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Αρχείο Dorothy Horrax Sutton

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English : Dorothy Horrax Sutton Papers (Διεθνής)

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Greek : Η Dorothy Horrax Sutton γεννήθηκε στην πόλη Montclair του New Jersey το 1873, και εκπαιδεύτηκε ως νηπιαγωγός. Το 1918 πήγε στη Γαλλία ως επικεφαλής διαφόρων ανακουφιστικών έργων του οργανισμού Near East Relief και το 1919 επέστρεψε στην Αμερική. Εργάστηκε σε προγράμματα με στόχο την εκπαίδευση των παιδιών στη Μέση Ανατολή, κυρίως στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, την Ανατολία και την Αρμενία. Με το τέλος του Μικρασιαστικού πολέμου και την ανταλλαγή των πληθυσμών, η Sutton τέθηκ επικεφαλής της προσπάθειας μεταγκατάστασης πλυθησμών από τη μια χώρα στην άλλη, αρχικά στη Θεσσαλονίκη. Παρέμεινε στην Ελλάδα έως το 1926. Σε αναγνώριση της βοήθειάς της για τον επαναπατρισμό των Ελλήνων προσφύγων τιμήθηκε από τον Γεώργιο Β΄ και παρασημοφορήθηκε από τον oργανισμό Near East Relief. With the end of the Greek-Turkish War and the subsequent exchange of populations Mrs was assigned to be in charge of the work of repatriating people from one country to the other. Sutton was sent to Salonica, where she served for fourteen months. With only a three weeks’ holiday in the United States D. H. Sutton continued to work in Greece up to 1926. Sutton in recognition of her work in directing the rehabilitation of the Greek refugees was decorated with the Croix of St Zaviere by King George of Greece. She was also decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal of the Near East Relief. Το αρχείο πριλαμβάνει επιστολές της Dorothy Sutton από την Κωνσταντινούπολη, τη Νότια Ρωσία, την Ελλάδα (Λουτράκι, Κεφαλλονιά, Σύρος, Θεσσαλονίκη) στην οικογένειά της στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες, σχετικά με τη δραστηριότητά της για τους πρόσφυγες και τα ορφανά (1920-1926).

English : Dorothy Horrax Sutton was born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1873, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Horrax. She was trained as a kindergarten teacher. In 1918 she went to France where she directed various relief works. In the fall of 1919 Sutton returned to America. At that time the Near East Relief Organization was looking for specialized personnel to direct the work of establishing kindergartens in the Near East. She was approached by the organization and agreed to go over for a year as a volunteer worker. She arrived in Constantinople in 1920 and stayed there for a period of six months. Her next assignment was Caucasus and relief work with the Armenians in the region. At Erivan D.H. Sutton stayed about a year as director of the Near East work there. Subsequently she was sent to Ismit, Anatolia. With the end of the Greek-Turkish War and the subsequent exchange of populations Mrs Sutton was assigned to be in charge of the work of repatriating people from one country to the other. Sutton was sent to Salonica, where she served for fourteen months. With only a three weeks’ holiday in the United States D. H. Sutton continued to work in Greece up to 1926. Sutton in recognition of her work in directing the rehabilitation of the Greek refugees was decorated with the Croix of St Zaviere by King George of Greece. She was also decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal of the Near East Relief. Letters of Dorothy Sutton, member of the Near East Relief, from Constantinople, South Russia, Greece (Loutraki, Kephallonia, Syros, Thessaloniki) to her family in the United States, referring to what she and the Near East Relief were doing for refugees and orphans (1920-26)

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Αρχεία, Προσωπογραφία, Πρόνοια, Φιλανθρωπία, Πρόσφυγες, Δημόσιος βίος, Ιδιωτικός βίος, Επιστολές, Τοπική ιστορία, Νεότερη ιστορία, Κοινωνική ιστορία,

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