American Red Cross
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Dr. Mary Emily Lapham Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0418
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of letters written by Mary Lapham during her time with the Red Cross. The letters document Lapham's day-to-day activities from March 1918, when her ship sailed from New York City, until she returned to the United States in January 1920. The letters are posted from Paris, La Rochelle, and towns across Brittany in France; also, Prague, Petrovatz, Marienbad, and the Children's Camp at Nizni Smokovec in Czechoslovakia.In addition to the letters from...
Dates:
1917-1920
Mary Haynsworth Mathews Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0119
Scope and Contents
Mary Haynsworth Mathews was born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1916. She served with the American Red Cross in England, France, and Germany from 1942 to 1946. Included in this collection are an oral history and photographs.
Dates:
1944-1999
Maggie V. McPherson Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0123
Scope and Contents
The collection includes printed materials; including newsletters; booklets; yearbooks; and clippings especially from her time in Korea. Also, it includes 3 scrapbooks that document McPherson's Red Cross service, 1947-1959; additional scrapbook of club service at Double Five, Osan, Korea, 1959-1960.
Dates:
1943-1976
Mary "Pat" Elizabeth Partridge Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0310
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, maps, patches, photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, and official documents pertaining to Partridge's Red Cross service.
Dates:
1935-1972
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- American Red Cross -- Interviews 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States 3
- Woman's College of the University of North Carolina -- Alumni and alumnae 2
- Czechoslovakia -- Description and travel 1
- France -- Description and travel 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Female 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Women 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Women -- United States 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Female 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Female 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States 1
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