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Beulah Hurley Waring postcard to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring postcard to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's parents while she was a relief worker in Europe. Brief message stating she is too busy with work to complete an actual letter. Reverse side features Frankfurt's Alte Brücke (Main Bridge) by B. Liebig.
Date:
1921-02-16
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:
Addressed to Waring's parents while she was a relief worker in Europe. Written across ten postcards featuring photographs of Nuremberg and illustrations of Vienna. Discusses her work-related activities and leisure time in Germany and Austria with fellow relief workers. Comments on postwar economic conditions in Vienna.
Date:
1921-03-23
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring postcard to William W. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring postcard to William W. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's father while she was in Germany as a relief worker. Briefly responds to received correspondence and comments on the toll that heavy war reparations will have on the conditions of German children. Reverse side features an illustration of the Breite Tor in Goslar.
Date:
1921-02-02
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring postcard to Achsah L. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring postcard to Achsah L. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's mother while Waring was in Germany as a relief worker. Brief message about adjusting to her new job. Reverse side features a replica of Meinhold's school art.
Date:
1921-07-28
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
American Relief Administration postcards
Title:
American Relief Administration postcards
Description:
Preprinted postcards filled out by Therese Hluchovsky, [name illegible], Elise Wiesterhold, and Franz Hojsa, thanking Howland for sending food via the American Relief Administration. Page 2: Therese Hluchovsky thanks Howland for the food relief packet; writes that it reached her family at a time of great need when they were all "quite far from joy" and their seven children hadn't seen milk in months, let alone rice. Page 6: Elise Wiesterhold writes her thanks in the style of a prayer to the baby Jesus from Hilda, Herminie, Anna and Elga (presumably, her daughters). Page 8: Message from Franz Hojsa expressing raised hopes thanks to her help; says that he, his sick wife and seven children are in dire straights due to famine.
Date:
1919-1922
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written from Pocono Lake Preserve by Agnes L. Tierney, a Quaker minister, activist, educator, and friend of Emily Howland. Discusses Tierney's summer activities, including receiving a visit from Stanley and Susan Yarnall and speaking at the Young Friends Conference. Remarks on the ideological and spiritual vulnerability of young Friends, especially to William Jennings Bryan and the Ku Klux Klan. Mentions discussing German reconstruction with Senator James Eli Watson. Asks if Howland would be willing to donate money for a German school, says Tierney was worried to ask around widely on account of anti-German prejudice.
Date:
1923-08-19
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written from Pocono Lake Preserve by Agnes L. Tierney, a Quaker minister, activist, educator, and friend of Emily Howland. Thanks Howland for a $2 subscription. Discusses visiting relatives in Rhode Island. Discusses a German nurse named Elizabeth Rolten [sp?] who worked to evacuate French children during World War I. Remarks on German interest in Quaker principles, especially the Inner Light.
Date:
1923-09-09
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
American Relief Administration food plan
Title:
American Relief Administration food plan
Description:
American Relief Administration European Children's Fund plan for food distribution to children in Austria.
Date:
1919-11-24
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Polish Report to American Friends Service Committee
Title:
Polish Report to American Friends Service Committee
Description:
Pages are damaged and some text is missing. Probably written by Beulah Hurley Waring while she was in Europe as a relief worker. Discusses relief efforts in Vienna, Prague, and Poland, including coordinating the movement and supply of food.
Date:
1919-11-27
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter
Description:
Written while Waring was in Germany as a relief worker. Titled "In the Besetzte Gebiet" (Occupied Territory). Discusses her travels and relief work in the Rhineland, including Neustadt, Kreuznach, Idar, and Strasbourg. Describes the social conditions and humanitarian efforts in the area, especially food relief and services for children. Criticizes French military occupation of the Rhineland, describing the economic complications caused by French occupation. Discusses the stone-cutting industry in Idar.
Date:
1921-05-13
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Dr. Clark letter to London
Title:
Dr. Clark letter to London
Description:
Addressed to Rachel Braithwaite. Probably a report from of a survey by relief workers assessing postwar conditions and the need for humanitarian aid in Central and Eastern Europe. Discusses postwar conditions, active relief organizations, and various relief workers.
Date:
1919-11-05
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Friends' Relief Work in Central Europe report
Title:
Friends' Relief Work in Central Europe report
Description:
Report of "the Scope of the work of the mission in Vienna." Discusses postwar conditions and the need for aid in Austria and Czechoslovakia. Includes information on active relief organizations and proposals for relief efforts.
Date:
1919
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
"Poland To-Day and To-Morrow" pamphlet
Title:
"Poland To-Day and To-Morrow" pamphlet
Description:
Pamphlet by Friends' Relief Committee discussing the famine and refugee crisis in Poland as well as Quaker relief efforts.
Date:
1922-05
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to American Friends Service Committee
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to American Friends Service Committee
Description:
Written while Waring was in Europe as a relief worker. Reports on the supplies most needed— coal, food, milk, clothing, medical supplies, etc.— and discusses methods of acquiring them. Provides descriptions of local living conditions and of people in need, especially children, elderly, and the sick. See mc1225_01_03_49 for a handwritten draft.
Date:
1919-11-19
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter
Description:
Addressed "To all the Newark State Normalites [sp], written while Waring was in Germany as a relief worker. Discusses postwar reconstruction, relief work, and her fellow relief workers, including Dr. Schenk. Primarily describes her leisure activities and the Wandervogel youth movement.
Date:
1921-05-31
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 she was in France as a relief worker. Discusses the Christmas gifts she sent to her family. Discusses news relating to her new relief assignment, a household management role supporting other relief workers; describes her duties, the sparse postwar living conditions, reconstruction efforts, and the salvaging and repurposing of supplies from former war zones.
Date:
1919-01-27
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;" written while Waring was in France as a relief worker. Primarily discusses celebrating Bastille Day in Paris.
Date:
1919-07-13
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 France as a relief worker. Discusses her new relief assignment supplying various equipes with necessary stocks, which she greatly enjoyed. Refers to German prisoners of war and the mission's use of POW labor.
Date:
1919-04-06
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 France as a relief worker. Discusses her anticipated plans with friends in Paris, including Dorothy North Haskins. Discusses postwar conditions in France, the continuing need for aid, and the distribution of reconstruction funding and labor.
Date:
1919-05-31
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 she was in France as a relief worker. Discusses her relief work in Grange-le-Comte, her new assignment in Dombasle-en-Argonne, and her recent case of flu. Passes on news of her friend Roy Vander Burgh and her activities with him. Comments on postwar conditions in Germany and the exaggerated reporting of "Bolshevik scandals." Briefly refers to herself as "being the first woman in the field" and mentions Dorothy North Haskins attending the Hague Conference as a Woman's Peace Party delegate. Encloses two partially-used sets of bread ration tickets.
Date:
1919-03-02
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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