1920, 1921, 1923-1937
Scope and Contents
Ca. 40 letters of Howard and Katharine Elkinton Waring, as well as some from young Tom Waring to his parents. Also includes a pamphlet by Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall on the founding years of Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting, 1924-1931, which Howard and Katharine Elkinton helped to found
Highlights include:
HE to mother. 1922 2?/21. Death of baby Carol (photocopy)
KE to family. 1923 4/12. Howard will be paying Wyeth for a painting that is at the Curtis Building, will be reproduced in the Ladies Home Journal and will be presented to Westtown School in June. Has attended a lunch where Lord Robert Cecil spoke in favor of the League of Nations. Is working in a book shop (her own) and even getting foreign orders.
HE to family. Pocono Lake, 1925 10/1. Tells of his children including the one who died (Carol). and the glories of Pocono
KE to family. 1926 3/16. Loss of sensation in her leg and going to chiropractor
Mason, Katharine Evans to [Katharine Elkinton?] 1930. Account of family summer vacations
KE to ? no date. part of a photocopied letter describing emotional and psychological pain Howard Elkinton experienced when he left the employ of Philadelphia Quartz Co.
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