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Title: Anna Howell Hayward Lisle Papers
Dates: 1934-1957
Dates: circa 2001
Collection number: 2005C64
Creator:
Lisle, Anna Howell Hayward, 1908-2001.
Collection Size:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.6 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Anna Howell Hayward Lisle worked with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and Near East Foundation
relief efforts in Greece from 1944-1946. The papers include correspondence, reports, and photographs, relating to social conditions
and relief work in Greece at the end of World War II.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
The collection is open for research
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Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2005
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
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of boxes listed in this finding aid.
| 1908 | Born, Wayne, Pennsylvania, known to friends and family as "Nancy" |
| 1930-1943 | Teacher, Lower School of the Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |
| 1943 | First expressed interest in working with World War II relief organizations |
| 1944-1945 October | Began working on a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) funded project in rural Greece, and was supported by UNRRA through October 1945 while working for the Congregational Christian Service Committee. |
| 1945 October - 1946 | Began working for the Near East Foundation as Director of Child Welfare for the West Coast |
| 1946 August | Returned to the United States, married Clifton Lisle, and settled in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania for the rest of her life. |
| 2001 November 3 | Died, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania |
Scope and Content of Collection
Anna Howell Hayward Lisle worked with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and Near East Foundation
relief efforts in Greece from 1944-1946. The papers include correspondence, reports, and photographs, relating to social conditions
and relief work in Greece at the end of World War II.
The documentation describes Lisle's work in Greece, focusing on the villages of Patras, Yannina, Konitsa, and Agrinion (not
far from the boarder of Albania) where she was part of an effort to establish youth hostels that hosted local children and
children from nearby mountainous regions for three-month periods. The children were bathed, given clothing, shoes, medicine,
and inoculations. They were taught in schoolroom settings and nourished with a healthy diet. Lisle also collaborated with
many charitable groups, including the General Federation of Women's Clubs, to obtain donations of clothing and other items
for the Greek villagers. In addition, she studied the culture and diet of the region, as evidenced in her reports, notes,
and correspondence.
The collection is organized into three series, Biographical Document, Photographs, and Greek Relief Work.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in Stanford University's online catalog.
World War, 1939-1945, Civilian relief.
World War, 1939-1945, Greece.
International relief.
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
Near East Foundation.