Documents

The Document section includes a variety of documents from various sources , including The Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and the Armenian Cultural Foundation in Arlington, MA, the majority of which are letters.
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Links within Documents section:
Apcar Family Tree
Armenian Travelers from Yokohama to San Francisco
Correspondence with the American Red Cross
Correspondence with David Starr Jordan
Encyclicals
Letters
Near East Relief
Peace Foundations
Personal Documents
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Apcar Family Tree shows a beautiful illustration of the family tree, starting with Agazar Apcar who was born in 1754. It is important to note that the tree only identifies the male heirs of the family; no women, whether a direct descendant or descendant by marriage are shown on this tree. As such, Diana Agabeg Apcar is not on this tree; however, her husband, Apcar Michael Apcar and her son, Michael Apcar are shown.
Andrew Greene had the tree translated and formatted the genealogy of the tree into a PDF document, with some additions.

Armenian Travelers from Yokohama to San Francisco includes several Ships’ Passenger Lists of Armenian travelers from Yokohama to San Francisco.
In trying to find names of people who escaped Armenia, traveled to Japan, and came to the U.S., we searched for names of people who identified their ethnicity as “Armenian” on the passenger lists of ships which sailed from Yokohama to San Francisco, during the years 1915 – 1925. While this list is by no means complete, it does show several hundred names of people who made this journey.

Correspondence with the American Red Cross are documents from the Hoover Institution Archives, American National Red Cross, Collection 482, Box 165, Folder 7, Armenian and Syrian Relief, head manager Diana Apcar, Yokohama, Japan, 1919-1920.

Correspondence with David Starr Jordan are documents from the Hoover Institution Archives, David Starr Jordan papers 1794-1950, Collection 240, Box 13, Folder 1-5, Apcar, Diana Agabeg, 1910 – 1924. Shown is a very small sampling of their correspondence, as this archive contains approximately 70 of Diana’s letters over a 14-year period.

Encyclicals are three documents sent to Diana Apcar, two from the Catholicos Gevorg and one from the leader of the Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Persia and India, blessing her and thanking her for her contribution to Armenians. Also included in this section is a letter Diana wrote to Catholicos Gevorg.
These documents are part of the Diana Apcar Collection at the Armenian Cultural Foundation, in Arlington, MA, and were provided by Ara Ghazarians

Letters include several official letters regarding Diana’s appointment as “Honorary Consul to Japan.”
These documents are part of the Diana Apcar Collection at the Armenian Cultural Foundation, in Arlington, MA, and were provided by Ara Ghazarians.

Near East Relief includes letters written to Diana from F. W. Mac Callium and James Barton of the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, and Diana Apcar’s “letter to the editor” for the organization.
These letters are from the Hoover Institution Archives, American National Red Cross, Collection 482, Box 165, Folder 7, Armenian and Syrian Relief, head manager Diana Apcar, Yokohama, Japan, 1919-1920.

Peace Foundations includes a letter by Diana written to Dr. Charles E. Jefferson of The Tabernacle (Carnegie Church Peace Foundation) in New York, and her plea to the World Peace Foundation, warning of an impending threat to the Armenians in 1914.
These documents are from the Hoover Institution Archives, David Starr Jordan papers 1794-1950, Collection 240, Box 13, Folder 1-5, Apcar, Diana Agabeg, 1910 – 1924.

Personal Documents includes Diana’s Armenian passport, 1920, her baptismal certificate from St. John the Baptist Church in Rangoon, and the baptismal certificates of her two deceased sons, both named John.
These documents are part of the Diana Apcar Collection at the Armenian Cultural Foundation, in Arlington, MA, and were provided by Ara Ghazarians.