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Jessie Luther at the Grenfell Mission / edited by Ronald Rompkey.

Contributor(s): Rompkey, RonaldMaterial type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 10.Publication details: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001. Description: 1 online resource (xli, 343 pages) : illustrations, portraitsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780773569157; 0773569154; 1282859277; 9781282859272; 9786612859274; 661285927XSubject(s): Luther, Jessie, 1860-1952 -- Diaries | Luther, Jessie, 1850-1953 -- Journal intime | Luther, Jessie, 1860-1952 | Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission -- History | Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission -- Histoire | Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission | Occupational therapists -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. Anthony -- Diaries | Women missionaries -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. Anthony -- Diaries | Occupational therapy | Occupational Therapy | Ergotherapeutes -- Terre-Neuve -- St. Anthony -- Journaux intimes | Ergotherapeutes -- Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador -- St. Anthony -- Journaux intimes | Femmes missionnaires -- Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador -- St. Anthony -- Journaux intimes | Ergotherapie | occupational therapy | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical | MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Occupational Therapy | HISTORY -- Canada -- General | Occupational therapy | Occupational therapists | Women missionaries | Newfoundland and LabradorGenre/Form: Biography | collective biographies. | Biographies | Diaries | History | Biographies. | Biographies.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jessie Luther at the Grenfell Mission.DDC classification: 615.8/515/092 | B LOC classification: RM699.7.L88 | A3 2001ebNLM classification: 2002 B-876 | WZ 100
Contents:
Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Foreword -- Part One -- The Story Begins 29 June -- 6 July 1906 -- Industries in the Far North: 6 July -- 25 September 1906 -- Interim -- Via St John's to St Anthony: 31 October -- 13 November 1907 -- We Prepare for Winter: 14 -- 25 November 1907 -- Some Britishers and a Bostonian: 26 November 1907 -- 1 January 1908 -- Landing of the Reindeer: 2-10 January 1908 -- Dr Grenfell Arrives: 11-25 January 1908 -- Work and Play: 26 January -- 18 April 1908 -- To the Gates of Death: 19-25 April 1908 -- The Abode of Peace: 26 April -- 29 May 1908 -- The Summer Invasion: 14 June -- 10 September 1908 -- Preparation for Exodus: 12 September -- 8 November 1908 -- Part Two -- Introductory -- Again to St Anthony: 3 October 1909 -- 1 January 1910 -- Dr Grenfell Brings His Bride: 4-24 January 1910 -- Winter Activities: 2 February -- 17 July 1910 -- Farther North: 18 July -- 15 August 1910 -- Moravian Missions and Eskimos: 16-31 August 1910 -- Voyage on the "Holy Roller": Hopedale to St Anthony 3 September -- 23 October 1910 -- Retrospect -- Afterword, 1952 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Review: "Strongly influenced by the arts and crafts movement, the New England artist Jessie Luther was recruited by Wilfred Grenfell to teach weaving to the women at St. Anthony, whose hooked mats went on to become famous for their strong designs and meticulous craftsmanship. An annotated edition of a travel journal that Luther wrote from 1906 to 1910, Jessie Luther at the Grenfell Mission describes the local customs of St. Anthony and also provides an unusually intimate account of Wilfried Grenfell - his idiosyncrasies, his attempts to meet the needs of the community, his rescue from a floating ice pan, his marriage - and brings to life the Newfoundlanders with whom he worked."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index.

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Foreword -- Part One -- The Story Begins 29 June -- 6 July 1906 -- Industries in the Far North: 6 July -- 25 September 1906 -- Interim -- Via St John's to St Anthony: 31 October -- 13 November 1907 -- We Prepare for Winter: 14 -- 25 November 1907 -- Some Britishers and a Bostonian: 26 November 1907 -- 1 January 1908 -- Landing of the Reindeer: 2-10 January 1908 -- Dr Grenfell Arrives: 11-25 January 1908 -- Work and Play: 26 January -- 18 April 1908 -- To the Gates of Death: 19-25 April 1908 -- The Abode of Peace: 26 April -- 29 May 1908 -- The Summer Invasion: 14 June -- 10 September 1908 -- Preparation for Exodus: 12 September -- 8 November 1908 -- Part Two -- Introductory -- Again to St Anthony: 3 October 1909 -- 1 January 1910 -- Dr Grenfell Brings His Bride: 4-24 January 1910 -- Winter Activities: 2 February -- 17 July 1910 -- Farther North: 18 July -- 15 August 1910 -- Moravian Missions and Eskimos: 16-31 August 1910 -- Voyage on the "Holy Roller": Hopedale to St Anthony 3 September -- 23 October 1910 -- Retrospect -- Afterword, 1952 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

"Strongly influenced by the arts and crafts movement, the New England artist Jessie Luther was recruited by Wilfred Grenfell to teach weaving to the women at St. Anthony, whose hooked mats went on to become famous for their strong designs and meticulous craftsmanship. An annotated edition of a travel journal that Luther wrote from 1906 to 1910, Jessie Luther at the Grenfell Mission describes the local customs of St. Anthony and also provides an unusually intimate account of Wilfried Grenfell - his idiosyncrasies, his attempts to meet the needs of the community, his rescue from a floating ice pan, his marriage - and brings to life the Newfoundlanders with whom he worked."--Jacket.

English.

Print version record.