Doris Holmes Blake - Correspondence with Arthur Lake Holmes and Lucy Wentworth Holmes, August - December 1933

In this installment of Doris Holmes Blake's correspondence with her parents, 1933 moves toward its end. The Great Depression continues to be felt across the country and the Holmeses are no exception. But instead of highlighting the privations of the time, what is more evident are the small ways in which family members and neighbors care for each other—refusing payment for a bag of produce and calling it a Christmas gift, for example—all those kindnesses which are part of being a compassionate human. Join your fellow volunpeers in discovering more of the Holmeses' life! Find out even more about the rest of the Doris Holmes Blake Papers collection at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.