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Letters from Howard Haines Brinton, 1920

 File — Box: 22A

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15 items: Howard Haines Brinton to "Wilbur." [enjoyed visit to Penn College], 1920 February 14; To family. Omaha, Neb [speech at Penn College; presenting the work of A.F.S.C. and to get recruits – with no pay; went to Nebraska Central College with same program as at Penn and will continue on to California; mentions some Friends' work], 1920? February 18; To family. Whittier, Ca [more of trip events; Friends church in Whittier is the largest in the world], 1920? February 29; To family. Dresden, Germany [while in Berlin, visited some of the 800 AFSC feeding centers daily, some feeding few, others thousands; menus at the centers; no slums, as in America; Quaker Embassy, an organisation separate from theirs; socialists running the government, the king having fled; visit by Will Eves and Francis Bacon who are in charge of another district, while Bob Yarnall in charge of all the work], 1920 July 26; To family. Dresden [at conference, decided that English Friends are much in advance of American Friends in their thinking on economic problems, 1920? August?; To family. Berlin [attended conference in Dresden on feeding issues; some nervousness in Germany over Bolshevik advance into Poland, mostly because of unemployment, 1920? August 8; To Marg[uerite]. Dresden [his day in Dresden], 1920 September 4; To family. Dresden [Germans so hungry they must guard the supplies; wonderful maid service and comfortable living for Howard Haines Brinton], 1920 September 7; To family [much time in past week spent in Breslau and day's activities], 1920 September 24; To D. Robert Yarnall. Berlin [report of AFSC work in which Howard Haines Brinton is involved and situation in Germany], 1920 October 6; To family. Dresden [feelings between Germans and Poles bitter and French will not give the former protection, and provoking the Poles to terrorize the Germans; the British and; Americans associate with the Germans, not with the French and Poles; A.R.A. will be turning over all feeding to AFSC; French censoring the mails], 1920? October 13; To Ed. Dresden [brotherly advices], 1920 October 16; Kattowitz, Upper Silesia [just finishing first few weeks in Upper Silesia and trip from Dresden; on implementing new feeding systems; spent some time in Poland; mentions Anna Cox, who has charge of student feeding operations], 1920 October 27, November 3; Upper Silesia [more on feeding children] Also report by Howard Haines Brinton "A Short Method of Checking up Proper Use of Ration in Kitchens", 1920 December 13; To family. Kattowitz [vote will take place end of December on whether Upper Silesia will belong to Germany or Poland, both wanting it, but maybe the land will be divided, but feeling on both sides high] Encloses map of district with feeding centers marked, 1920 December 20; To family. Kattowitz, 1920 December 22; To family. London [(All) Friends' conference, with long sessions], 1920; To family. France [has arrived in Paris after visit to other parts of France; feeding work in France has dwindled], 1920?; To family. Berlin [has visited Paris and Frankfort, including child feeding; in addition to their Quaker feeding group, there is also the Quaker Embassy, where literature is distributed in German; went with E. Rhoads and Henry Cadbury to visit a feeding center with obviously-starved children; feeding 450,000 in 3,000 centers], 1920?

Dates

  • Creation: 1920

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