Smith College Relief Unit Records 1889-1997

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Smith College Relief Unit Records 1889-1997

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The Smith College Relief Unit was founded in 1917 to bring relief to those areas of France that were most devastated during the first World War. The records include letters, journals, photographs and albums, correspondence with the War Service Board and information about the reconstruction.

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Hawes, Harriet Boyd, 1871-1945

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Smith College, Class of 1892. Smith College, M.A., 1901. Taught Greek archaeology at Smith College, 1900-1906. Married Charles Henry Hawes, 1906. Director, Smith College Relief Unit in France, 1917-1918. Weslesley College, lecturer in Ancient Art, 1920-1936. From the description of Harriet Boyd Hawes papers, 1871-1945. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 51171637 Harriet Boyd Hawes was born on October 11, 1871 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was educated at the P...

Smith College Relief Unit

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The Smith College Relief Unit was founded in 1917 by Harriet Boyd Hawes (1892) to bring relief to those areas of France that were most devastated during the First World War. With a pledge of $30,000 from alumnae, Hawes set off with seventeen other Smith graduates for France. Their base was the village of Grecourt in the Somme Valley. They provided relief supplies and started the process of rebuilding. In March 1918 a German offensive forced them to leave Grecourt and move to Beauvais. By 1918 th...