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Collection Title CL 131 Mary Stewart Pollock Collection Creator Booth Library
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Provenance: The items in this collection were donated to the Booth Library by Nancy Hoffman Pollock in 2004.
Historical:
Mary Stewart Pollock - Mary Stewart Pollock was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on February 1, 1922, but came to Elmira in 1940 when her step-father became a manager at the Elmira Coca-Cola bottling plant. She attended Gunston Hall Junior College and got a nursing degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. During WWII, she worked for as a secretary for the Automotive Division of the War Production Board and then Bendix-Eclipse before opening a nursery school with her sister in Elmira. In 1951, she applied for the Foreign Service as a secretary and served in Tokyo, Japan (1952-54), Paris, France (1954-57) (1969-73), Reykjavik, Iceland (1959-61), Cairo, Egypt (1961-68), Kinshasa, Zaire (1973-76), Brussels, Belgium (1976-78) and Washington, D.C. (1978-81). She retired in 1981 and returned to Elmira. She died April 9, 2001 and is buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery.
Scope: The Mary Stewart Pollock Papers includes Ms. Pollock's letters home from her various Foreign Service postings, 1952-1981.
Extent
Abstract This collection contains letters sent from Mary Stewart Pollock home to her family in Elmira over the course of her work in the Foreign Service.

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Title Document Box Number Folder Number Location
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her shopping trip with a friend of hers, April 7, 1953. Letter 01 17 06
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japan, April 8, 1953. Letter 01 17 07
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding a trip she is planning during her two weeks leave she signed up for, April 9, 1953. Letter 01 17 08
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the Japanese wedding she attended over the weekend, April 12, 1953. Letter 01 17 09
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding in greater detail the Japanese wedding she attended, April 13, 1953. Letter 01 17 10
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japan, April 14, 1953. Letter 01 17 11
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the horrific dinner she had at a Japanese restuarant, April 15, 1953. Letter 01 17 12
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding two children of a friend she met, April 16, 1953. Letter 01 17 13
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her weekend and a story about a Japanese man in the Embassy, April 19, 1953. Letter 01 17 14
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding a cocktail party she attended with some of her friends from the Embassy, April 20, 1953. Letter 01 17 15
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japan, April 21, 1953. Letter 01 17 16
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japan, April 22, 1953. Letter 01 17 17
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in the Embassy, April 23, 1953. Letter 01 17 18
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her preparations for her trip, April 26, 1953. Letter 01 17 19
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual wishing this person a Happy Mother's Day and explains some of the plan she had for her trip, April 27, 1953. Letter 01 17 20
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her weekend activities, April 30, 1953. Letter 01 17 21
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her trip all around Japan for the past two weeks, May 11, 1953. Letter 01 18 01
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding an incident with a large spider in Kyoto, May 12, 1953. Letter 01 18 02
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japana, May 13, 1953. Letter 01 18 03
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japan, May 14, 1953. Letter 01 18 04
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding a walk she talk along the water and her normal daily activities, May 17, 1953. Letter 01 18 05
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japan, May 18, 1953. Letter 01 18 06
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding a small concert she attended with some friends, May 19, 1953. Letter 01 18 07
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the cuts they are making in the Embassy and how a good number of individuals are being fired, May 20, 1953. Letter 01 18 08
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding more details of her trip and an issue she had with a mouse at a restuarant, May 21, 1953. Letter 01 18 09
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Collection Title	CL 131 Mary Stewart Pollock Collection	Creator	Booth Library
Processed By
Provenance:	The items in this collection were donated to the Booth Library by Nancy Hoffman Pollock in 2004.
Historical:	Mary Stewart Pollock - Mary Stewart Pollock was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on February 1, 1922, but came to Elmira in 1940 when her step-father became a manager at the Elmira Coca-Cola bottling plant. She attended Gunston Hall Junior College and got a nursing degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. During WWII, she worked for as a secretary for the Automotive Division of the War Production Board and then Bendix-Eclipse before opening a nursery school with her sister in Elmira. In 1951, she applied for the Foreign Service as a secretary and served in Tokyo, Japan (1952-54), Paris, France (1954-57) (1969-73), Reykjavik, Iceland (1959-61), Cairo, Egypt (1961-68), Kinshasa, Zaire (1973-76), Brussels, Belgium (1976-78) and Washington, D.C. (1978-81). She retired in 1981 and returned to Elmira. She died April 9, 2001 and is buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery.
Scope:	The Mary Stewart Pollock Papers includes Ms. Pollock's letters home from her various Foreign Service postings, 1952-1981.
Extent
Abstract	This collection contains letters sent from Mary Stewart Pollock home to her family in Elmira over the course of her work in the Foreign Service.

Title	Document	Box Number	Folder Number	Location

Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her shopping trip with a friend of hers, April 7, 1953.	Letter	01	17	06
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japan, April 8, 1953.	Letter	01	17	07
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding a trip she is planning during her two weeks leave she signed up for, April 9, 1953.	Letter	01	17	08
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the Japanese wedding she attended over the weekend, April 12, 1953.	Letter	01	17	09
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding in greater detail the Japanese wedding she attended, April 13, 1953.	Letter	01	17	10
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japan, April 14, 1953.	Letter	01	17	11
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the horrific dinner she had at a Japanese restuarant, April 15, 1953.	Letter	01	17	12
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding two children of a friend she met, April 16, 1953.	Letter	01	17	13
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her weekend and a story about a Japanese man in the Embassy, April 19, 1953.	Letter	01	17	14
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding a cocktail party she attended with some of her friends from the Embassy, April 20, 1953.	Letter	01	17	15
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japan, April 21, 1953.	Letter	01	17	16
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japan, April 22, 1953.	Letter	01	17	17
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in the Embassy, April 23, 1953.	Letter	01	17	18
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her preparations for her trip, April 26, 1953.	Letter	01	17	19
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual wishing this person a Happy Mother's Day and explains some of the plan she had for her trip, April 27, 1953.	Letter	01	17	20
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her weekend activities, April 30, 1953.	Letter	01	17	21
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her trip all around Japan for the past two weeks, May 11, 1953.	Letter	01	18	01
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding an incident with a large spider in Kyoto, May 12, 1953.	Letter	01	18	02
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japana, May 13, 1953.	Letter	01	18	03
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japan, May 14, 1953.	Letter	01	18	04
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding a walk she talk along the water and her normal daily activities, May 17, 1953.	Letter	01	18	05
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her daily life in Japan, May 18, 1953.	Letter	01	18	06
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding a small concert she attended with some friends, May 19, 1953.	Letter	01	18	07
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the cuts they are making in the Embassy and how a good number of individuals are being fired, May 20, 1953.	Letter	01	18	08
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding more details of her trip and an issue she had with a mouse at a restuarant, May 21, 1953.	Letter	01	18	09
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