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Dr. Joseph David Joseph (1868-1922) was born in Qarajalu, a village north of the market town of Urmia, Iran to David Joseph and Nargis Eshoo Delacof. This collection contains letters sent to Dr. Joseph David Joseph from family and others between 1889 and his death in 1922. The letters document the lives of Assyrian immigrants in the United States and their relations with their families and communities in Iran. The bulk of the correspondence is in Assyrian neo-Aramaic.

Title
Letter from unidentified sender in Urmia, Iran
Creator
Unknown
Published
1905-11-23
Full Collection Name
Joseph David Joseph family correspondence and journals
Other Identifiers
BANC MSS 2023/246
Subject (Person)
Joseph, Joseph David, 1868-1922
Subject (Topic)
Assyrians
Presbyterian Church
Immigrant families
Assyrian Genocide, 1842-1995
Geographic Coverage
Urūmīyah (Iran)
Type
Image
Format
Personal correspondence
Language
aii
Archive
The Bancroft Library
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