markderby
26 Aug 2014 / #1
I'm a historian in Wellington, NZ, working on a biography of a NZ nurse, Dorothy Aroha Morris, for publication next year in a series edited by Prof. Paul Preston of the London School of Economics.
I have recently learned that in 1943-44 Ms Morris worked as supervisor of a home for Polish children, based in a "handsome manor house near Edinburgh. It is possible that this was a Quaker-funded institution since she had worked previously for the Quakers in the Spanish Civil War and in France. She gives her employer's name as "Mrs Crayshaw - this is apparently the name of a wealthy Quaker family.
Any further information on the children's home would be greatly appreciated.
Mark Derby
I have recently learned that in 1943-44 Ms Morris worked as supervisor of a home for Polish children, based in a "handsome manor house near Edinburgh. It is possible that this was a Quaker-funded institution since she had worked previously for the Quakers in the Spanish Civil War and in France. She gives her employer's name as "Mrs Crayshaw - this is apparently the name of a wealthy Quaker family.
Any further information on the children's home would be greatly appreciated.
Mark Derby