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WV. Women military veterans

 Record Group
Identifier: WV

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Sara Furman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0316
Scope and Contents One letter from Sara Furman and two letters from unknown male writers describe experiences during World War I. The 1918 letter written by Sara Furman documents her voyage to England. She describes her fellow passengers, primarily YMCA women, the small boat, and her accommodations and facilities. Other topics include a party and Thanksgiving dinner and social news. The other two letters are written to a Charles S. Hammond, who appears to have been a supply officer, from two members of the...
Dates: 1918 November 29-1919 May 3
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Sara Furman Collection

Glory Hancock Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0181
Content Description

The collection includes handwritten correspondence written by Hancock regarding conditions and the work with aiding sick and wounded soldiers, circa 1918.

Dates: circa 1918
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Glory Hancock Collection

Anne Huheey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0314
Scope and Contents Letters to family and friends chiefly document Anne Huheey's service with the American Expeditionary Forces in the spring of 1919. Repeated themes include news of family and friends, both those at home and other nurses serving overseas; the weather; various illnesses; and diversions such as horseback riding and tennis. Hospital wards and patients are occasionally mentioned.Also included are letters from friends serving overseas. Letters from her female friends describe a dance;...
Dates: 1918-1919
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Anne Huheey Collection

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
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Dr. Mary Emily Lapham Collection

Alberta E. McKeever Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0736
Dates: 1917-1919
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Alberta E. McKeever Scrapbook

Erma G. Riedel Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0709
Content Description

Photograph album includes over 250 photographs taken by Riedel during her Army Nurse Corps service. Included are images of soldiers and nurses at Fort Des Moines, Iowa and images of nurses, patients, buildings and wards at Camp Kerhuon, France. There are also photographs taken during her travels around France and Italy and of Riedel's return voyage back to the United States. There are also approxiamately 80 commercial photographs of France during the war.

Dates: 1918-1920
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Erma G. Riedel Photograph Album

Clara Fredere Sullivan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0450
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an album of photographs taken during Clara's time in the Army Nurse Corps, a copy of handwritten reminiscences, a copy of her certificate of identity from the War Department, and a medical kit.

Dates: 1918-1919
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / Clara Fredere Sullivan Collection

United States Enlisted Woman's World War I Service Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0344
Abstract

This photograph album contains pictures predominately of one United States enlisted woman during World War I as she travels through France. There are photographs of other enlisted members as well as a captioned photograph of a ship which they likely traveled on to Scotland.

Dates: 1917-1918; Other: Date acquired: 2010
Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives / United States Enlisted Woman's World War I Service Collection

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