Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Turkish Mission Photograph Collection Online

Tarsus, Turkey in the early 20th century

The Grinnell College Libraries has mounted the Turkish Mission Photograph collection from the Nilson-Fyfe Papers on PDID (Pioneer Image Database)at http://pdid.grinnell.edu/.

Paul and Harriet Nilson were Congregational missionaries and teachers in Turkey during the first half of the 20th Century. This collection of photographs documents their time in Turkey and contains many rare images of the cities of Tarsus, Talas, Diyarbakir, and Mardin.

More information about the Nilson-Fyfe collection is available at
http://www.lib.grinnell.edu/collections/specialcollections/Manuscripts/
findingaids/NilsonFyfeMss.html


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