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Description of a photo
Description written by Lillian Kappes about the first photo taken of a group of Tarbiyat School teachers
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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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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 importane 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 Lillian Kappes, 1920
Letter from Lillian Kappes, likely to Mrs. Platt, which mentions her trip to the mountains with lengthy descriptions of the mountains and natural scenery outside of Tehran, how the money sent to the Tarbiat School is being used, the importane of having a school building of their own, and discussions of her Baha’i friends and colleagues
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
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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, 1916
Expresses joy for receiving Mrs. Platt's letter, and discusses the success and progress of the Tarbiyat girls' school, including Mrs. Stewart's great teaching skills for first aid and the body's anatomy; complaints about the school system, like how one out of five men in the school committee is against Mrs. Kappes and makes it difficult for her to teach; the committee asked Mrs. Kappes to take over the school finances but they would not pay for the cost; writing more to the addressee and keeping her posted after Mrs. Kappes meets with the five men this afternoon and when things get settled;...
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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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