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The 1st file is a comment on the spelling of "Derebey." The 2nd is an explanation of the change of the family's name from "Papadopoulos" to "Prior" and the 3rd is Constance's thoughts on the connection between Christo's values and those of Anatolia…

Christo and Erasmia's daughter Sophia read these letters after the death of her parents and wrapped them in tissue paper under the heading "Letters of Mother to Father and Father to Mother." Ariadne read part of them and Constance saw them very…

A photo taken by her nephew through marriage, Jonathan W. Gorham, just
prior to Constance’s trip to Anatolia, Thessaloniki, to gift the flag in 2007.

Constance C. Ecklund's speech for the official presentation of the flag of Thyatira to Anatolia (only the 1st page is shown). The photograph was taken by Moody Prior in 1938.

This work of both biography and autobiography by Athena is unique. It contains the only available description of the incident of the flag of Thyatira, or the way in which Christo was able to foil an attack of murderous intent on his Protestant church…

The envelope was sent from C. A. Caplonoglou, Samsun, Turkey, to Rev. Papadopoulos, 14 N. State Street, Chicago, on March 3, 1908. A list of the letters included inside follows. — 3 letters from 1881, 2 of them in a mixture of Turkish and Greek— 3…

Christo traveled across the Midwest and the East Coast as part of his work for the Chicago Tract Society. During the period from 1911 to 1913, he exchanged letters with his children. Older siblings would often help the younger ones craft endearing…