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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 new job in the Foreign Service and a movie she went to see, December 1, 1955. Letter 02 17 01
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her boss' criticism of her, her new plans for Chirstmas, and her weekend activities, December 5, 1955. Letter 02 17 02
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the Ambassador's Chirstmas party and a small operetta she attended, December 11, 1955. Letter 02 17 03
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding all of the work she has to do, Christmas, and an opera she went to over the weekend, December 11, 1955. Letter 02 17 04
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the Comedie Francasie she attended and the packages she received in the mail, December 13, 1955. Letter 02 17 05
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her gas rations and the Ambassador's home to pick up a friend, December 15, 1955. Letter 02 17 06
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding flowers she purchased, a disasters trip to a party where she got lost, and dinner with a friend she attended, December 18, 1955. Letter 02 17 07
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding Christmas plans, a tree she bought for the apartment, and the china and glass set she bought for Christmas dinner, December 18, 1955. Letter 02 17 08
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the car designs she saw in the fall and how her Christmas dinner was a success, December 28, 1955. Letter 02 17 09
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her Christmas dinner and where she went on Christmas Eve, December 28, 1955. Letter 02 17 10
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding dinner with a friend and her child and her dirty car, December 29, 1955. Letter 02 17 11
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her Christmas gifts from friends and family, her disappointment with the carols at the mass she attended and busy week, December 30, 1955. Letter 02 17 12
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding all the work she has to do, her thoughts on moving to another apartment, and the issue with the telephone, January 12, 1956. Letter 02 18 01
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her troubles with the fog and her car battery, January 18, 1956. Letter 02 18 02
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the lack of progress with the telephone, customs issues, and her co-worker is leaving, January 24, 1956. Letter 02 18 03
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual informing them that she will not be getting a telephone and about her lazy weekend, January 25, 1956. Letter 02 18 04
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding all the mail she received, her bad day at work, and concern for the unknown individual's impending operation, Feburary 1, 1956. Letter 02 19 01
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individualregarding her car radiator over heating and the cold front that is coming through next week, Feburary 2, 1956. Letter 02 19 02
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her car troubles, the trouble she had in getting it back and the birthday dinner she went on with friends, Feburary 6, 1956. Letter 02 19 03
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her weekend and some problems with the people who do her laundry, Feburary 13, 1956. Letter 02 19 04
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her trip to Switzerland that she took with some friends and issues with her boss, March 10, 1956. Letter 02 20 01
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding three new friends she has made on the ship she is on, January 5, 1957. Letter 02 21 01
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the family connection with her boss Mr. Wallner and that she is finally getting a phone installed, January 10, 1956. Letter 02 21 02
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the gas rationing in France and the general unhappiness of the French towards Americans, January 12, 1957. Letter 02 21 03
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the possible revolution in France, DeGaulle possibly taking office, and the potatoe tax, July 23, 1957. Letter 02 21 04
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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 new job in the Foreign Service and a movie she went to see, December 1, 1955.	Letter	02	17	01
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her boss' criticism of her, her new plans for Chirstmas, and her weekend activities, December 5, 1955.	Letter	02	17	02
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the Ambassador's Chirstmas party and a small operetta she attended, December 11, 1955.	Letter	02	17	03
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding all of the work she has to do, Christmas, and an opera she went to over the weekend, December 11, 1955.	Letter	02	17	04
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the Comedie Francasie she attended and the packages she received in the mail, December 13, 1955.	Letter	02	17	05
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her gas rations and the Ambassador's home to pick up a friend, December 15, 1955.	Letter	02	17	06
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding flowers she purchased, a disasters trip to a party where she got lost, and dinner with a friend she attended, December 18, 1955.	Letter	02	17	07
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding Christmas plans, a tree she bought for the apartment, and the china and glass set she bought for Christmas dinner, December 18, 1955.	Letter	02	17	08
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the car designs she saw in the fall and how her Christmas dinner was a success, December 28, 1955.	Letter	02	17	09
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her Christmas dinner and where she went on Christmas Eve, December 28, 1955.	Letter	02	17	10
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding dinner with a friend and her child and her dirty car, December 29, 1955.	Letter	02	17	11
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her Christmas gifts from friends and family, her disappointment with the carols at the mass she attended and busy week, December 30, 1955.	Letter	02	17	12
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding all the work she has to do, her thoughts on moving to another apartment, and the issue with the telephone, January 12, 1956.	Letter	02	18	01
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her troubles with the fog and her car battery, January 18, 1956.	Letter	02	18	02
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the lack of progress with the telephone, customs issues, and her co-worker is leaving, January 24, 1956.	Letter	02	18	03
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual informing them that she will not be getting a telephone and about her lazy weekend, January 25, 1956.	Letter	02	18	04
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding all the mail she received, her bad day at work, and concern for the unknown individual's impending operation, Feburary 1, 1956.	Letter	02	19	01
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individualregarding her car radiator over heating and the cold front that is coming through next week, Feburary 2, 1956.	Letter	02	19	02
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her car troubles, the trouble she had in getting it back and the birthday dinner she went on with friends, Feburary 6, 1956.	Letter	02	19	03
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her weekend and some problems with the people who do her laundry, Feburary 13, 1956.	Letter	02	19	04
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding her trip to Switzerland that she took with some friends and issues with her boss, March 10, 1956.	Letter	02	20	01
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding three new friends she has made on the ship she is on, January 5, 1957.	Letter	02	21	01
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the family connection with her boss Mr. Wallner and that she is finally getting a phone installed, January 10, 1956.	Letter	02	21	02
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the gas rationing in France and the general unhappiness of the French towards Americans, January 12, 1957.	Letter	02	21	03
Letter from Mary Stewart Pollock to unknown individual regarding the possible revolution in France, DeGaulle possibly taking office, and the potatoe tax, July 23, 1957.	Letter	02	21	04
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