Jean Scobie Davis Papers

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Jean Scobie Davis (1892-1985) was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College class of 1914. After graduating, Davis traveled with her family to Neuchâtel, Switzerland, with the intention of studying French in preparation for taking graduate courses in Paris. The outbreak of World War I altered her plans and she instead studied economics and international law at the University of Geneva during the winter of 1914-1915. In March 1915, Davis left Switzerland for Paris and after a brief stay returned to the United States in July. Davis went on to teach economics and sociology at Agnes Scott College, Vassar College, Pierce College, Wells College, and the American Women’s College in Beirut. While working at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia, Davis developed an interest in prison reform, particularly in women’s prisons and reformatories for teenagers. She served on the Board of Visitors of the New York State Reformatory for Women at Bedford Hills, New York, for thirty-six years. This collection features letters written by Jean Scobie Davis to her parents and friends during her junior and senior years at Bryn Mawr College through her time in Geneva and Paris.

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Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, April 27,     1915
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, June 19,     1913
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, November     19, 1914
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, April 02,     1915
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, November     12, 1914
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, September     08, 1914
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, January 29,     1915
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to Pen.
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, July 13,     1913
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, March 27,     1915
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, March 29,     1915
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, April 4,     1915
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, May 18,     1915
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, June 17,     1913
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to Katharine Huntington,     July 10, 1913
Miscellaneous, undated notes by Jean Scobie     Davis
Letter from Tanke Bollerd to Jean Scobie Davis,     September 09, 1914
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, July 15,     1913
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, June 22,     1913
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, July 12,     1913

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