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The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart, 1890 - ca. 1920

Letters on the Laundry

Title: Mission Helpers, Mother Drexel To Mother Joseph, April 4, 1898

Description: In this letter of April 4, 1898, Katharine Drexel describes the reasons for transfering two children from her care to the Mission Helpers.

Contributor: The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Date: April 4, 1898
Title: Mission Helpers, Mother Drexel to Mother Joseph, April 11, 1898

Description: The drama involving Willette Crawford continues in this April 11, 1898 letter.

Contributor: The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Date: April 11, 1898
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Title: Mission Helpers, Mother Drexel to Mother Joseph, March 23, 1900

Description: In this letter of March 23, 1900, Katharine Drexel suggests what ought to be done with one of the children under the Mission Helpers' care.

Contributor: The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Date: March 23, 1900
Title: Mission Helpers, Demetrias to Joseph, September 20, 1901

Description: In this letter of September 20, 1901 Mother Demetrias expresses some of her misgivings regarding the amount of work the children are doing to Mother Joseph.

Contributor: The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Date: September 20, 1901
Title: Mission Helpers, A Parent to Katharine Drexel, August 11, 1904

Description: On August 11, 1904, an angry parent wrote to Katharine Drexel regarding her child.

Contributor: The Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Date: August 11, 1904