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Addressed to "My dear Ones" while Elkinton was in France as a relief worker. Describes her work caring for children evacuated to Sermaize and then to Bettancourt after a bombing at nearby Bar-le-Duc. Describes Bettancourt and discusses other relief workers. Mentions tensions between different Quaker equipes. Also mentions using slang on purpose "to keep letters from appearing in print."

Describes her travels in France with her husband Howard and some others, including to Col de la Faucille in the Jura Mountains, and her arrival in the village of Dole. Describes the relief equipe at Dole as poorly taken care of in comparison to those in Sermaize-les-Bains. Looks forward to returning to the United States. Mentions a trainwreck that took place in Philadelphia and hopes that her relatives are safe.

Possibly written by Katharine Wistar Elkinton. Tells the story of an irritable tobacconist unable to get a seat on a train.

Ecclesiastical law. Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII (Book 6). Gothic hand. Each page has writing on both sides and is similar in appearance. Two columns of principal text are in brown ink and surrounded by two columns of commentary in black ink. The principal text is slightly larger than the commentary. 2-line capitals occur at significant points in the commentary and principal text. Each of these capital letters is colored with blue or red ink, and is filled in with and surrounded by decorative line design in the opposite color of ink of the letter. Paragraph markers occur in alternating red and blue ink in commentary and principal text. Notes in Gothic bastard hand in dark brown ink, light brown ink, and black ink appear in the margins of all pages. The recto of the first page has highlighting in the form of maniculae and vertical lines drawn to the side of pieces of text in light brown ink. The numeral "III" in red ink with dashes extending from either side in blue ink is centered in the top margin. The verso of page 1 has the numeral "V" in blue ink and "I" in red ink centered in the top margin. Principal text has interlinear notes. Some of the text and commentary has several parentheses or short vertical lines which someone has drawn as an aid in seeing word divisions, perhaps. The recto of page 2 has a blue and red ink numeral "VI" in the top margin. The verso of page 2 has the numeral "III" in red ink and a catchword running perpendicular to the text in the bottom margin. Blind ruling.

Letter written to Caroline Cope while she is travelling Europe. Includes account of a visit from two "charming" English women and Annette's visit to "the Horticultural" with Eliza Harris.

Written to Waring's father while she was in France as a relief worker. Describes the room where she is living. Discusses her work and current events.

Addressed to "dear Pals;" written while Waring was in France as a relief worker. Reports on accepting an assignment from the American Friends Service Committee assessing postwar conditions in Austria. Details her concluding relief activities in France.

Written to Waring's family while she was in France as a relief worker. Discusses postwar reconstruction, the use of German prisoners of war in reconstruction work, and the escape of some from local prison camps. Shares news of her relief work, including the withdrawal of fellow relief workers from France. Comments on the scarcity of food and cloth.

Addressed to Waring's parents while she was in Germany as a relief worker. Describes her trip to Germany via France and settling in to her new relief assignment. Written on "International Commissioners for Relief Work in Europe" letterhead.

This scrapbook focuses on France in World War I. The scrapbook includes photographs of wards, injured soldiers, and hospital staff members. There are various newspaper clippings about the war, personal notes, and inventories of soldiers and their injuries. There are additionally many original illustrations.