@article{885746,
      note = {Date range of documents: 1886-1964.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/885746},
      title = {The Papers of Vera "Jack" Holme.},
      abstract = {This collection documents the colorful life of British  actress, suffragist, chauffeur, and World War I ambulance  driver, Vera Holme. Holme (1881-1969), who went by the name  "Jack," wore men's clothes, and had a female partner,  Evelina Haverfield. In 1908, Holme joined the militant  suffrage group the Women's Social and Political Union  (WSPU), acting as chauffeur for the group's leader. In  World War I, Holme and Haverfield served in Serbia and ran  an orphanage there after the war. The materials collected  here span the years 1899 to 2004 and include lecture notes,  diaries, postcards, poems, music, flyers and pamphlets,  government certificates, and press clippings. Items  specific to the WSPU include speeches, programs, and photos  of suffragists. Letters, reports, and photos from Serbia  detail Holme and Haverfield's experiences and ambulance  work there. Photos of Holme in men's garb and her materials  concerning Haverfield depict a woman unafraid to express  her gender and sexual identity despite potential  disapproval.},
      recid = {885746},
      pages = {1 online resource (448 manuscripts) :},
}