Box 1

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The note referenced Janet's disappointment in nursing and her desire to pursue a future in music.

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"Enroute for Maison Maternelle de la Marne." Only scattered entries. In March, she visited Paris. In March she was working in the hospital. Bound daybook, stamped on cover Dr. W. W. Speakman

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Inscription on front leaf, gift of her roommate Esther M. Whitson, Maison Maternelle. Sightseeing in Paris, Brussels, London. By September she was back at Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania

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Course in public health in the School of Sociology and Social Service. Unhappy with nursing, Janet studied to be a social worker.

Scope and Contents Typed carbon, Copomuckoe, O.A..K., Russia. Detailed letter in which Janet referenced her sister's recent visit to Paris, Vienna, and London where Martha had worked previously. Janet wrote that she had been assigned to an orphanage, but will be leaving for a malaria clinic. She witnessed much hunger and suffering and noted that she received a check from Aunt Mary's [Mary Travilla] Pasadena First Day School. Janet was trying to raise funds to support a vocational school and had given money...

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Handwritten letter on letterhead of Friends International Service, Moscow, Copomuckdobka [?}. Thanked her for donation from the Swarthmore Monthly Meeting Philanthropic Committee. Described th immense suffering and her respect for the Russian people.

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Handwritten after her return to the United States, she was working at Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, as a nurse She was bored and depressed, longed for the excitement of her life in relief work. She made a brief visit with her parents and tried to remember to hold her tongue and be patient. An annotated fragment was enclosed, a rambling draft written 1936 to Nik? after her return to Russia when he rejected her, and her friendship with Natalie also brought disappointment.

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Handwritten from Russia (incomplete). Mentioned her plan to bring a Russian co-worker and her children as well as a Russian medical student.