Folder 14

1962 Feb 04, 1 p. no env. Letter to Rose “Today I’ve done some undercover work for the UN--to get a Home Ec. in here under their auspices. I’m working with my Dept. of Agr. Liberian and the head of UN with the Univ. of Liberia….” mentions how everything that comes in is easily damaged and one must really look over everything before they buy something.
1962 Feb 05, 1 p. no env. Letter to Folks “The boss called a quick staff meeting and said he had been ordered to Wash. to leave here within 2 weeks and he was uncertain to whom we were to report until assigned to other Divisions but to carry on as usual;” “Today I got a letter from a Maryland Home Dem Agent who has done foreign service in Jordan and Italy. The State Organization of H.D.A. in Maryland wants to send me a fabulous list of working supplies. I’ll be so glad to get them here;” “One of the men from Education came to me the 3rd time for literature. He seems to think anyone can teach Home Ec. if they have a little literature. He has never offered to give me anything. I told him I was going to write to atomic energy commission for a few notes and then make an atom bomb.”
1962 Feb 07, 1 p. no env. Letter to Folks Finally got a bunch of her stuff in, but needs to ask for a general service man to move it to an air conditioned room so her Turkish rugs and wool suits don’t get ruined.
1962 Feb 07, 1 p. no env. Letter to Brother Checked on her personal effects which are being stored in a warehouse; has been having headaches, Mary is convinced it’s dust while the doctor thinks it may be due to the malaria suppressives.
1962 Feb 09, 1 p. no env. Letter to Folks Is trying to decide whether or not to sell her car; had paid her houseboy’s school tuition and he still doesn’t show up to work; complains about the rust colored dust that covers Monrovia; “I’m getting fat as a pig again. My appetite came back and with a car, I can get more food. I opened a box of frozen brussel sprouts tonight and they tasted like hay.”
1962 Feb 11, 1 p. no env. Letter to Folks Had to travel alone since her counterpart has been ill; describes a big party she had attended which was held for the Head of Food and Agriculture.
1962 Feb 12, 1 p. no env. Letter to Folks Had a terrible time with her back aching due to rough travel in a jeep; having a bit of a rough time finding her personal items that are all packed up; is working on trying to get US to bring in Home Ec. with the head of UN who is in charge of developing the University of Liberia.
1962 Feb 24, 1 p. no env. Letter to Folks Had been invited to a cocktail for five “big shots” from Washington; “Nancy is talking about going to the States for an operation and medical attention. I wish you could hear her talk to the V.I.P.s in the field who naively expect our girls to live with them. There are no moral standards among the V.I.P. Liberians here. There is polygamy among the tribes but not the promiscuity there is among the Honorables. She even tells off the American men who close their eyes to the conduct of their Liberian Co. Agents.”
1962 Feb 27, 1 p. no env. Letter to Rose “I’m beginning to think that hepatitis is having a run the world over. I almost died with it when I was a senior in high school. I think it left its mark that I’ve carried ever since. Three weeks rest is what the Doctors are prescribing here plus a special diet. Two of the men in our department are down with it;” just heard that all Food and Agriculture Technicians are being transferred back to the Department of Agriculture and that think those who are eliminated will have travel and reassignment orders in the next week or two; Discusses job possibilities.
1962 Feb 27, 1 p. no env. Letter to Folks Is thinking she’s in the mood for a long trip through South America on her way back to the States; “You should see the bars in this town. I’ll really like an accurate count. They are mostly just dirty little shacks. There must be hundreds of them.”