1942
Scope and Contents
Ca. 30 items. Mostly programs and cards annotated by Theodora Elkinton Waring (TEW).
6/1. Red Cross Nursing certificate for Theodora Elkington
TEW to KE. Philadelphia, 8/9. Some "maturing" boys are beginning to behave inappropriately
TEW. no date. description of her first weekend work camp in Philadelphia run by Dave Richie for PYM; also, closing party of the Westtown workcamp, Sept. 1942. Wartime school needed extra farm help
College Settlement of Philadelphia (J. Theodore Peters) to Alice Darnell of Germantown Friends School. Philadelphia, 10/7. Invitation for students of Germantown Friends to come to their farm camp for a work party. Dody Waring apparently participated as she notes on the sleeve for the letter: "educational experience for me to meet inner city boys with their baggy zoot suits and gold chain and in fashion hair cut," good talk
Elkinton, Katharine to family. 9/7
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