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.
Hilda P. Holme | |
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 Hilda P. Holme, from a 1922 newspaper | |
| Born | October 1, 1888 |
| Died | March 6, 1960 (aged 71) |
| Occupation(s) | Relief worker, book collector |
| Parent(s) | Pauline Waddington Holme and Richard Henry Holme |
Early life
editHilda 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
editHolme 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
editHolme'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
edit- ^ Nathanson, Marsha. "Biographical Sketch of Pauline Waddington Holme". Alexander Street Documents. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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) - ^ Vassar College, Vassarion (1910 yearbook): 65.
- ^ University, Johns Hopkins (1925). University Register. p. 902.
- ^ "Movements of Workers in France". Friends' Intelligencer: 539. August 24, 1918.
- ^ "Will Go Abroad as Nurse". The Baltimore Sun. 1920-12-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Russell, Ruth Anne (1923-03-07). "Women's College Notes". The Evening Journal. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Describes Condition of Polish Peasants". The Evening Sun. 1921-12-23. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Holme, Hilda P. "Soup kitchen bread (photograph)". Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ Breen, Robert G. (1956-02-22). "Illustrations on Display". The Baltimore Sun. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Book Ceremony, Speech Tonight". The Evening Sun. 1946-11-15. p. 41. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Books Donated to Warsaw; International Understanding Sought by Gift". The Baltimore Sun. 1946-11-15. p. 20. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "What They're Doing: Books for Poland". ALA Bulletin. 41 (1): 16. 1947. ISSN 0364-4006. JSTOR 25692647.
- ^ "New Library Gift Collection Shows History of Illustration". The Baltimore Sun. 1954-12-18. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "4 Die as Train Crashes into Car at Crossing". The Baltimore Sun. 1924-12-12. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Deaths" Friends Journal (April 2, 1960): 220.
- ^ "Folk Art and Costumes". The Baltimore Sun. 1965-12-15. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Costumes on Display". The Evening Sun. 1975-06-24. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-05-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wolk, Joan M. The Hilda P. Holme Illustrated Book Collection finding aid, Enoch Pratt Free Library Special Collections.
- ^ "Hilda Holme Book Illustration Collection - Enoch Pratt Free Library". Digital Maryland. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
External links
edit- H. P. Holme, "Not much left but courage + hope" (1919 photograph), in the Quaker Historical Library at Swarthmore College
- Rufus Matthew Jones, A service of love in war time : American Friends relief work in Europe, 1917-1919 (Macmillan 1920).