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Diary aboard Queen Elizabeth May 28-June 4 1948
written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "European trip, corres., memoirs, 1948") (Swarthmore, PA) (1948) , 32 page(s)
Written as a letter, sent to Betty in Geneva. Brinton and Elma Greenwood traveled on the Queen Elizabeth from New York City to Southampton, England, and then to London. Long description of her luggage, room on the ship. Found Louisa Jacob and Kathleen Regen on the boat. Description of the types of people on th...
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written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "European trip, corres., memoirs, 1948") (Swarthmore, PA) (1948) , 32 page(s)
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Written as a letter, sent to Betty in Geneva. Brinton and Elma Greenwood traveled on the Queen Elizabeth from New York City to Southampton, England, and then to London. Long description of her luggage, room on the ship. Found Louisa Jacob and Kathleen Regen on the boat. Description of the types of people on the boat, books, movies, food. Met a group of young people from Harvard and Bryn Mawr who organized and financed a children’s camp in...
Written as a letter, sent to Betty in Geneva. Brinton and Elma Greenwood traveled on the Queen Elizabeth from New York City to Southampton, England, and then to London. Long description of her luggage, room on the ship. Found Louisa Jacob and Kathleen Regen on the boat. Description of the types of people on the boat, books, movies, food. Met a group of young people from Harvard and Bryn Mawr who organized and financed a children’s camp in France. Reached the Friends International Center in London on 4 June. People from various countries in Western Europe wrote to ask her to come and meet with them, especially those in Germany. Meeting with military authorities. Staying at Friends House in London.
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Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1948
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
Person Discussed
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
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Diary European Trip May - November 1948
written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 3, No Folder) (Swarthmore, PA) (1948) , 180 page(s)
This diary partially overlaps the account of the trip of Ellen Starr Brinton on the Queen Elizabeth and at the Friends House in London found in a previous document, which was sent to Betty in Geneva. Frequently mentions Elma, her traveling companion. Also often mentions the following organizations and meetings:...
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written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 3, No Folder) (Swarthmore, PA) (1948) , 180 page(s)
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This diary partially overlaps the account of the trip of Ellen Starr Brinton on the Queen Elizabeth and at the Friends House in London found in a previous document, which was sent to Betty in Geneva. Frequently mentions Elma, her traveling companion. Also often mentions the following organizations and meetings: F.O.R. (Fellowship of Reconciliation) A.F.S.C. (American Friends Service Committee), Women’s International League for Peace and Freed...
This diary partially overlaps the account of the trip of Ellen Starr Brinton on the Queen Elizabeth and at the Friends House in London found in a previous document, which was sent to Betty in Geneva. Frequently mentions Elma, her traveling companion. Also often mentions the following organizations and meetings: F.O.R. (Fellowship of Reconciliation) A.F.S.C. (American Friends Service Committee), Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Friends Community Centers, Friends House, P.P.U. (Peace Pledge Union), Peace News, International Peace Bureau, Unitarian Service Committee, Peace Palace at the Hague, War Resisters, OMGUS (Office of Military Government, US). Frequently mentions mailing letters to Swarthmore College. Left London for the Hamburg Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom office, then Berlin. Back to England, traveling through various towns and cities, discussion of Peace Committee papers, Indian Conciliation Group papers, and a Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom meeting with the ex-Mayor of Reading and Lady Marian Ellis Parmoor. On 20 June Brinton left for Denmark, met up with Mrs. Cederfield, and went to a Copenhagen Peace Society and United Nations Association meeting. Then on to Germany again, discussion of currency reform; Brinton spoke at a meeting and engaged in a heated debate over America’s failure to help the Jews during World War II and what Germans really thought of Hitler. Notes that the Americans set off fireworks for the Fourth of July, which reminded Germans of air raids and was in incredibly poor taste. Went to the Russian Sector of Berlin, traveled throughout West Germany, Frankfurt, Cologne, Freiberg, Stuttgart, Munich, and then on to Vienna, Zurich, Geneva, Paris, Brussels, The Hague (where she was looking for the Ford Papers in archives), London, and then left for the US.
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Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1948
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
Person Discussed
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
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Diary June - August 1937
written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 3, No Folder) (Swarthmore, PA) (1937) , 80 page(s)
Brinton’s trip throughout Western Europe. Brinton took the Queen Mary to England, traveling mainly with Deborah (Brinton?). Her diary entries are mainly descriptions of sightseeing, dinners with acquaintances, and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom meetings. Mentions meetings for Women’s I...
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written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 3, No Folder) (Swarthmore, PA) (1937) , 80 page(s)
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Brinton’s trip throughout Western Europe. Brinton took the Queen Mary to England, traveling mainly with Deborah (Brinton?). Her diary entries are mainly descriptions of sightseeing, dinners with acquaintances, and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom meetings. Mentions meetings for Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in London. Then went to the Hague, Holland, then Berlin, and Copenhagen. Met with Beth Boll...
Brinton’s trip throughout Western Europe. Brinton took the Queen Mary to England, traveling mainly with Deborah (Brinton?). Her diary entries are mainly descriptions of sightseeing, dinners with acquaintances, and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom meetings. Mentions meetings for Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in London. Then went to the Hague, Holland, then Berlin, and Copenhagen. Met with Beth Bolling at the W.I.L office in Copenhagen. Went to the War Resistors Congress, and tea as a guest of the Mayor of Copenhagen. Then back to Berlin, where she writes about Hitler. Next to Prague, and then to Luhacovice, Czechoslovakia for a Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom conference from July 29-31 (no description of the conference). Brinton hosted by J.A. Bata. Then on to Budapest for International Women’s Week meetings, disappointed by its superficiality. Spends time in Budapest with Mrs. Frommer and Mrs. Cederfield. Met with Countess Albert Apponyi and Augusta Rosenberg who were both bitter about the “Treason Treaty” and the division of Hungary. Met with Henrietta Haimisch in Hungary. On 15 August, Brinton left Vienna for Zurich, went to Simmon’s Center for Peace Work in Zurich. From Zurich, Brinton travelled back and forth between Munich and Berlin, running into trouble with the German Secret Police (Gestapo) over an issue related to Dr. Ludwig Quiddle, who was protesting executions by the Gestapo. Describes a celebration of the anniversary of Berlin, notes the Nazi propaganda. Back to Geneva to the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom headquarters 22 August, met up with Madeleine Doty, visited the League of Nations. On 25 August Brinton went to Paris and then returned to the US.
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Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1937
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
Person Discussed
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
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Letter from Ellen Brinton to Ella Kulka, December 18, 1939
written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) (18 December 1939) , 1 page(s)
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written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) (18 December 1939) , 1 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
18 December 1939, 1939
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
Topic / Theme
Women and Immigration, Nationality Rights
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Letter from Ellen Brinton to Emily Balch, April 28, 1939
written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) (28 April 1939) , 2 page(s)
Brinton sent Balch letters from the Kulka family as well as papers from the Frommer family from Budapest, asking for aid in persuading the US Consul to get them visas. Brinton notes that the problem in attaining visas is quota numbers, rather than relationships in the US or finances. The Kulkas have not arrive...
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written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) (28 April 1939) , 2 page(s)
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Brinton sent Balch letters from the Kulka family as well as papers from the Frommer family from Budapest, asking for aid in persuading the US Consul to get them visas. Brinton notes that the problem in attaining visas is quota numbers, rather than relationships in the US or finances. The Kulkas have not arrived in the US and Brinton questions whether their affidavits as friends are not good enough, since they are not the Kulkas’s relatives....
Brinton sent Balch letters from the Kulka family as well as papers from the Frommer family from Budapest, asking for aid in persuading the US Consul to get them visas. Brinton notes that the problem in attaining visas is quota numbers, rather than relationships in the US or finances. The Kulkas have not arrived in the US and Brinton questions whether their affidavits as friends are not good enough, since they are not the Kulkas’s relatives. Brinton sent a letter to the Prague consul on behalf of the Kulkas but assumes it will not help. Refugees from Nazism.
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Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
28 April 1939, 1939
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
Topic / Theme
Women and Immigration, Nationality Rights
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Letter from Ellen Brinton to Emily Balch, April 28, 1941
written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) (28 April 1941) , 2 page(s)
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written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) (28 April 1941) , 2 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
28 April 1941, 1941
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
Topic / Theme
Women and Immigration, Nationality Rights
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Letter from Ellen Brinton to Emily Balch, February 3, 1939
written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) , 2 page(s)
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written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) , 2 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1939
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
Topic / Theme
Women and Immigration, Nationality Rights
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Letter from Ellen Brinton to Emily Balch, February 9, 1939
written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) , 2 page(s)
Written from Nerberth, Pennsylvania. Brinton agrees to sign for Ella Kulka and to find someone to sign for her cousin, in order to get them to America by the springtime. Brinton asks whether to send the papers to Balch or to Czechoslovakia. Refugees from Nazism.
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written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) , 2 page(s)
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Written from Nerberth, Pennsylvania. Brinton agrees to sign for Ella Kulka and to find someone to sign for her cousin, in order to get them to America by the springtime. Brinton asks whether to send the papers to Balch or to Czechoslovakia. Refugees from Nazism.
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1939
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
Topic / Theme
Women and Immigration, Nationality Rights
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Letter from Ellen Brinton to Emily Balch, March 6, 1940
written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) , 2 page(s)
Brinton is concerned for Ella Kulka who faces a long delay in getting an American visa. Brinton thinks she should start looking elsewhere. Rosa Kulka now has Mrs. Lewis’s papers and hopes to see Brinton and Balch soon, but is still uneasy about ever getting to the US. The Kulkas have not heard from their famil...
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written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) , 2 page(s)
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Brinton is concerned for Ella Kulka who faces a long delay in getting an American visa. Brinton thinks she should start looking elsewhere. Rosa Kulka now has Mrs. Lewis’s papers and hopes to see Brinton and Balch soon, but is still uneasy about ever getting to the US. The Kulkas have not heard from their family in Poland. Refugees from Nazism.
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
Topic / Theme
Women and Immigration, Nationality Rights
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Letter from Ellen Brinton to Emily Balch, October 7, 1940
written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) , 2 page(s)
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written by Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954, in Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980, of Swarthmore College Peace Collection (Box 1, Folder "Czechoslovakia: corres. among ESB, E.G. Balch, and Kulka, Pollak, and Siebenstein families, 1939-1941") (Swarthmore, PA) , 2 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Ellen Starr Brinton, 1886-1954
Topic / Theme
Women and Immigration, Nationality Rights
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