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Mary Hodge letter to Rebecca Gratz
Title:
Mary Hodge letter to Rebecca Gratz
Description:
Discusses Gratz's health; proposes "employment as a remedy for affliction." Asks Gratz to send Hodge any material she might have about the soup house.
Date:
1808-11-01
Collection:
Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances records, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, August 12, 1888
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1888
Description:
M. Carey Thomas writes to tell Mary Garrett she is sorry her brother is ill. She references her own unhappiness and her disbelief in Christian sayings. She says she is going to Philadelphia next week for the will, but wants to be helpful to Garrett. She invites her to Bryn Mawr.
Date:
1888-08-12
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, November 14, 1893
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1893
Description:
M. Carey Thomas writes to Mary Garrett about her recent illness, and about her frustration that she has had to miss an important meeting with a Bryn Mawr trustee because of it. She writes to Garrett about Bryn Mawr board politics and gives her advice about some employees.
Date:
1893-11-14
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, September 20, 1884
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1884
Description:
A brief letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Garrett, in which she apologizes for not having written sooner. She writes of Bessie King's continued health problems, but implores Garrett not to mention them to Bessie, lest she worry. She briefly mentions her travels home from Newport, R.I., and asks that Garrett take care of herself.
Date:
1884-09-20
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Joseph Walton and Mary Kite letters to Aaron Sharpless
Title:
Joseph Walton and Mary Kite letters to Aaron Sharpless
Description:
Joseph Walton reported details of the death of E. Lippincott. Mary Kite primarily discussed the health of her brother Benjamin Kite.
Date:
1847-07-30
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, November 18, 1891
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1891
Description:
M. Carey Thomas writes to Mary Garrett about Bessie, who is staying with Thomas and is ill, as well as about her hectic daily schedule.
Date:
1891-11-18
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Abigail Sharpless Greaves letter to Aaron Sharpless
Title:
Abigail Sharpless Greaves letter to Aaron Sharpless
Description:
Abigail Sharpless Greaves was Aaron Sharpless's (1809-1876) sister. She writes about caring for their ailing sister Edith Sharpless.
Date:
1835-03-02
Collection:
Sharpless Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, July 25, 1884
Title:
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, 1884
Description:
Mary Garrett writes to M. Carey Thomas, providing her with general updates about life at Deer Park, and asks Thomas to visit in August, and to stay through a visit from Mamie Gwinn in September as well. She states that her health has been poor, but that she is recovering. She also implores Thomas to consider having Bessie see Dr. Cushier for her health problems. She apologizes for not discussing Bryn Mawr matters in her letters to Thomas, blaming her backaches.
Date:
1884-07-25
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, November 12, 1888
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1888
Description:
M. Carey Thomas writes a meandering note about an unspecified sick student and the matter of the headmistress.
Date:
1888-11-12
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, June 21, 1883
Title:
Letter from M. Carey Thomas to Mary Elizabeth Garrett, 1883
Description:
This letter spans a period of time from June 6, 1883, to July 9, 1883. M. Carey Thomas writes to Mary Garrett, who is currently in London, from Rouen and the Channel Islands. Thomas writes of her current health issues, which she says have prevented her from writing sooner, and also from being able to enjoy her travels. She expresses sympathy for Garrett's own health issues. She includes descriptions of the locations she has visited during the time she was writing this letter, including Normandy and the Channel Islands.
Date:
1883-06-21
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Martha Schofield diary, 1865-1866
Title:
Martha Schofield diary, 1865-1866
Description:
Diary of Martha Schofield, with entries from October 6, 1865 to July 10, 1866. Pages 78-79, 88-89, and 91-92 were cut out. Records her daily life during the time she spent on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, where she was appointed by the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association to teach African Americans. Focuses on her experiences aiding and educating African American freedmen; Schofield also documents her relationships with her friends, coworkers (Mary A. Sharp, H. A. Evans, and N.B. Fisk), African Americans (Robert Smalls), and former slave owners.
Date:
1865-10-06 - 1866-07-10
Collection:
Martha Schofield Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's parents while Waring was in Russia as a relief worker. Responds to news of her brother Wallace's illness, and plans to return home as soon as new aid workers arrive.
Date:
1922-07-15
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to William W. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to William W. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's father while Waring was in Russia as a relief worker. Sends along a report of her first week in Russia and discusses a relief worker who contracted Typhus.
Date:
1921-12-29
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's mother while Waring was in Russia as a relief worker. Discusses her recent case of typhus, as well as the disease's effects on other relief workers.
Date:
1922-04-04
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter
Description:
Addressed to "Dear Folks" while Waring was in Russia as a relief worker. Comments on the travel and communication difficulties caused by thaw. Discusses her continued recovery from typhus; mentions aid workers receiving cholera inoculations.
Date:
1922-04-10
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's parents while Waring was in Russia as a relief worker. Has gratefully received her Christmas gifts from home. Discusses her ongoing recovery from typhus. Mentions the arrival of new relief workers.
Date:
1922-04-12
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's parents while Waring was in Russia as a relief worker. Discusses her recent case of typhus and possible plans for returning home.
Date:
1922-04-10
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's mother while Waring was in Russia as a relief worker. Discusses her travel to Moscow, her health, personal correspondence, gifts sent home to family, plans to return home, and relief worker Anna Haines.
Date:
1922-04-25
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Susan J. Dewey letter to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Title:
Susan J. Dewey letter to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Description:
Passes on the Yearly Meeting's sympathies for Beulah Hurley Waring's illness; likely written in March or April 1922 after Waring contracted typhus while in Russia as a relief worker. Names several people who rose to speak about Waring.
Date:
1922
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Report on TatabaÃÅnya Coal Mine
Title:
Report on TatabaÃÅnya Coal Mine
Description:
Report on the TatabaÃÅnya coal mine written by J. E. Munro. Includes appendices on "coal supplies in relation to wages and food" and on "health conditions in the mines." Pages are damaged and some text is missing.
Date:
1919
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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