Rebekah Crawford papers, 1910-1925.

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Rebekah Crawford papers, 1910-1925.

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Correspondence, typed copies of poems, printed material, and newspaper clippings concerning Germany during and following World War I. The main body of letters, 1916-1925, is from Mrs. C. Robert Grimm (Betty). Her letters are revealing about circumstances in Germany and opinions there about the U.S. in war-time and after. Ten letters from John Cresson Trautwine, Jr., 1916-1919, are about Mrs. Grimm after her husband's death, his will, and the problems of sending food supplies to Germany after the war.

0.5 linear ft. ( 1 box)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Grimm, Betty Jane, 1919-1994

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Trautwine, John C. (John Cresson), 1850-1924

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Crawford, Rebekah, ca. 1854-ca. 1940?

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Rebekah Crawford lived in New York City. Mrs. C. Robert Grimm (Betty) was caught in Germany at the outbreak of the War when visiting her husband's family. Mr. Grimm (1849-1916) had moved to the U.S. in 1881, becoming a construction engineer in Philadelphia and New York. After his death in Germany, the War made it impossible for his wife to return to New York. John Cresson Trautwine, Jr. (1850-1924) was a civil engineer in Philadelphia and editor of his father...

Grimm, C. Robert, 1849-1916.

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