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, December     25, 1914
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, March 28,     1915
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, January 09,     1915
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to Pen, October 27,     1914
Marriage announcement sent to Jean Scobie Davis
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, July 05,     1913
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, July 10,     1913
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to friends, titled "Notes     from the President's report - Association obretienue de la     Suisse Romande, 1914."
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, December     13, 1914
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, March 17,     1915
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, February     21, 1915
An sujet des relations entre l'Association chretienne     d'Etudiants de la Suisse, et les agentes de la Federation     universelle d'Etudients, en Suisse.
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to Katharine Huntington,     June 30, 1913
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, May 14,     1915
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, December     03, 1914
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, May 23,     1915
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her mother, June 23,     1913
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to Katharine Huntington,     June 16, 1913
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to Katharine Huntington,     June 24, 1913
Letter from Jean Scobie Davis to her father, March 26,     1915

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