| Creator: | Hurlbutt, Mary Emerson, 1888- |
| Title: | Hurlbutt mss. |
| Collection No.: | LMC 1525 |
| Dates: | 1919-1920 |
| Quantity: | Quantity: 1 folio |
| Abstract: | The Hurlbutt mss., 1919-1920, consists of letters from Mary Emerson Hurlbutt, 1888-1980, social service worker, to her family from the Czechoslovak Republic where she was serving with the Survey of Prague. |
| Location: | Lilly - Folio |
| Language: | Materials are in Czech and English. |
| Repository: | Lilly Library 1200 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500 Business Number: 812-855-2452 liblilly@indiana.edu URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library |
Mary Emerson Hurlbutt, 1888-1980, was a social service worker from Stamford, Connecticut. She received her bachelor's degree from Vassar College and her master's from Columbia University. She specialized in social welfare and health and served as dean of the Czech-American summer training school for social work under the auspices of the American Young Women's Christian Association. She is the author of Sociální péče o jednotlivce v Praze [Social welfare of individuals in Prague] (1920).
The Hurlbutt mss., 1919-1920, consists of letters from Mary Emerson Hurlbutt, 1888-1980, social service worker, to her family from the Czechoslovak Republic where she was serving with the Survey of Prague. The letters convey personal news to her family, describe her work, the economic conditions in the Czecholoslovak Republic and in Vienna, and the relief work of the Society of Friends. Included are letters describing her trip from the United States to Prague in 1919 with visits to London and Paris en route and a trip to Italy in January, 1920.
Collection size: 27 items
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[Item], Hurlbutt mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Gift: 1964