College Women

Facets: Paris (France)
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College Women was a consortial project of the libraries and archives of the institutions formerly known as the Seven Sisters. The project began in the spring of 2014 with a Foundations Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support the development of an online portal, which continues to be accessible at https://collegewomen.org. This collection includes diaries and letters of several Bryn Mawr College alumnae/i originating from several personal paper collections held in the Bryn Mawr College Special Collections.

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Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, April 27, 1915
Title:
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, 1915
Description:
Davis writes to her father, again telling him that she has changed her mind about staying in Europe for the summer, and plans to travel home with the family instead. She writes of her plans to try to use letters from her college and school days to write a book. She also shares her dislike for how dirty Paris is, but that she is enjoying being in a city for so long.
Date:
1915-04-27
Collection:
Jean Scobie Davis Papers
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, April 02, 1915
Title:
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, 1915
Description:
Davis writes of spending time with her friend, Helen, touring around Paris, and looking into accommodations for her mother when she arrives in Paris.
Date:
1915-04-02
Collection:
Jean Scobie Davis Papers
Letter from Lilian Sampson (Morgan) from Susan Walker Fitzgerald, September 2, 1891
Title:
Letter from Lilian Sampson (Morgan) from Susan Walker Fitzgerald, 1891
Description:
Sampson writes regarding FitzGerald's call for the formation of a student government.
Date:
1891-09-02
Collection:
Susan Walker FitzGerald Papers
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, March 27, 1915
Title:
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, 1915
Description:
Davis writes of her journey to and arrival in Paris. She comments on the presence and appearance of French soldiers, and of how unused to city life she is. She writes in detail about her first few days spent in Paris, including a dinner party at which an ambassador and a former professor at Bryn Mawr were in attendance.
Date:
1915-03-27
Collection:
Jean Scobie Davis Papers
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, March 29, 1915
Title:
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, 1915
Description:
Davis writes of her time spent in Paris, including visiting a school building that had been temporarily made into a hospital for American doctors helping during the War. She also writes of her accommodations and her hosts, and of her need for new clothing.
Date:
1915-03-29
Collection:
Jean Scobie Davis Papers
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, April 4, 1915
Title:
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, 1915
Description:
Davis writes a letter to her father, reflecting on her first week in Paris.
Date:
1915-04-04
Collection:
Jean Scobie Davis Papers
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, July 25, 1923
Title:
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, 1923
Description:
Marie describes her trip to Versailles and her continued exploration of Paris.
Date:
1923-07-25
Collection:
Marie Litzinger Papers
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, July 28, 1923
Title:
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, 1923
Description:
Marie writes more about her stay in Paris and describes her visit to the Italian consulate to get her visa with a fellow scholar.
Collection:
Marie Litzinger Papers
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, May 18, 1915
Title:
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, 1915
Description:
Davis writes to her mother about spending time with friends, and about changing hosts for the remainder of her trip. She also writes about buying souvenirs, and of plans to return to America.
Date:
1915-05-18
Collection:
Jean Scobie Davis Papers
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, March 28, 1915
Title:
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, 1915
Description:
Davis sends a postcard written in French to her father.
Date:
1915-03-28
Collection:
Jean Scobie Davis Papers
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, July 22, 1923
Title:
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, 1923
Description:
Marie describes her trip from Plymouth to Cherbourg by sea and then to Paris by train.
Collection:
Marie Litzinger Papers
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, August 3, 1923
Title:
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, 1923
Description:
Marie and her friend continue their trip to Rome. They leave Paris and make a short trip in Nice, which Marie describes rather poetically.
Collection:
Marie Litzinger Papers
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, May 14, 1915
Title:
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, 1915
Description:
Davis writes to her mother, telling her of her disagreeable host, and of time spent with friends. She reflects on the public and political reactions to the sinking of the Lusitania. She also writes of visiting an immigrant settlement nearby, and of seeing art exhibitions.
Date:
1915-05-14
Collection:
Jean Scobie Davis Papers
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, May 23, 1915
Title:
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, 1915
Description:
Davis writes to her father about the last few days of her stay in Paris. She reflects on the people she has met and spent time with, and of how much she has learned during her stay in Europe.
Date:
1915-05-23
Collection:
Jean Scobie Davis Papers
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, July 21, 1923
Title:
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, 1923
Description:
A note letting Marie's family know she has safely reached Paris. She includes the menu of the goodbye dinner on the Monroe.
Collection:
Marie Litzinger Papers
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, April 07, 1915
Title:
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, 1915
Description:
Davis writes to her father, telling him that she has set her sights on working in charity while she gains the experience she deems necessary in order to be a successful writer, which is her true passion. She states that she would like to study sociology while working with immigrants when she is back home in the United States, and plans to do relief work while in Europe over the summer.
Date:
1915-04-07
Collection:
Jean Scobie Davis Papers
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, April 19, 1915
Title:
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, 1915
Description:
Davis writes to her father of time spent with her mother in Paris and visiting with friends. She also writes of changing her mind about staying in Europe for the summer, planning to work on writing over the summer instead. The second half of the letter is from her mother to her father.
Date:
1915-04-19
Collection:
Jean Scobie Davis Papers