Near East Relief nurse Ellen Mary Gerard’s Armenian Genocide refugee photographs

View historic Armenian Genocide refugee photographs from the AGBU YPGNY Ellen Mary Gerard Archive

How the AGBU Young Professionals of Greater New York (YPGNY) came to purchase the Gerard archive from a store in Glendale, California, is an intriguing story that demonstrates the resolve of an emerging generation of Armenians to document, commemorate and honor the memory of the Armenian Genocide and its impact on our global culture.
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Armenian Orphans (from the AGBU YPGNY Ellen Mary Gerard Archive)

If you have pictures, letters, films or documents of Armenians related to the Armenian Genocide, take measures to preserve these precious artifacts today. Contact a reputable museum, library, archive, university or research center. Here are a few organizations:

• Project Save:  www.projectsave.org
• Armenian Library and Museum of America:  www.almainc.org
• Your local chapter of the AGBU: www.agbu.org

(Comments offering additional suggestions are welcome–email armeniangenocide@ymail.com or add a comment below. Thank you.)

A beacon of light–Reflections on the Armenian Genocide, survival and a culture’s rebirth

I came across Book of Reflections–A Celebration of Life online through the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU). It is a beautiful publication of the AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School. It is my hope that Armenians follow this model as a means to continue our family, community and worldwide dialogues about our history as a people.

Please click the link to view the electronic file. (It’s worth the wait for your computer to open the PDF document). It is truly inspiring!

Book of Reflections–A Celebration of Life