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Hilda P. Holme

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Hilda P. Holme
A white woman with dark hair, wearing a dress with a scooped neckline
Hilda P. Holme, from a 1922 newspaper
BornOctober 1, 1888
DiedMarch 6, 1960(1960-03-06) (aged 71)
Occupation(s)Relief worker, book collector
Parent(s)Pauline Waddington Holme and Richard Henry Holme

Hilda Pauline Holme (October 1, 1888 – March 6, 1960) was an American Quaker relief worker in Europe after World War I, and a book collector.

Early life

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Hilda P. Holme was born in Salem, New Jersey, the daughter of Richard Henry Holme and Pauline Waddington Holme. Her parents were Quakers; her father was a dairyman, and her mother was a noted temperance activist and suffragist.[1][2] As a teenager, Holme served on a schools committee at the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends, along with her mother and older sister.[3] In 1910, following her mother and older sister, she graduated from Vassar College,[4] with further studies at Johns Hopkins University.[5]

Career

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Holme worked in France and Poland doing refugee relief and agricultural reconstruction work with the American Friends Service Committee during and after World War I.[6][7][8] She spoke to American women's clubs when she was home in Baltimore about her work, sometimes sharing examples of typical Polish peasant clothing.[9][10] Some of the photographs she took while doing this work are in the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.[11]

Holme collected hundreds of books, prints and illustrations in her travels, including books illustrated by Gustave Doré, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.[12] She also organized a donation of over 900 children's books to the Warsaw Public Library in 1946.[13][14][15] She donated her collection of books to the Enoch Pratt Free Library in 1954.[16]

Personal life

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Holme's older siblings both died in an automobile accident in 1924.[17] She died in 1960, aged 71 years, at a nursing home in Lutherville, Maryland.[18] Her collection of European folk costumes was donated to the International Center at the West Baltimore branch of the YWCA, and displayed there in 1965 and 1975.[19][20] Her book collections became the Hilda Holme Book Illustration Collection at the Enoch Pratt Free Library,[21] and more than 100 of the illustrations are available through Digital Maryland.[22]

References

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  1. ^ Nathanson, Marsha. "Biographical Sketch of Pauline Waddington Holme". Alexander Street Documents. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  2. ^ "Mrs. P. W. Holme Dies at Residence; Leader of Women's Organizations Dies". The Baltimore Sun. 1940-06-15. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1968) (1905). Minutes of the Proceedings of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends ... Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. p. 76.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Vassar College, Vassarion (1910 yearbook): 65.
  5. ^ University, Johns Hopkins (1925). University Register. p. 902.
  6. ^ "Movements of Workers in France". Friends' Intelligencer: 539. August 24, 1918.
  7. ^ "Will Go Abroad as Nurse". The Baltimore Sun. 1920-12-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Russell, Ruth Anne (1923-03-07). "Women's College Notes". The Evening Journal. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Outlines Need of Poland; Miss H. P. Holme Tells Ad Women Agriculture is Asset". The Baltimore Sun. 1922-01-24. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Describes Condition of Polish Peasants". The Evening Sun. 1921-12-23. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Holme, Hilda P. "Soup kitchen bread (photograph)". Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  12. ^ Breen, Robert G. (1956-02-22). "Illustrations on Display". The Baltimore Sun. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Book Ceremony, Speech Tonight". The Evening Sun. 1946-11-15. p. 41. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Books Donated to Warsaw; International Understanding Sought by Gift". The Baltimore Sun. 1946-11-15. p. 20. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "What They're Doing: Books for Poland". ALA Bulletin. 41 (1): 16. 1947. ISSN 0364-4006. JSTOR 25692647.
  16. ^ "New Library Gift Collection Shows History of Illustration". The Baltimore Sun. 1954-12-18. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "4 Die as Train Crashes into Car at Crossing". The Baltimore Sun. 1924-12-12. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Deaths" Friends Journal (April 2, 1960): 220.
  19. ^ "Folk Art and Costumes". The Baltimore Sun. 1965-12-15. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Costumes on Display". The Evening Sun. 1975-06-24. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Wolk, Joan M. The Hilda P. Holme Illustrated Book Collection finding aid, Enoch Pratt Free Library Special Collections.
  22. ^ "Hilda Holme Book Illustration Collection - Enoch Pratt Free Library". Digital Maryland. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
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