Guide to the Anna B. Criswell Papers
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Anna B. Criswell, from Clarinda, Iowa, was appointed a missionary by the Women's General Board of Missions of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, in 1905. For forty-five years she served in the Egypt Mission, primarily at the Pressly Memorial Institute, a girls' school in Assiut, where for twenty-five years she was principal. She retired from active missionary service in 1950.
Record Group 184 consists of Anna B. Criswell's correspondence, diaries, photographs and other miscellaneous items, 1897-1955.
SERIES I: Correspondence, 1905-1955, undated
SERIES II: Diaries, 1922, 1929-1952
SERIES III: Photographs, circa 1897-1950
SERIES IV: Miscellany, circa 1897-1950
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Collection processed and finding aid prepared: 1984
Frederick J. Heuser, Jr., Archivist.
Collection revised to incorporate additional material: 1989
Glenn Colliver, Assistant Archivist.
| Box | Folder | Description | Alternative Formats |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 184 | |
| SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE, 1905-1955, UNDATED | |||
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence, 1905, 1911, 1918, 1920 | |
| 1 | 3 | 1921-1922 | |
| 1 | 4 | 1923-1924 | |
| 1 | 5 | 1925-1926 | |
| 1 | 6 | 1927-1929 | |
| 1 | 7 | 1930-1931 | |
| 1 | 8 | 1932 | |
| 1 | 9 | 1933 | |
| 1 | 10 | 1934-1936 | |
| 1 | 11 | 1937-1938 | |
| 1 | 12 | 1939 | |
| 1 | 13 | 1940 | |
| 1 | 14 | 1941 | |
| 1 | 15 | 1942-1943 | |
| 1 | 16 | 1944 | |
| 1 | 17 | 1945-1955 | |
| 1 | 18 | fragments and undated letters, undated | |
| SERIES II: DIARIES, 1922, 1929-1952 | |||
| 1 | 19 | Diary, Switzerland, 1922 | |
| 1 | 20 | Diaries, 1929 January-June, 1931-1932 | |
| 1 | 21 | Diary, 1934 May-1935 January | |
| 1 | 22 | 1937 May-1940 September | |
| 1 | 23 | 1940 August-1943 May | |
| 1 | 24 | Trips to Jerusalem and Sudan, 1942 | |
| 1 | 25 | 1943 August-1946 February | |
| 1 | 26 | Diaries, 1950 January-July | |
| 1 | 26 | "Home Travel," 1950 | |
| 1 | 27 | Travel Diary, 1952 | |
| SERIES III: PHOTOGRAPHS, CIRCA 1897-1950 | |||
| 1 | 28 | Anna and Viola Criswell, Graduating Class, l897 | |
| 1 | 29 | Anna B. Criswell, 1909, 1917, 1918, 1927 | Digital |
| 1 | 30 | Anna B. Criswell, circa 1940s | |
| 1 | 31 | Anna B. Criswell and Ruth Work, 1914, undated | |
| 1 | 32 | Anna B. Criswell with Others, circa 1900, 1930s | |
| 1 | 33 | Anna B. Criswell and Others (Air Raid Shelter), 1940 | |
| 1 | 33 | British Troops, undated | |
| 1 | 34 | Family Photographs, circa 1910s-1953 | |
| 1 | 35 | Family Church (Clarinda, Iowa), circa 1940 | |
| 1 | 36 | Egypt: Scenes and People, undated | |
| 1 | 37 | Egypt: Children | |
| 1 | 38 | Sudan Mission, 1938, undated | |
| 1 | 39 | Egypt Mission: Staff, Missionaries, Nurses, 1915, 1927, circa 1940s | |
| 1 | 40 | Pressly Memorial Institute: Staff and Students, 1915, 1933, 1940, undated | |
| 1 | 41 | Picnics and Outings, 1936, 1940, undated | |
| 1 | 42 | Egyptian Mission Workers: Village Teacher, Volunteer Band, Bible Women, Pastors, Carpenter, 1916, undated | Digital |
| 1 | 43 | Missionaries: European Vacation, 1922, circa 1930 | |
| 1 | 43 | Jerusalem and Baalbec, undated | |
| 1 | 44 | Photographs of Japan, Hong Kong and Burma, undated | |
| 1 | 45 | Miscellaneous Photographs, undated | |
| 1 | 46 | Photograph Album, 1928 | |
| SERIES IV: MISCELLANY, CIRCA 1897-1950 | |||
| 1 | 47 | Scrapbook with Narrative, by Anna B. Criswell, 1906 | |
| 1 | 48 | "Messages" (Sermon Notes) of Criswell (Arabic and English), 1949, undated | |
| 1 | 49 | Narratives and Sketches by Criswell, 1933, 1936, 1950-1951, undated | |
| 1 | 50 | Tributes to Criswell, circa 1953 | |
| 1 | 51 | Clippings, 1922, 1939, 1946, 1952, undated | |
| 1 | 52 | Diploma Conferring LL.D. on Criswell, 1945 | |
| 1 | 53 | Criswell's Passport | |
| 1 | 54 | Historical Notes, Pressly Memorial Institute, by Criswell, l950 | |
| 1 | 55 | Pressley Memorial Institute Reports, 1931-1950 | |
| 1 | 56 | PMI Programs: Commencements, Concerts, School Exercises, 1914-1950, undated | |
| 1 | 57 | PMI Promotional Brochures, 1925, 1928, undated | |
| 1 | 58 | Miscellaneous Egypt Mission Leaflets 1930-1931, 1939, undated | |
| 1 | 59 | Publications in Arabic, undated |