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After arriving in America, some of the children were billetted at Wellesley College until host families could be found for them. Wellesley College is a one of the best knon women's liberal arts college in America, one of the notable Seven Sisters. It is located, in Wellesley, Massachusetts, founded in 1875. We are not sure just how Wellesley fit in to the refugee story. Many important colleges and universites with traditions and ties to Britain were important supporters of the Administration. It might have been Quaker connections. Quite a number of Quakers attended Wellesley College and the Quakers played a major role in the American Committee which took responsibility for the children were Quakers. And many Welesley alumni were Quaters. One of the refugees tells us, "In my communication with the archivist at Wellesley College in 2008 here is an extract from one of her eMails, 'The files have a few items that indicate Wellesley College was approached about this enterprise early in the summer of 1940, and clearly at some point the Boston Chapter of the United States Committee for the Care of European Children was involved. The Transcript covered part of Wellesley's expenses. " The Transcript reffered to is the Boston Transcript newspaper. I think it was the Transcript who arrange our accommodation with Wellesley College, as they were our sponsors and responsible for the physical arrangements. The Welfare aspect was the American Committes responsibility. Many of Wellesley students returned early to College to look after us. Local children also used to come and play with us. I learned to ride a bike round the quad at Wellesley thanks to one boy. We couldn't have been made more welcome." More details about reception are available on the Alam and Grahm pages. We are not sure just how many of the British refugee children were processed through Welesly.
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