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Papers of Edith Morse Palmer, 1905-1984, 1905-1984

Call Number: MC 874

Collection context

Summary

Abstract:
Correspondence, photographs, clippings, etc., of Edith Morse Palmer, nurse and health care volunteer.
Extent:
1.04 linear feet (2 + 1/2 file boxes)
Language:
English .
Call number:
MC 874

Background

Scope and content:
SCOPE AND CONTENT

Collection contains family, political, and business correspondence, photographs, clippings, and other material concern Palmer's activities and those of her four children. Also journals, 1926-1978, recording her activities and interests. Palmer kept clippings and other papers in two 5 x 7 card files. The archivist selected the present collection from these papers; it includes family, political, and business correspondence, a few photographs and clippings, and other papers, some of them concerning the activities of her four children. The following is a list of Palmer's headings on the dividers in the two files. In the case of several of these sections (e.g., Campus Unrest, U.N.), the archivist did not retain any papers, as none pertained to Palmer or her family. Papers not retained by the Schlesinger Library were returned to Palmer.

This collection was formerly cataloged as 82-M31. Folders 16-33 were added in September 2016.

Biographical / historical:
BIOGRAPHY

Edith Morse, daughter of John G. and Julie B. Morse, grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, was graduated from the School of Nursing of Massachusetts General Hospital in 1928, and in 1929 married Dr. Robert S. Palmer. They lived in Brookline and had four children: Robert, Charles, Samuel, and Judith. After working as an industrial nurse for three years and for several years at home with her children, Palmer in 1935 began an active career of volunteer work. Her affiliations have included birth control clinics of the Planned Parenthood League, a Hypertension Clinic during World War II, various activities at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the League of Women Voters. Besides health, her major interests have been peace; local and state politics; and prisoners' rights, prison reform, and the abolition of the death penalty.

Acquisition information:

Accession number: 82-M31; 84-M176

These papers were given to the Schlesinger Library by Edith Morse Palmer in March 1982 and October 1984.

Processing information:

Preliminary inventory:

By:

Updated: September 2016

By: Johanna Carll

Link to HOLLIS catalog record

Related

Separated material:
SEPARATION RECORD

The following item has been transferred to the Schlesinger Library Menu Collection (Pr-7):

  1. Même Maison, 16 Avenue Victor-Hugo menu, ca.1921
General note:
Container List
  1. Box 1: folder 1-20
  2. Box 2: folder 21-29
  3. Box 3: folder 30-33

Access and use

Citation

Edith Morse Palmer Papers, 1905-1984; item description, dates. MC 874, folder #. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Edith Morse Palmer Papers, 1905-1984; item description, dates. MC 874, folder #. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00842/catalog Accessed April 24, 2026.