Edith Forsythe Sharpless Letters, 1910-1952 (bulk 1941).

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Edith Forsythe Sharpless Letters, 1910-1952 (bulk 1941).

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Edith Sharpless' letters to Lydia Cope Sharpless, Fred and Louise Sharpless and John and Edward Rich begin with her shipboard letter en route to Japan, descriptions of the way in which foreigners, including missionaries, were living, Japanese customs and culture and Sharpless' efforts to apply the knowledge to her behavior; referring to Robert Simkin, a Haverford College missionary in China (Feb. 4, 1911); Japan Yearly Meeting; teaching duties; impact of a flood (July 27, 1941); making decisions about whether to stay in Japan with the help of Ayusawa, Hirakawa and others (Aug. 4, 1941); references to the Bowles'; impact of the war on community of foreigners, and living in Japan when most foreigners have left; also one photograph of Edith Sharpless with friends.

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Hirakawa, Seiju, 1874-

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Japan Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends)

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Rich, Edward Percy.

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Robert Stevens was president of Haverford College, 1978-1987. Edward Rich, a Quaker, was a member of Haverford College class of 1953. From the description of TLS, 1984 July 7, Memphis, TN to Robert Stevens. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 226398894 ...

Simkin, Robert, 1897-1958.

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Sharpless, Louise Sangree, b. 1886.

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Sharpless, Frederic Cope, 1880-1971.

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Frederick C. Sharpless was a member of the Haverford College Class of 1900. From the description of Letters of Fred C. Sharpless to his mother from England. 1903. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 7787483 ...

Bowles, Minnie, 1868-1958

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The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. Gilbert Bowles was born on October 16, 1869 to Iowa Quaker farmers, Ephraim and Elizabeth Epperson Bowles, and educated at the Jewell County School for teacher training and Northbranch Friends Academy. He taught at various schools before returning to college and earning his BA and MA from William Penn College, Iowa, and his PhD from the University of Chicago, Illinois. Minnie Macy P...

Sharpless, Lydia Trimble Cope, 1857-1952.

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Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960

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The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. Gilbert Bowles was born on October 16, 1869 to Iowa Quaker farmers, Ephraim and Elizabeth Epperson Bowles, and educated at the Jewell County School for teacher training and Northbranch Friends Academy. He taught at various schools before returning to college and earning his BA and MA from William Penn College, Iowa, and his PhD from the University of Chicago, Illinois. Minnie Macy P...

Ayusawa, Iwao, 1894-1972

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Iwao F. Ayusawa, international labor specialist, Friend, was a graduate of Haverford College (1917) and Columbia University (1920). He worked for the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for many years, first in Geneva, Switzerland and later as director of ILO's Tokyo branch office. After WWII he served on Japan's Central Labor Relations Board. In 1952 he joined the International Christian University in Tokyo (Kokusai Kirisutokyō Daigaku) as Professor of Labor. The author of many publication...

Rich, John Frederick, 1902-

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