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Formal title:: Martha and Waitstill Sharp Collection
Extent:: 24 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1905-2005 (1939-1999)
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
Collection call no:: MS.2011.008

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