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- catalog abstract "This collection documents the personal and professional life of Jane Hope Hastings. The bulk consists of drafts and a published copy of her memoir, USO in Skagway, Alaska, 1943-1944; the drafts contain material not included in the published version. The remainder includes letters to her first husband Parkhurst Whitney, and Harold J. Barrett and his first wife Rose Barrett, who died in 1953 or 1954. Also included are a scrapbook, given to her at her retirement in 1955; a photograph album made by Hastings while she was stationed in Alaska; reports sent by Hastings to the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and her supervisor within the USO, and the feedback received from her supervisors; and two oral history interviews with Hastings conducted by Eva Moseley of the Schlesinger Library in 1995 and 1997.".
- catalog contributor b4784045.
- catalog contributor b4784046.
- catalog date "1941".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00383".
- catalog description "Jane Hope Hastings Papers, 1941-1997; item description, dates. MC 547, folder #. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.".
- catalog description "Jane Hope Hastings was born Katherine Kelenen in Budapest, Hungary, on April 16, 1902. Her mother and father left for the United States in 1907 or 1908, leaving their three daughters in convents. A year later the girls left with an older cousin, landed at Ellis Island, and took a train to join their parents in St. Louis, Missouri. Shortly thereafter, Hastings' father returned to Hungary and her mother eventually remarried. When Hastings graduated from high school she immediately left for New York City to pursue an acting career. She changed her name to "Jane Hope," a nickname given her while she was auditioning. She soon got involved with the Columbia Laboratory Players of Columbia University's drama department, appearing in several plays and becoming an understudy for stage director David Belasco's productions. Her marriage to the writer Parkhurst Whitney, however, ended her acting career, and she began to do publicity work for the publishing company J.H. Sears to supplement their income. In 1941, with her marriage failing, Hastings took the advice of a friend and applied for a position with the newly formed United Service Organizations (USO) through the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), one of the six agencies responsible for the USO. Her first assignment after a brief training was in Falmouth, Massachusetts, to direct the USO for Camp Edwards. She subsequently served for 14 years with the USO in Alaska, Brazil, and Puerto Rico, among other assignments. She retired from the USO in 1955, and was later married to Harold J. Bennett and George Sands Hastings. Jane Hope Hastings died in Connecticut in 2006.".
- catalog description "This collection documents the personal and professional life of Jane Hope Hastings. The bulk consists of drafts and a published copy of her memoir, USO in Skagway, Alaska, 1943-1944; the drafts contain material not included in the published version. The remainder includes letters to her first husband Parkhurst Whitney, and Harold J. Barrett and his first wife Rose Barrett, who died in 1953 or 1954. Also included are a scrapbook, given to her at her retirement in 1955; a photograph album made by Hastings while she was stationed in Alaska; reports sent by Hastings to the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and her supervisor within the USO, and the feedback received from her supervisors; and two oral history interviews with Hastings conducted by Eva Moseley of the Schlesinger Library in 1995 and 1997.".
- catalog description "Unpublished finding aid.".
- catalog extent ".83 linear feet (2 file boxes), 1 folio box, 8 photograph folders, 2 audiotapes.".
- catalog issued "1941".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Alaska.".
- catalog spatial "Arizona.".
- catalog spatial "Brazil.".
- catalog spatial "California.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts.".
- catalog spatial "Puerto Rico.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "Courtship.".
- catalog subject "Hastings, Jane Hope, 1902-".
- catalog subject "Korean War, 1950-1953 Women United States.".
- catalog subject "Military bases Alaska.".
- catalog subject "Military bases Arizona.".
- catalog subject "Military bases California.".
- catalog subject "Military bases Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Military bases, American Brazil.".
- catalog subject "Military bases, American Puerto Rico.".
- catalog subject "Soldiers Recreation United States.".
- catalog subject "United Service Organizations (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 War work.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Women Alaska.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Women Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. National Board.".
- catalog title "Papers, 1941-1997 (inclusive).".
- catalog type "Audiotapes.".
- catalog type "Drafts (documents). aat".
- catalog type "Oral histories. aat".
- catalog type "Photographs. aat".
- catalog type "Scrapbooks. aat".
- catalog type "Transcripts. aat".
- catalog type "collection".