The Papers of Sonia H. Davis

A curated archive preserving the life and legacy of Sonia H. Davis.


Sonia H. Davis was a milliner and writer who participated in the early twentieth-century world of amateur journalism. This archive gathers primary documents and ongoing research devoted to her life and literary contributions. Through letters, publications, and contemporary records, the site preserves and examines her life, writings, and historical context.

I will conclude these remarks; anxious that I be not thought to make a mountain from a molehill, but that my words be understood to constitute what they really do…a little document of genuine human feeling, proffered for whatever slight good might be extracted from it.

Sonia H. Davis, “Boy Scouts”, Writings 1952–1968, Box 1, Folder 26, John Hay Library, Providence, R.I..