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Letters from Anna Shipley Cox Brinton, 1924-1942

 File — Box: 2A

Scope and Contents

Anna to Periwinkle?, 1924 January 1; Richmond, Indiana, To C[harles?] Cox [waiting to give birth], 1924 January 2; Richmond, Indiana, to Ruthanna Brinton [Frederick Libby visited Earlham and came to speak with her], 1924 January 7; Richmond, Indiana, to Edward and Ruthanna Brinton [Edward has been born], 1924 April 10; Richmond, Indiana, to Ruthanna Brinton, 1925; Richmond, Indiana, Anna to Ruthanna Brinton, 1925 December 31; Wallingford, Pennsylvania, to [Catharine Miles], 1926 April; Anna to Catharine Miles, 1927 September 19; Anna to Catharine Miles, 1927 October 28; Anna to Catharine Miles?, 1928 February 17; Richmond, Indiana, Telegram from Anna to Catharine Miles [accepted position at Mills College], 1928 March 4; Anna to Catharine Miles. 2 letters, 1928 March 6 To Ruthanna Brinton, 1928 September 25; Anna to ? [birthday gifts and birth of Joan], 1929 January; Mills College, Pennsylvania. Anna to Ruthanna Brinton, 1929 April 26; Anna to Ruthanna Brinton, 1929 June 15; Anna to Catharine Miles, 1930 May 19; Tokyo, Japan, Anna Brinton to Howard Haines Brinton [visited the Bowleses, met with professor from Imperial University; Fellowship of Reconciliation meeting; lunch with Mrs. (Mary Elkinton) Nitobe, Anna Hartshorne and Esther Rhoads; studying halos], 1930 June 22, July 2; Anna to Catharine Miles [Pendle Hill has made offer to them for directorships], 1936 March 9; Anna to Walter/Catharine Miles [will attend Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and discuss with presidents of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore the problem of Pendle Hill as part of the educational program of the Society of Friends, including the T. Wistar Brown fund; gave annual address at the Monday Club], 1936 March 16; Anna to Mary Hume Maguire. Mills College, [informs of decision to take up directorship of Pendle Hill and not to return to Mills College], 1936 April 8; Anna to Walter and Catharine Miles [Anna and Howard Haines Brinton have accepted Pendle Hill position], 1936 April 19; Anna to Catharine Miles, 1937 May 17; [Wallingford, Pa.], to Paul R. Kelty [recommends Joseph Silver to help with the parole program], 1939 May 11; [Wallingford, Pa.], to W.O. Mendenhall [recommends Hans Buchinger for faculty of Whittier College] accompanied by letter and vita of Buchinger, 1939 August 17; Letters and invitations from Anna Brinton to proposed guests at Pendle Hill: Emlen Stokes, Kirby Page, 1939; Anna to unknown recipients [death of Thomas R. Kelly], 1941 January 19; Anna Brinton to Ruthanna Brinton, 1941 April 16; To "Mother", 1941 August 23; Postcards from Anna to C.M.C. Miles, 1942 March 18; Invitations from Anna Brinton to proposed guests at Pendle Hill: Dwight Rammage, 1942 April 15; Anna [wishes brother a happy birthday], 1942 May 19; Anna to C.M.C. Miles, 1942 May 20; Anna to unknown recipient, 1942 June 29 Anna to Dr. C.M.C. Miles, 1942 December 20

Dates

  • Creation: 1924-1942

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