mnsss342 Pearce Family Papers, 1880-1962 Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup and Jennifer Smar. 2006-04-07 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Pearce Family Papers, 1880-1962 Finding Aid MS 119 2005 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Pearce family Pearce Family Papers1880-1962 MS 119 3 boxes (1 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

The papers represent the extended Pearce/Brown family involved in education in rural United States and missionary and education work at the Sidon Female Seminary in Syria and elswhere in the Middle East, circa 1880s-1930s. Also represented are Eleanor I. Burns, founder of the American College for Girls in Istanbul; Mary Mills Patrick, founder of Constantinople Women's College; and Alice Lloyd, founder of Caney Junior College in Kentucky. Biographical Note

Primary family members represented in papers include Charlotte Hays Brown (1862- 1951), who served in Syria under the auspices of the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church from 1885-1931. For much of that time she was principal of the Sidon Female Seminary. She later lived in Lebanon. Her sister, Rebecca McClure (Brown) Pearce (1860-1911) was also a missionary in Syria from 1885-92. Rebecca's daughter, Katherine Standish Pearce (1895- 1990) graduated Smith College, 1915; taught languages and was librarian at Constantinople Women's College, Turkey, 1925-31, and was cataloger at the Princeton University Library, 1931-61. Katherine's sister, Charlotte Crosby Pearce (1894-1919), also graduated Smith College 1915.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Pearce Family Papers represent the extended Pearce/Brown family involved in education in under served areas in the rural United States and missionary and education work in the Middle East, circa 1880s-1930s. Also represented are Eleanor I. Burns, founder of the American College for Girls in Istanbul; Mary Mills Patrick, founder of Constantinople Women's College; and Alice Lloyd, founder of Caney Junior College in Kentucky. The collection includes biographical and genealogical information; correspondence (1892-1962); photographs; scrapbook; travel diary from European trip (1953); and writings (1911-53). Pamphlets and reports relating to the Sidon Female Seminary are of particular interest.

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Search Terms Brown, Charlotte Hays, 1862-1951 Patrick, Mary Mills, 1850-1940 Pearce, Charlotte Crosby, 1894-1919 Pearce, Katherine Standish, 1895-1990 Pearce, Rebecca McClure Brown, 1860-1911 Brown family Pearce family American College for Girls (Istanbul, Turkey) Sidon Female Seminary Education--Turkey--History--Sources Missionaries--Middle East--Biography--Sources Syria--History--Sources Turkey--History--1918-1960--Sources Women missionaries--Middle East--Biography--Sources Additional Information Contents List Biography and memorabilia 1 1 Brown Family tree 1 Charlotte Hays Brown 1 2 Clippings, articles, miscellaneous biographical material, 1936-52 1 3 Passports, 1925, 1932 1 4 Arthur J. Brown: clippings, 1951-62 1 5 Eleanor I. Burns: clippings and articles, 1950-52 1 6 Alice Lloyd: clippings and articles, 1961-62, n.d. 1 7 Mary Mills Patrick: clippings and articles, 1927-64 1 8 Charlotte Crosby Pearce: obituary, 1919 Katharine Standish Pearce 1 9 Teaching contracts, 1919 1 10 Constantinople Women's College: library lists, 1927-30 1 11 "Green Pyne Leaf" (Princeton University Library staff publication,) 1951-61 Rebecca Brown Pearce 1 12 Small book given to her on her birthday, 1874 1 13 Sidon Seminary, Syria: reports, notes and printed material, 1880-92 1 14 Miscellaneous memorabilia, 1888-1929, n.d. Writings: Katharine Standish Pearce 2 1 Trip to Europe, 1953 2 2 Miscellaneous, 1911-53 Correspondence 2 From Katharine Standish Pearce 2 3-10 Family, 1920-28 2 11 Margaret Storrs Grierson, 1950-66 To Katharine Standish Pearce 2 12 Annie E. Brown, n.d. 2 13 Arthur J. Brown, 1946 2 14 Eleanor Lyons Brown, 1929 2 15 Frederick W. Brown, 1921, 1953 2 16 Wilma Brown, 1923? 2 17 Elsa Kimball, 1955-62, n.d. 2 18 Henry Leiper, 1962 2 19 Alice Lloyd, 1921-23 2 20 Mary Mills Patrick, 1921-28, 1955 2 21 Charlotte C. Pearce, 1919 2 22 Miscellaneous, 1924-52, n.d. 2 23 Business letters, 1920 2 From Charlotte Hays Brown 2 24 Family, 1892-1931 2 25 "My Dear People" (from Syria), 1929-34 2 26 Frederick T. Brown to Rebecca Brown Pearce and Mary L. Brown, 1873-88 2 27 Frederick Leiper, letters to him, 1911-13 2 28 Edgar Pearce to Cohen Pearce, 1882 2 29 Irving Pearce to Cohen Pearce, 1882 2 30 To Rebecca Brown Pearce, 1884-98 2 31 Lois Wilson to Mary Brown Leiper, 1951 2 32 Letters to Miss Adams, 1950-53 2 34 Miscellaneous, 1904, 1951, n.d. Photographs 3 1 Rebecca Brown Pearce, 1888, 1955, n.d. 3 2 Charlotte Hays Brown, 1885-1955 3 3 Mary Mills Patrick, 1940-43, n.d. 3 4 Lebanon, Syria, and Europe, 1910, 1923-26, n.d. 3 5 Miscellaneous, mostly groups, 1895-34, n.d. 3 6 Sidon Seminary, Syria, 1887-1931, n.d. 3 7 Sketches by Charlotte H. Brown 3 Scrapbook of Mary Brown Leiper, circa 1930s