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This series contains excerpts from Bacon's letters, September 28, 1918 to January 17, 1919, and letters to the "Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly" in 1927 and 1943. The excerpts of her letters span from her trip to Europe from Quebec aboard the "Vestris", a ship that sailed in 1918. An outbreak of influenza aboard the ship affected many passengers. The ship was separated from the rest of its convoy during a storm and there was no doctor aboard to help the ill, but Bacon survived. She mentions Ruth MacGregor, Mount Holyoke College Class of 1910, who died on the ship and was buried at sea. Bacon also describes her experiences in St. Nazaire, France working with Belle Mead, Mount Holyoke College Class of 1900, for the American Red Cross at the end of World War I. The two women salvaged Red Cross supplies and clothing damaged by a fire aboard a ship the materials were on. The two women supervised local children and German prisoners of war working for them and provided thousands of refugees with food and clothing. When the Red Cross work ended in January, 1919, Bacon decided to remain in France working as the head waitress at a canteen. Not long after this she became involved in organizing German classes for the US Army under the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Army Educational Commission. Shortly thereafter she was sent to Coblenz to instruct American soldiers there. Bacon's letters to "The Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly" concern an article she sent to them and information about her retirement for the Class of 1901 notes.

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This series includes two newspaper articles from the "Springfield Daily Republican" in 1914 and 1919, an article in "The Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly" from 1919, a syllabus in German for the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Army Educational Commission of the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) and an obituary for Ellen C. Hinsdale, Mount Holyoke College Professor Emeritus of German. In her 1914 newspaper article, Bacon describes her experiences in Munich right as World War I is breaking out. She details the tense events that ensue up until her departure by ship back to the United States. In a newspaper article from 1919 she describes the city of Coblenz, Germany while she is teaching for the A.E.F. She talks about the activities of American soldiers: a cruise, a visit to a castle, trips to the theater, as well as the conditions in the occupied city. The article for the "Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly" is a very detailed account of her experiences working for the A.E.F. in Coblenz and her experiences visiting war-torn France. Her account includes general information about the creation of the A.E.F. as well. She describes her time exploring the city of Coblenz and the occupation of the city. The syllabus in German she authored was used for classes that she taught for the A.E.F.

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This series contains newspaper clippings, biographical notes, and a tribute dating from about 1919-1967. The clippings describe her work with the Red Cross in France, her harrowing journey on the ship "Vestris", her career and retirement from Mount Holyoke College, and her death. Also included are obituaries for her siblings Ruth Grey Bacon, Frances Gertrude Bacon Ruggles, and George A. Bacon. The tribute, written soon after Bacon's death by Mount Holyoke classmate Anna L. Bates, describes her academic and career pursuits as well as her personal interests.

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This series contains photographs of Grace Bacon that are mostly formal portraits. There is a portrait of her when she was a young woman in her twenties, possibly her senior photograph at Mount Holyoke College. A snapshot, possibly taken in 1901, shows her posing in a dramatic collapse in a room full of half-packed boxes. A photograph from the "Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly" shows Bacon in her Army uniform wearing a hat, a tie and a jacket with U.S. pins on the lapels. There are also portraits of her when she was older, perhaps in her forties, wearing an evening dress. Another portrait of her was taken later, perhaps in the 1940s. A photograph of Bacon with her bicycle and dachshund was probably taken after she retired in 1943.