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1958 Mar 17, Envelope without letter
1958 Mar 02, no env. Letter to Mary from Mrs. Sam Myers Birthday wishes; discusses social news
1958 Mar 04, 7 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Updates on the child feeding project, is the only woman out of over twenty men involved in the project; weekend plans to Istanbul ruined as her counterpart had arranged her weekend and a Turkish man decided to go with her; felt as if she finally “Arrived” in Turkey as she was invited to a party and was the only foreigner; having trouble with her child feeding program again; has a new landlord and landlady.
1958 Mar 10, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Feeling blue and isn’t confident about what she’s accomplished in Turkey; “I think this must be national cat week,” describes all the many cats that are everywhere in Turkey; talks about how the Turks eat yogurt on everything.
1958 Mar 26, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Has a house full of plumbers; Is trying to gear up for a conference and Washington D.C. folk who will be evaluating their institution; discusses her jewelry shopping; tediously working on the child feeding project and is having bad luck with the baby pictures; has better luck on the newest maid as she is “honest and loyal” and called to let Mary know that the plumbers almost put the hot water spigot over the working surface and not over the sink; is having hard time with bugs in the house
1958 Mar 27, 2 p. no env. Unidentified letter Mentions sightseeing in D.C.; enjoyed visit in Tulsa
1958 Mar 28, 2 p. w/env. Letter to Rose and Abe from William Newswanger Compliments achievements with Tulsa; compliments the family as well
1958 Mar 30, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Writes crossing the Marmara Sea; “If life gets much ‘seamier’ here I’m not sure I can take it”; has been in the Thrace portion of Turkey; “I’ve lived little better than livestock in many ways this week;” describes the firing of canons and drumming in the streets to alert people they could break from fasting; “Maybe a Catholic could understand this monkey business but I can’t”; maid only working an hour but expects full pay; discusses the situation with the plumbers “before I left they stole the rear view mirror off my car”; everyone has worms because hand washing is so rare before meals; finally got the hot water situation working better than before.