCTION OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN OTTOMAN TURKEY,
1915-1917 (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Gomidas Institute, 1998), edited with an
introduction by Ara Sarafian, xiv + 210 pages, map, index, appendix,
illustrations.
"TURKISH ATROCITIES" is a collection of primary sources that were
compiled between 1917 and 1918 for a United States Presidential Commission
investigating the origins of World War I. The Presidential Commission
collected reports on various subjects including the treatment of
Christian communities in the Ottoman Empire. The commission's files are
now in Record Group 256, General Records of the American Commission to
Negotiate Peace, Special Reports and Studies, U.S. National Archives,
Washington D.C.
Contents:
Editor's Introductory Note [Ara Sarafian]
Records consulted in the preparation of this volume [Ara Sarafian]
Original circular-questionnaire soliciting reports [James Barton].
Individual Reports:
I. Myrtle O. Shane, Bitlis and Harpoot.
II. Ida S. Stapleton, Erzroom.
III. Mary W Riggs, Harpoot.
IV. Dr. Tacy W. Atkinson, Harpoot.
V. Ruth A Parmelee, Harpoot.
VI. Isabelle Harley, Harpoot.
VII. George E. White, Marsovan.
VIII. Floyd 0. Smith, Diarbekir.
IX. Alpheus N. Andrus, Mardin.
X. Elvesta T Leslie, Aintab, Ourfa.
XI. Stella Loughridge, Cesarea District.
XII. Clara Childs Richmond, Cesarea and Talas.
XIII. Theda B. Phelps, Cesarea/Talas.
XIV William S. Dodd, Konia.
XV Wilfred M. Post, Konia (supplement).
XVI. Harrier Julia Fischer, Adana.
XVII. Elizabeth S. Webb, Adana.
XVIII. Frederick W MacCallum, Constantinople and Caucasus.
XIX. Arthur C. Ryan, Constantinople.
XX. S. Raliph Harlow, Smyrna.
XXI. Mr/s Ralph Harlow and Mr/s J. Kingsley Birge, Smyrna.
MISSIONARIES ON THE DESTRUCTION OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN OTTOMAN TURKEY,
1915-1917 (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Gomidas Institute, 1998), edited with an
introduction by Ara Sarafian, xiv + 210 pages, map, index, appendix,
illustrations.
"TURKISH ATROCITIES" is a collection of primary sources that were
compiled between 1917 and 1918 for a United States Presidential Commission
investigating the origins of World War I. The Presidential Commission
collected reports on various subjects including the treatment of
Christian communities in the Ottoman Empire. The commission's files are
now in Record Group 256, General Records of the American Commission to
Negotiate Peace, Special Reports and Studies, U.S. National Archives,
Washington D.C.
Contents:
Editor's Introductory Note [Ara Sarafian]
Records consulted in the preparation of this volume [Ara Sarafian]
Original circular-questionnaire soliciting reports [James Barton].
Individual Reports:
I. Myrtle O. Shane, Bitlis and Harpoot.
II. Ida S. Stapleton, Erzroom.
III. Mary W Riggs, Harpoot.
IV. Dr. Tacy W. Atkinson, Harpoot.
V. Ruth A Parmelee, Harpoot.
VI. Isabelle Harley, Harpoot.
VII. George E. White, Marsovan.
VIII. Floyd 0. Smith, Diarbekir.
IX. Alpheus N. Andrus, Mardin.
X. Elvesta T Leslie, Aintab, Ourfa.
XI. Stella Loughridge, Cesarea District.
XII. Clara Childs Richmond, Cesarea and Talas.
XIII. Theda B. Phelps, Cesarea/Talas.
XIV William S. Dodd, Konia.
XV Wilfred M. Post, Konia (supplement).
XVI. Harrier Julia Fischer, Adana.
XVII. Elizabeth S. Webb, Adana.
XVIII. Frederick W MacCallum, Constantinople and Caucasus.
XIX. Arthur C. Ryan, Constantinople.
XX. S. Raliph Harlow, Smyrna.
XXI. Mr/s Ralph Harlow and Mr/s J. Kingsley Birge, Smyrna.