Martha and Waitstill Sharp Collection (MS.2011.008)
Brown University Library
Box ABrown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu
Collection Overview
| Title: | Martha and Waitstill Sharp Collection |
| Date range: | 1905-2005, (1939-1999) |
| Creator: | Sharp, Waitstill Hastings |
| Extent: | 24 Linear Feet 63 boxes (36 document boxes, 10 small card file boxes, 2 large card file boxes, 19 1-size box, 1 2-size box) |
| Abstract: | This collection contains records of the relief work of Martha (Dickie) Sharp (1905-1999) and Waitstill Sharp (1902-1983), European delegates of the Unitarian Service Committee (USC) in Czechoslovakia, France, Portugal, and Israel before, during, and after WWII. The bulk concern their humanitarian efforts between 1939 and 1944; their assistance to refugees after the war (1944–1950); and Martha Sharp's postwar life, including her campaign for Congress, her involvement in interfaith efforts to bring Jewish refugee children to Israel, her assistance to charitable organizations, and her service on the board of and in fundraising for the Zionist women's organization Hadassah (1948–1999). The date range for the collection is 1905-2005 with the bulk dated between 1939-1999. |
| Repository: | John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts |
| Collection number: | MS.2011.008 |
