Dorothy H. Sutton, Near East Relief worker, c. 1920–1926.

Location

Location Unconfirmed

Year

c. 1920–1926

Item Detail

Dorothy H. Sutton (1878–1970) joined Near East Relief's overseas staff in 1920 and worked in Constantinople, Erivan, Ismid (Izmit), and Greece until 1926. At the end of 1922 she escorted 900 orphan girls from Constantinople to Loutraki, where she was put in charge of the orphanage. She followed the children to Cephalonia as director of its orphanage, served briefly at the Syra orphanage, and ran the Near East Relief Child Welfare Department in Salonica (Thessaloniki) until it closed in April 1926.

Context

Near East Relief became the Near East Foundation in 1930, and the Foundation kept photographs of the organization's staff and work. This portrait of Dorothy H. Sutton comes from that collection, now part of the Near East Foundation records at the Rockefeller Archive Center. The photographer is not recorded.

The Rockefeller Archive Center scanned the print in 2014, and NERHS holds two files of that scan.

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  • Holding Institution

    Rockefeller Archive Center

  • Attribution

    Rockefeller Archive Center. Near East Foundation Records.

  • Rights

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  • Notes

    No caption or inscription is recorded for this scan. The person is identified as Dorothy Sutton in the file name and in earlier NetX metadata. Further reading: Dorothy H. Sutton Papers, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, finding aid: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/archives/sutton-finding-aid

    Sources for the Item Detail:
    In the Name of Humanity: American Relief Aid in Greece, 1918–1929 (American School of Classical Studies at Athens), p. 61 ("DOROTHY H. SUTTON (1878-1970) joined the Near East Relief (NER) overseas personnel and worked in Constantinople, Erivan, Ismit, and Greece between 1920 and 1926. At the end of 1922 she escorted 900 orphan girls from Constantinople to Loutraki, where she was put in charge of the NER orphanage. She followed the children to the island of Cephalonia, where she served as director of the Cephalonia orphanage and subsequently served for a short time at the Syros orphanage. Before returning to the U.S., she ran the NER Thessaloniki Child Welfare Department until its closure in April 1926").

    About this group: Near East Foundation records, Rockefeller Archive Center.
    Sources:
    - In the Name of Humanity: American Relief Aid in Greece, 1918–1929 (American School of Classical Studies at Athens), p. 57 ("After 1930 the organization, under the name Near East Foundation, continued to support initiatives in health care, vocational education, and rural development").
    - The image file's embedded copy statement, which begins "Copies of material in the Rockefeller Archive Center are provided as a service to expedite research," and its scan date, September 18, 2014.

Dorothy H. Sutton, Near East Relief worker, c. 1920–1926.