This series contains correspondence, notes, articles, pamphlets, reports and source files related to the beginning of the organization and the specific needs and conditions of Armenia and Syria. The correspondence documents the experiences of those in war-torn areas and the need for aid. The bulk of William Walker Rockwell's extensive correspondence is from 1911-1917. The letters go into detail regarding conditions in Armenia, such as deportations and poor treatment of individuals. Correspondence is from individuals and locations throughout the world, such as Germany and Switzerland. Rockwell also wrote to Ambassadors Henry Morgenthau and Abram I. Elkus, US Ambassadors to Turkey. Many of the documents contain copies of other material not directly related to the ACASR, such as other committees with related goals. Rockwell's materials also include his own writings, such as for the pamphlet, The Pitiful Plight of the Assyrian Christians, 1916. The remainder of the series offers source files, also collected by Rockwell, on ACASR work and what other organizations, such as the Federal Council of Churches and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, were doing to help.
This series is unarranged.
Box 1 Folder 1-3
Correspondence, 1915 -- 1950
Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondence: From Armenians, 1915 -- 1917
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence: Conditions in Armenia, 1915 -- 1916
Box 1 Folder 6-7
Correspondence, 1916 -- 1917
Box 1 Folder 8
Correspondence: Ambassadors Morgenthau and Elkus: US Ambassadors to Turkey, 1916 -- 1917
Box 1 Folder 9-10
Pitiful Plight of the Assyrian Christians by Rockwell, 1916
Box 1 Folder 11
Financials, 1916
Box 1 Folder 12-13
Copies, 1915
Box 1 Folder 14
Armenian Deportation, 1915; 1950
Box 1 Folder 15-16
Germans and Swiss, 1915 -- 1950
Box 2
Correspondence, 1911 -- 1917
Box 3 Folder 1
Germany and the Armenian Sufferers: Manuscript and Source Material, 1914 -- 1917
Box 3 Folder 2
Deportation of the Armenians: Correspondence, Manuscripts, Pamphlet, 1915 -- 1916
Box 3 Folder 3
Armenia Bibliography: Correspondence, Drafts, Notes, 1916
Box 3 Folder 4
Guides and Notes for Speakers and Auxiliary Organizations, 1916
Box 3 Folder 5
Rockwell Handwritten Notes and Pamphlets on Persia, 1916
Box 3 Folder 6
Financial Information on Relief Work in Persia, 1916
Box 3 Folder 7
Rockwell Plans and Outline for Publication on Armenia, 1915 -- 1916
Box 3 Folder 8
Rockwell Manuscript and Handwritten Notes on Turkey, Russia, Armenia and Ottoman Empire, 1916
Box 3 Folder 9-12
Rockwell Material: Bulletins, Cablegrams, Clippings, Correspondence, Minutes, Reports, Notes, President Wilson's Appeal, 1917 -- 1918
Box 4 Folder 1
American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief (ACASR) Circulars, 1915 -- 1916
Box 4 Folder 2
Finances: Clippings, Correspondence, Notes, Treasurer's Reports, 1916
Box 4 Folder 3-14
Armenia and Syria Material with Rockwell Annotations, 1915 -- 1916
Box 5 Folder 1-4
Publications and Clippings, 1910 -- 1918
Box 5 Folder 5
Booklets, 1915 -- 1917
Box 5 Folder 6
Pamphlets and Articles, 1915 -- 1916
Box 5 Folder 7
Denial of Actions by Turkey, 1915 -- 1916
Box 5 Folder 8-9
Eyewitness Reports, Notes and Clippings, 1915 -- 1916
Box 5 Folder 10-12
Statements from Eyewitnesses: Adana, Mersina and Marsovan, Turkey, 1915 -- 1916
Box 5 Folder 13
Muslim Sentiment and Missionary Safety, Clippings and Reports, 1915
Box 5 Folder 14
Persia Annotated Notes, 1915 -- 1916
Box 5 Folder 15
Persia Maps, 1915 -- 1916
Box 5 Folder 16
Persia Missions, 1915 -- 1916
Box 5 Folder 17
Persia: Armenian and Syrian Refugees, 1916
Box 5 Folder 18
Persia Sources, 1916
Box 5 Folder 19-20
Persia: Paul Shimmon Printed Material and Correspondence, 1916
Box 6 Folder 1
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Material on Turkey: Annual Reports, Pamphlets, Quarterly News Bulletins, Turkey Bulletins, 1904 -- 1917
Box 6 Folder 2
Federal Council of Churches Material on Near East: Clippings, Correspondence, Resolution, 1918 -- 1922
Box 6 Folder 3
Clippings, Correspondence and Notes on Denials of Atrocities against Armenians, 1915 -- 1916
Box 6 Folder 4-13
Rockwell-Collected Source Files on World War One, 1914 -- 1917