Letters from Howard Haines Brinton, 1921

January-May, 20 items: Note: The letters are almost all written from Germany, almost all from Kattowitz and Berlin, reporting on personal events, contacts, feelings about his work. Not all letters are detailed below. To family. Kattowice [love for America in Germany, and a belief in its good intentions; Kattowitz developed by Germany; French army of occupation], 1921 January 13; To family. Kattowitz [Germans nervous at rumor of 400 Poles crossing border], 1921 January 16; To family. Warsaw [visited American Relief Administration head office in Warsaw, Hoover's org. which is feeding 1,100,000 using same methods as AFSC], 1921 January 21; To family. Berlin [decision made to work with publicity in Berlin, rather than staying with administrative aspects of work in Kattowitz], 1921 February 26; To family. Berlin [organized a committee to raise funds for Russia, working with Mme Lomonosov whom he met at Hull House, and whose husband, Director General of Russian railways, is in Germany to buy locomotives, and supports current Russian government; were to meet Leonid Krasin (leading authority in foreign trade matters)], 1921 March 1; To family. Berlin [visited refugee camp where they told that 10,000 had been driven out of Alsace Loraine by French, but given relief by Quakers; another day, visited a Russian refugee camp close to Berlin, where 600 Bolshevists were interned after crossing to German soil, all Tatars; another camp of German refugees from Russia], 1921 March 13; To family. Berlin [Friends' methods in feeding centers], 1921 March 29; To Friends. Berlin [philosophy of giving aid], 1921 January 1; To family. Berlin [will take up study for doctorate in Germany, then possibly go to Harvard; engaged to Anna Cox], 1921 April 11; To family [insurgency at Offeln, north of Upper Silesia, and battle; child feeding affected, but supplies safe], 1921 May 19; To Charles and Lydia Cox. Berlin [expressing love for their daughter, Anna], 1921 May 22; To parents. Berlin [financial situation on the eve of his marriage], 1921 May 26