Jessie Luther at the Grenfell Mission
By: edited by Ronald Rompkey
Contributors: Rompkey, Ronald
Series: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society -- 10
Publisher: Ithaca, [N.Y.]; McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: Luther, Jessie, -- 1850-1953 -- Diaries; Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, -- Sir, -- 1865-1940; Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission -- History; Occupational therapists -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. Anthony -- Diaries
Genres: Diaries
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index