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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
Howard W. Elkinton letter to Katharine Wistar Elkinton
Title:
Howard W. Elkinton letter to Katharine Wistar Elkinton
Description:
Written to his wife while they were in France as relief workers. Hopes he can be reassigned closer to her. Discusses his work at Sermaize les Bains and living conditions there. Includes a sketch of a woman holding a comically-large bowl of food.
Date:
1917-08-09
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:
Fragment. Addressed to "My dear Ones." Reports on her activities, including socializing with relief workers. Discusses her reading material and news of the war. Also discusses the need for relief workers in Chateau Thierry and the Verdun sectors; considers whether she and her husband Howard should stay in their current location or go. Makes passing mention of the Spanish flu. Assuages worries about her brother Sammy's "apparent lack of religion" and discusses religion in relation to war.
Date:
1918-09-28
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. 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 "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."
Date:
1917-10-08
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 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. Marked "Private." Responds to her mother's concerns over the lack of emotion Elkinton displayed in her letters home, and describes life at her posting, including songs sung by American and British workers. Discusses her work-related activities and fellow relief workers, including her work preparing and distributing embroidery for local women, and her husband Howard's work threshing for French families in the countryside. Also mentions a fire caused by a threshing machine and the experience of having bombs dropped nearby (close to Bar-le-Duc).
Date:
1917-10-03
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 her family while Elkinton was in France as a relief worker. Discusses getting to know Paris better. She and her husband Howard are preparing to leave France and hope to go to England, but still have red tape to overcome.
Date:
1919-02-02
Collection:
Elkinton Family 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. Describes Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, including the military parade. Discusses her relief work, her fellow workers, and the proceedings of a relief conference she participated in.
Date:
1919-07-28
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter
Description:
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.
Date:
1919-10-05
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. Discusses relief workers' involvement in agriculture and the arrival of new relief workers. Makes brief remarks on her logistical work.
Date:
1922-05-19
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. Discusses the departure and arrival of relief workers, as well as the overall food situation in the famine area for the coming year.
Date:
1922-06-08
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. Had planned to leave for home within the week, but might be delayed by an urgent situation. Discusses getting the President of the local Soviet fired and local officials' resistance to his firing; hopes for a more competent replacement.
Date:
1922-09-06
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 Russia as a relief worker. Discusses the local agricultural conditions and details the crops planted. Also discusses the natural beauty of the area. Reflects on her decision to stay in Russia several months longer than planned.
Date:
1922-06-25
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 the incoming crop, news of supplies and relief workers coming from the U.S., and frustration with U.S. relief agencies for second-guessing supply and personnel requests from on-the-ground workers. Passes on news of family and friends.
Date:
1922-07-02
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College

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