M5 Finding aid prepared by Miriam B. Spectre, Melissa Torquato. Last updated on July 16, 2014. Bryn Mawr College 2000
Table of Contents Summary Information...3 Biography/History...4 Scope and Contents... 4 Administrative Information... 5 Controlled Access Headings...6 Collection Inventory... 7 Correspondence...7 Other Papers...11 - Page 2 -
Summary Information Repository Bryn Mawr College Creator Haskins, Dorothy North, 1886-1962 Title Dorothy North Haskins papers, 1905-1958 Call number M5 Date [inclusive] 1905-1969 Extent 2 linear feet (4 boxes) Language English Abstract Dorothy North Haskins (1886-1962), BMC 1909, was a relief worker in France, Austria, and Chicago during and after WWI, acting as part of the American Friends Service Committee. The Papers include many letters written during this time, official reports and documents on relief work, diaries, and phototgraphs. Cite as: Dorothy North Haskins papers, Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library - Page 3 -
Biography/History Dorothy North Haskins, a relief worker, was born in Chicago on 13 November 1886. She attended the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and then attended Bryn Mawr College (Class of 1909), where she majored in history and economics. One of her classmates was Anna Marcet Haldeman, niece of Jane Addams, who founded the Chicago settlement house, Hull House; Addams also lectured at Bryn Mawr in 1908. After graduation, Haskins went to Hull House, where she worked from 1910 until the summer of 1917. That fall, she began her affiliation with the American Friends Service Committee, traveling to France to serve as a relief worker. She returned to Chicago in January 1919, but after five months she went back to France. In January 1920, Haskins transferred to Austria, where she worked until November. She again returned to Chicago, but then re-enlisted in June 1921 and went back to Austria, where she worked until May 1922. Haskins then transferred to Russia, where she did relief work until March 1923, when she again returned to Chicago. Haskins married Sidney G. Haskins in 1934 and moved with him to Ongar, Essex County, England in 1935, where she served as President of the Women's Institute from 1936 to 1948. During World War II, she served with the Women's Voluntary Service, working with evacuees. The Haskins returned to Lake Forest, Illinois in 1949. She died there on December 2, 1962. Scope and Contents The Dorothy North Haskins papers document Haskins' career as a relief worker in France, Austria, and Russia. The papers span the years 1905 to 1958, but the bulk of the material is from 1917 to 1923. The collection is organized into two series: Correspondence and Other Papers. Series I, Correspondence, is organized into three subseries: Outgoing, Incoming, and Third Party. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically. The majority of the outgoing letters are to Haskins' mother, Elizabeth Holmes North, covering the years 1919 to 1923. The second largest group of letters is to Haskins' sister, Helen Brigham North, and span 1918 to 1920. There is a small group of letters from the same time period that are addressed to other relief workers who were also Haskins' friends. Haskins' letters contain detailed descriptions of her daily relief work in France, Austria, and Russia, where she distributed food and clothing, among other activities. The incoming letters are from Haskins' friends and colleagues, describing their own work and keeping her informed about their activities. This subseries includes a number of letters from Jane Addams, who had supervised Haskins' work at Hull House; Addams thanks Haskins for her continuing support of Hull House and commends her on her relief work. The Third Party letters include a letter from Addams to Haskins' mother, Elizabeth Holmes North, regarding the Chicago Woman's Club; a few letters to North regarding Haskins' trip to Russia; and several letters, some transcripts, between Haskins' colleagues. See M.A. thesis by Judith Regueiro, "The Papers of Dorothy - Page 4 -
North: Famine Relief in Russia" (1985), for description and transcription of some letters focusing on travel to Russia. Series II, Other Papers, is organized into five subseries: Accounts, Reports, and Articles; Journals of Dorothy North Haskins; Journal of Elizabeth Holmes North; Photographs; and Other Materials. The first subseries consists of accounts, reports, and articles written by Haskins and by her colleagues about their relief work. Many of the writings were meant for publicity purposes in order to solicit funds for further relief work by the American Friends Service Committee. Some are internal notes and reports. The second subseries contains Haskins' journals from 1905 to 1924. The journals vary from commonplace books to detailed descriptions to line-a-day entries. The third subseries contains a journal by Haskins' mother, Elizabeth Holmes North, from 1915 to 1922, which consists of a few lines of notes for each day that is entered, although not all days are represented. The photographs consist of snapshots, presumably by Haskins, of scenes and people in France, Austria, and Russia, from 1917 to 1923. In addition, there are snapshots of Haskins herself, spanning the years from 1917 to the 1950s. There are also two studio portraits that belonged to Haskins' friend, Olive M. Lesley, one of historian Charles Guignebert and one of pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski. Also in this series are other materials collected by Haskins, such as her 1934 certificate of marriage, materials regarding the North Family cemetery plot, and three pins from the Foreign Service and the American Red Cross, among other items. Administrative Information Bryn Mawr College 2000 Finding aid prepared by Miriam B. Spectre, Melissa Torquato. Access Restrictions This collection is open for research. Use Restrictions The Dorothy North Haskins papers is the physical property of the Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Immediate Source of Acquisition note Gift of Sidney G. Haskins, 1982. - Page 5 -
Controlled Access Headings Corporate Name(s) American Friends Service Committee. Society of Friends. Personal Name(s) Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 Subject(s) International relief -- Austria International relief -- France International relief -- Russia - Page 6 -
Correspondence Collection Inventory Correspondence, 1911-1950. Outgoing, 1918-1923. 1 1 1-17 1-12 Darling, Maurice, 1923. 1 1 Dudin, Dmitre, 1923 Mar 27. 1 1 Stored in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folder 17 Dupee, Helen, 1922 Dec 15. 1 1 Herkner, Anne, 1922. 1 1 Lesley, Olive M., 1918 Jan 31. 1 1 Hurley, Beulah A., 1920 Nov 24. 1 1 Norment, Caroline G., 1922 Jul 31. 1 1 North, Elizabeth Holmes, 1919-1923. 1 2-9 Stored also in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folder 18 - Page 7 -
Incoming North, Helen Brigham, 1918 Feb-1920 Feb. 1 10-11 i.e., to "Sophie." Letter dated 1918 May 20 encloses copy of letter from Olive Lesley, 1918 May 6. Stored also in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folder 19 Parris, Stanley, 1922 Jul 20. 1 12 Price, Miss, 1921 Jul 20. 1 12 Thomas, Wilbur, 1920. 1 12 White, N. C., 1918 May 19. 1 12 ----, Ann, 1921 Aug 22. 1 12 Unidentified, [1919?] Sep 30, n.d. 1 12 Incoming, 1911-1950. 1 13-16 Addams, Jane, 1912-1922. 1 13 Amend, Katharine H., 1923, n.d. 1 1 14 13 Dudin, Dmetri, 1923-1927. 1 14 Stored also in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folder 20 - Page 8 -
Incoming D---, Harry, 1919 Aug 1. 1 14 Federation of Essex Women's Institutes, 1950 Mar 7. 1 14 Encloses poem. Fodor, F., 1922 Dec 21. 1 14 Encloses lace. Forsyth, Anne, [1923 Feb]. 1 14 Encloses letter from The Atlantic Monthly to Forsyth, 1923 Feb 28. Hurley, Beulah A., 1921-1922, n.d. 1 15 Iredale, Eleanor, 1920 Dec 18. 1 15 Lesley, Olive M., [1918]. 1 15 Nett, Eleanor Griffin, 1921 Dec 31. 1 15 North, Helen Brigham, 1923 Jan 2. 1 15 The Pilgrim Press, 1911 Nov 25. 1 15 Rickman, John, 1922 Apr 8. 1 15 - Page 9 -
Third Party Tuhm, M. Romana, 1920 Dec 5. 1 15 In German. Vail, Edwin, 1923 Nov 4. 1 15 Walker, Sydnor H., 1922-1923. 1 15 Wilson, Francesca M., 1922 Aug 22. 1 15 ----, Ada, 1919 Dec 29. 1 16 Unidentified, 1923, n.d. 1 16 Third Party, 1914-1922. 1 17 Addams, Jane to Elizabeth Holmes North, 1914 Jan 22. 1 17 American Friends Service Committee to Elizabeth Holmes North, 1922. 1 17 Lesley, Olive M. to Helen B. North, 1918 Jan-Aug. 1 17 Lesley, Olive M. to E---, 1918 Mar 28. 1 17 Triebert, Lora Arlene to "Dear Little Friend", 1921 Aug 5. 1 17 Union Special Machine Company to Elizabeth Holmes North, 1922 Jun 14. 1 17 ----, Enid to Beulah A. Hurley, n.y. Nov 23. 1 17 - Page 10 -
Other Papers Other Papers, 1905-1958. Accounts, Reports, and Articles, 1918-1958. 2-4 2 2-4 1-10 Haskins, Dorothy North. Accounts, reports, and articles, 1918-1923, n.d. 2 1-7 Filed chronologically. Undated works filed alphabetically at end. Stored also in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folder 21 Other people. Accounts, reports, and articles, 1919-1958, n.d. 2 8-10 Filed alphabetically by author. Anonymous works filed chronologically at end. Stored also in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folder 22 Amend, Katharine H., 1923 Jan 11. 2 8 "Quaker Conversations". 2 8 "Two bobbing side-cars fly about in Vienna...". 2 8 Chambers, Blanche E., 1920 Jul. 2 8 "The policy of the Friends Mission is to help...". "During June, July and August 38 Holiday Homes...", 1920 Mar 3. 2 8 "St. Antonius Holiday Home at Stetten.", 1920 Sep 7. 2 8 - Page 11 -
Accounts, Reports, and Articles Cope, Thomas Pym, n.d. 2 8 "Amour.". 2 8 Glover, L. 2 8 "If We Forget.", 1919 Jul 5. 2 8 Hazeltine, Olive. 2 8 "Notes on Austria", 1920 Dec 24. 2 8 Hurley, Beulah A. 2 8 "Opening of work of American section in Sorochinskaya", 1921 Dec 27. 2 8 "Russian Hymns From the Volga River valley.", n.d. 2 8 Hurley, D.A. 2 8 "Miscellaneous News Items.", 1921. 2 8 Kelley, Florence. 2 8 "Women's International League for Peace and Freedom", 1921 Jul 10-16. 2 8 - Page 12 -
Accounts, Reports, and Articles Lawson, B.G. 2 8 "You ask me to give you a short description...", 1920 Dec 1. 2 8 Nadya. 2 2 "My Memories of Russia", n.d. 2 2 8 9 8 9 Neumann, Hilda. 2 9 "Notes and Impressions from the Montessori Home at Vienna, Grinzing.", n.d. 2 9 Seeliger, Adele. 2 9 "Dear Madam: Have the kindness to allow me to write this letter..." Asking for aid for her kindergarten. 2 9 Smith, Jessica. 2 9 "A Visit to the Bashkirs", 1923 Jul 31. 2 9 Wilson, Francesca M. 2 9 "Vienna.", 1920 Jul. 2 9 - Page 13 -
Accounts, Reports, and Articles "Oriental Serbia.", n.d. 2 9 "The 'Wienerin'.", n.d. 2 9 Anonymous. 2 10 "St. Antonius Holidy Home Address to the Mission", 1920 Aug 27. 2 10 "Austrian Students Relief Work, September-December 1920.", 1920. 2 10 "Minutes of Executive Committee held 11th, November, 1920.", 1920, Nov 11. 2 10 "Dear Sirs, Before I express my thanks to you..." Thanks for assistance in replacing dentistry tools., 1921, Jan. 2 10 "The Challenge of the Present Situation in the Social Order.", n.d. 2 10 "Ein wenig su Schwer liegt der schwache Federkiel..., n.d. 2 10 '"nepriatnost" occurred it was to their shame.' Single sheet, begins in the middle of a letter; later pages apparently missing., n.d. 2 10 "Riga Agreement". 2 10 - Page 14 -
Journals of Dorothy North Haskins Journals of Dorothy North Haskins, 1905-1924. 2-3 Journal, holograph, 1905. 2 11-13 Includes poems, quotations, and notes. With loose pages, clippings, one photograph of two women sitting outside, and "The Dance of the Seasons" by Harriet Monroe (Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour Co., 1911). "Memorandum book," journal, holograph, 1907 Sep 22-1908 Jun 5. 2 14 "Record," journal, holograph, 1912 Apr 25-1916 Apr 23. 3 1 "A Line a Day," journal, holograph, 1914 Mar 10-1918 Oct 29. 3 2 Journal, holograph, 1916 Apr 14-Dec 30. 3 3 Journal pages, holograph, 1916 Jun. 3 4 "A Line a Day," journal, holograph, 1921 Jan 1-1924 May 25. 3 5 With loose pages dated 1921 Mar 9. "Reporter's Note Book," journal, holograph, 1921 Jun 24-1922 Nov 5. 3 6 With loose pages dated 1919-1920. Journal pages, typescript carbon, 1921 Nov 22-1922 Jan 18. 3 7 - Page 15 -
Journal of Elizabeth Holmes North Journal pages, holograph, n.d. 3 8 Journal of Elizabeth Holmes North. 4 1 "Daylogue for All Years," journal, holograph, 1915 Oct 2-1922 Sep 16. 4 1 Photographs, 1917-1930. 4 2-6 Alaska. Two prints, [191-?]. 4 2 Austria. People and scenes, forty prints. 4 3 Some annotated on back. With two postcards. Includes photographs of Austrian Student Relief. France. People and scenes, twenty prints, [1917-1919]. 4 4 Some annotated on back. Guignebert, Charles. Studio portrait by E.-C. Templier, Paris, 1926 Oct 24. 4 4 Inscribed to Olive M. Lesley. Stored in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folder 23 - Page 16 -
Photographs Haskins, Dorothy North, 1917-1930. 4 5 In France. Seven prints, [1917-1919]. 4 5 Some annotated on back. In Russia. Four prints, [1922-1923]. 4 5 In Austria. Two Prints, [1919-1922], 1921 Jul. 4 5 One annotated on back. In unidentified locations. Three prints, [1920s-1930s]. 4 5 At Northcroft (Lake Forest, Ill.). Two prints, [193-]. 4 5 With Bryn Mawr College alumnae in Booth Bay Harbor, Me, [195-]. 4 5 Standing with Sidney G. Haskins in front of fountain at Northcroft (3 copies), [195-]. 4 5 Paderewski, Ignace Jan. Studio portrait by Hartsook, San Francisco- Los Angeles, [ca. 192-]. 4 5 Signed. Stored in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folder 23 Russia. People and scenes, eleven prints, [1922-1923]. 4 6 - Page 17 -
Other Materials Other Materials, 1910-1948. 4 7-15 American Red Cross, New Britain, Connecticut Chapter. Notice regarding comfort bag, n.d. 4 7 Clipping of cartoon of figure chained by "guerre", n.d. 4 7 Haskins, Dorothy North, 1922-1934. 4 7-9 Certificate of marriage to Sidney Gatter Haskins, 1934 Oct 13. 4 7 Concert program, in German, n.d. 4 8 Hungarian postcards, some annotated, n.d. 4 8 Russian relief work with American Friends Service Committee. Materials regarding, 1922. 4 9 North Family cemetery plot. Materials regarding, 1910-1969. 4 10 Ongar Women's Institute. Booklet signed by members, 1948. With letter dated 1948 Oct 21. 4 4 11 10 Pins, three, n.d. 4 12 "Foreign Service". 4 12 "American Red Cross. Great Britain". 4 12 - Page 18 -
Other Materials "Service. American Red Cross". 4 12 Prints of winter scenes, one labeled "still caged", [1919?]. 4 13 Society of Friends' Relief Missions in Europe. International Service Bulletin, no. 6, 1921 Mar. 4 13 The Survey: Russia Today and Tomorrow, Vol. XLIX, No. 11, 1923 Mar 1. 4 13 1923 Mar 1 Materials collected by DNH on trips to Europe, n.d. 4 14-15 - Page 19 -