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Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter fragment
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter fragment
Description:
Undated letter fragment written while Elkinton was in France as a relief worker. Discusses her work, daily work schedule, and accomodations.
Date:
1917 - 1918
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter fragment to her family
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter fragment to her family
Description:
Undated letter fragment written while Elkinton was in France as a relief worker; envelope addressed to her parents. Made a trip to see her husband Howard. Briefly comments on saying a friendly word to some German prisoners of war.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to her family
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to her family
Description:
Written to her family while she was in France as a relief worker. Will soon be able to work in Sermaize where her husband Howard is posted. Discusses her work in the infant ward and her leisure activities. Comments on the behavior of the English.
Date:
1917-08-30
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to her family
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to her family
Description:
Written to her family while she was in France as a relief worker. Discusses her anger about being reprimanded by the "high-ups" and spurned her coworkers after being found sharing a room with her husband; has "decided that we are all jolly well fed up on the English & their habits." Describes positive encounters she has had with three French people as a result of the American flag draped over the handlebars of her bicycle, mentioning being thanked by a French soldier for the American relief efforts. Shares news of various individuals working in France.
Date:
1917-09-03
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to her family
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to her family
Description:
Addressed to "My dearest Ones" while Elkinton was in France as a relief worker. Describes her work in the infant ward and taking over the night shift due to sickness of the regular night nurse. Will soon be reassigned to social service work in Sermaize, where her husband is posted. Mentions chatting with a friend named Mr. Scattergood.
Date:
1917-09-13
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to her family
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to her family
Description:
Written to her family while she was in France as a relief worker. Discusses her work on the night shift in the infant ward, her friendship with the other night nurse, and news of other relief workers. Mentions the possibility of nearby U.S. soldiers getting up a subscription for the hospital. Reports that American soldiers must leave Ch√¢lons as authorities are afraid that their presence will bring German bombing parties on them. Discusses plans forming to have all American workers in the F.W.D.R. under the Red Cross.
Date:
1917-09-17
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Katharine Evans Mason
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Katharine Evans Mason
Description:
Written to Elkinton's mother while Elkinton was in France as a relief worker. Reports on her activities and recent events, including running into a group of U.S. soldiers. Discusses taking off from work to spend time with her husband Howard, to the frustration of her supervisor, and Elkinton's attempts to get a posting near her husband in Sermaize. Describes her and Howard's coworkers; says that while Howard works with college-educated men, she works with nurses who do not believe in higher education for women.
Date:
1917-08-20
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Katharine Evans Mason
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Katharine Evans Mason
Description:
Written to Elkinton's mother while Elkinton was in France as a relief worker. Discusses her work in the maternity ward and expresses a dislike of nursing. Describes her leisure time in Ch√¢lons and her efforts to acquire a posting near her husband Howard in Sermaize.
Date:
1917-08-25
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Katharine Evans Mason
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Katharine Evans Mason
Description:
Written to Elkinton's mother while Elkinton was in France as a relief worker. Discusses her work in the infant ward at Châlons and her acquisition of new clothes. Reports that her cousin Francis Goodhue was called back to Paris for an unknown misbehavior. Describes a conversation with her coworker Mademoiselle Gegund [sp] whose fiancé was killed, and says that knowing her has made Elkinton feel closer to the struggles of the war.
Date:
1917-09-18
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to her family
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to her family
Description:
Addressed to "Dearest Ones" while Elkinton was in France as a relief worker. Back in Sermaize, Elkinton mentions a new position she has accepted teaching a class of small boys. Describes the recent crowding of relief workers at the equipe and the visitors they have had, including a bishop from Detroit and a famous tuberculosis doctor. Has been in closer quarters with her English colleagues, and says that "I am rapidly losing my prejudice toward the Islanders as I come to know these representatives better." Discusses plans to go to Paris with her husband Howard.
Date:
1917-10-15
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Samuel Mason
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Samuel Mason
Description:
Written to her father while Elkinton was in France as a relief worker. Discusses a surprise visit from her husband Howard and passes on his complaints about the "crude, dirty, sloppy socialist English" he was working alongside. Describes her work caring for infants at a hospital in Ch√¢lons. Has struck up a correspondence with two French soldiers. Also discusses a visit from her cousin Francis Goodhue, the theft of a friend's police dog, and the behavior of young Americans in France.
Date:
1917-08-14
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Hannah B. Evans
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Hannah B. Evans
Description:
Written to her aunt while Elkinton was in France as a relief worker. Describes an attempted air raid over Chalons, the hospital ward where she works, and her efforts to learn French. "I suppose I am an unnatural person, but honestly, I am that sick and tired of baby smells and baby yells that I think I will skip, I would, if my resolve didn't hold me to the job." Mentions her cousin Francis Goodhue.
Date:
1917-08-17
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Hannah B. Evans
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Hannah B. Evans
Description:
Written to her aunt while Elkinton was in France as a relief worker. Discusses her work in the Maternity and Childrens ward at Ch√¢lons. Describes in detail her fellow relief workers. Discusses her family and a visit from her cousin Francis Goodhue.
Date:
1917-09-08
Collection:
Elkinton Family 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. Shares news of her recent activities, including her travels with Lucy Biddle Lewis. Comments on the plans for a Maternity Hospital in ChaÃÇlons-en-Champagne and the building damage in Rheims. Briefly mentions a visit from Jane Addams, Lillian D. Wald, Jeanette Rankin, Dr. Alice Hamilton, and Miss Ashe. Discusses her relief work, including her participation in an executive council session, her plans to return home, the future of relief work in postwar France, and her involvement in Edith Moon's work establishing a children's library and reading room. Describes a party she attended in Bar-le-Duc. Briefly comments on May Day and labor laws.
Date:
1919-05-03
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College