Inventory of the Polish Grey Samaritans records

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff and Sara Ramsey
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Title: Polish Grey Samaritans records
Date (inclusive): 1918-1965
Collection Number: 57026
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (4.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, reports, correspondence, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to relief activities carried out in Poland at the end of World War I, and to conditions in Poland at that time. Includes memoirs by Martha Gedgowd and Amy Pryor Tapping, members of the Polish Grey Samaritans.
Creator: Gedgowd, Martha
Creator: Tapping, Amy Pryor
Creator: Polish Grey Samaritans
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1957.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Polish Grey Samaritans records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Organization of Polish-American women relief workers.

Scope and Content of Collection

Memoirs, reports, correspondence, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to relief activities carried out in Poland at the end of World War I, and to conditions in Poland at that time. Includes memoirs by Martha Gedgowd and Amy Pryor Tapping, members of the Polish Grey Samaritans.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Polish Americans
World War, 1914-1918 -- Poland
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
International relief
Poland -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
Poland -- Social conditions

box 1, folder 1

"Preparation for Polish Grey's in USA," 1918-1919

drawer G18

"Preparation for Polish Grey's in USA" (continued)

box 1, folder 2

Amy Tapping documents and photos of Grey Ladies circa 1919

box 1, folder 3

First trip correspondence and pamphlets circa 1920

box 1, folder 4

Background materials and booklist circa 1920

Scope and Contents note

Includes "The Polish Grey Samaritans - An Adventure in Americanization"
box 1, folder 5

"The First American Peace Corps," May, 1920

Scope and Contents note

The Polish Greys Become Acquainted with the American Relief Administration (ARA). The Polish Greys Become Permanent Members of the A.R.A
box 1, folder 6

Poland food distribution correspondence, relief work reports, and maps September 1920

box 1, folder 7

Polish G.S. General circa 1920, 1934, 1944, 1957

Scope and Contents note

Newspaper clippings, personal accounts, letters; From Poland to Africa
box 1, folder 8

"How the Polish Grey Samaritains Met the Bolshevik Advance into Poland" manuscript July, 1922

box 1, folder 9

Amy Tapping correspondence 1963-1964

box 1, folder 10

Polish Grey Ladies, Amy Tapping correspondence 1964-1965

box 1, folder 11

Luncheon in Honor of the Polish Grey Samaritans Unit of the Y.W.C.A, invitation and correspondence 15 August 1921

box 1, folder 12

Polish Grey Samaritans, expenses and financial reports 1923

box 1, folder 13

Clothing distributions December 1919

box 1, folder 14

Kopeck's illness payment circa 1922

box 1, folder 15

Cablegrams circa 1922

box 2, folder 1

Amy Tapping, official documents 1919-1922

box 2, folder 2

Bulletins and correspondence providing accounts of individual Grey Samaritans members and their role in Poland circa 1922

box 2, folder 3

Correspondence, travel arrangements, and reports 1920-1925

box 2, folder 4

Martha Gedgowd's account of her experiences in Poland 1919-1923

box 2, folder 5-6

Reports and experiences of Polish Grey Samaritans circa 1920

Scope and Contents note

Includes Felicia Krotaviez and Mary Andrezsy, among others
box 2, folder 7

Correspondence, reports, experiences circa 1921

box 2, folder 8

"The Story of the Polish Grey Samaritans," August 1920 - July 1922

Scope and Contents note

Includes description of their last two years in Poland
box 3, folder 1-2

Notebook with personal accounts of the Polish Grey Samaritans, Monitor Polish Daily blank notebook 11 November 1941

box 3, folder 3

"The Problem of Cieszyn Silesia: Facts and Documents," October 1943

box 3, folder 4

Accounts notebook 2 October 1920

box 3, folder 5

"American Relief Administration European Children's Fund Mission to Poland," publication including statistics, goals, and accomplishments 1919-1922

box 3, folder 6

Martha Graczyk notebook and reports undated

box 4, folder 1

Martha Graczyk notebook and reports (contd.) undated

box 4, folder 2

Emily Graves, photographs and descriptions of Warsaw 1920-1922

box 4, folder 3

Photographs, general undated

box 4, folder 4

Photographs and postcards of soldiers, and the Polish Grey Samaritans Lodge 1919-1921

box 4, folder 5

Photographs of groups, ships, the Statue of Liberty, and reunions, and correspondence from Martha Graczyk circa 1919, 1933

box 4, folder 6

Photographs of a YMCA school room undated

 

Photograph albums undated

box 5, folder 1

Album cover undated

box 5, folder 2

Loose photographs from album undated

box 5, folder 3

Daily activities in Germany and France undated

box 5, folder 4

Daily activities in Warsaw circa 1919

box 5, folder 5

A.R.A children's food kitchen and miscellaneous undated

box 5, folder 6

Harvest, prisoners, miscellany undated

box 5, folder 7

Polish villages undated

box 5, folder 8

Anna Kopec, Helen Mielcarrer, and miscellany undated