Notes by Anna C. Edwards, ca. 1892-1910

This information includes newspaper articles, articles from missionary publications and other journals, a biographical sketch by Anna Hunt Knapp published in 1917, several published and unpublished letters written by associates of the Elys, and notes about the sisters and their school compiled by Anna C. Edwards. The articles and the notes by Edwards date from about 1892-1910 and include quotations or excerpts from letters and other writings by the Elys. The letters primarily concern Mary Ely's final illness and death in 1913 and events in Turkey in 1914-1915. Correspondents include Grace H. Knapp, Mary D. Uline, and Edwin St. John Ward. This series also includes a number of documents published after 1917, such as a lengthy article about Mount Holyoke Seminary in Bitlis from the Spring 1990 issue of "Armenian Review."