Jessie Luther at the Grenfell Mission / edited by Ronald Rompkey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rompkey, Ronald, Author.

Contributor:

Rompkey, Ronald.

Series:

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 10.

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Luther, Jessie, 1860-1952--Diaries.

Luther, Jessie.

Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission--History.

Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission.

Occupational therapists--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. Anthony--Diaries.

Occupational therapists.

Women missionaries--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. Anthony--Diaries.

Women missionaries.

Physical Description:

xli, 343 p. : ill., ports.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While her journal concentrates on her efforts to teach weaving, carving, metal work, pottery, carpentry, basket weaving, and her best known accomplishment, the hooked mats that have become famous for their strong designs and meticulous craftsmanship, she also describes the local people and customs of St Anthony and life in the household of the Grenfell workers. After she left Newfoundland, Luther became one of the pioneers of occupational therapy in the United States, spending the rest of her professional life as director of occupational therapy at the Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. Edited by Ronald Rompkey, author of the most authoritative biography of Grenfell, Luther's journal provides an unusually intimate account of Wilfred Grenfell during these four years B his idiosyncracies, his attempts to meet the needs of the community, his rescue from a floating ice pan, his marriage B and brings to life the Newfoundlanders with whom she worked.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Foreword

Part One

The Story Begins 29 June – 6 July 1906

Industries in the Far North: 6 July – 25 September 1906

Interim

Via St John’s to St Anthony: 31 October – 13 November 1907

We Prepare for Winter: 14 – 25 November 1907

Some Britishers and a Bostonian: 26 November 1907 – 1 January 1908

Landing of the Reindeer: 2–10 January 1908

Dr Grenfell Arrives: 11–25 January 1908

Work and Play: 26 January – 18 April 1908

To the Gates of Death: 19–25 April 1908

The Abode of Peace: 26 April – 29 May 1908

The Summer Invasion: 14 June – 10 September 1908

Preparation for Exodus: 12 September – 8 November 1908

Part Two

Introductory

Again to St Anthony: 3 October 1909 – 1 January 1910

Dr Grenfell Brings His Bride: 4–24 January 1910

Winter Activities: 2 February – 17 July 1910

Farther North: 18 July – 15 August 1910

Moravian Missions and Eskimos: 16–31 August 1910

Voyage on the “Holy Roller”: Hopedale to St Anthony 3 September – 23 October 1910

Retrospect

Afterword, 1952

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-337) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85927-7

9786612859274

0-7735-6915-4

OCLC:

929120710