Eleanor K. Peck Collection
Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1941 - 1943
Creator
- Peck, Eleanor K. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Biographical Note
Peck began serving as a volunteer physician with the American Red Cross at the Hospital for Sick Children on Great Ormond Street in London in 1941. In 1944, Peck was assigned as a contract surgeon to the Office of the Surgeon for the U.S. Army's Eighth Air Force. According to an excerpt from the book "Women Doctors at War" her duties included making recommendations on WAC (Women's Army Corps) problems, setting up medical care for women in the Eighth Air Force, visiting WAC installations, and carrying out monthly physicals.
The Army wouldn't grant Peck a commission until 10 February 1944, beginning with the rank of 2nd Lietenant. She spent the remainder of the war serving in the Army, and had been promoted to Captain before her discharge. In 1946, Peck moved to Poughkeepsie, New York, where she returned to private practice. During her civilian medical career, she served on community boards such as the Astor Child Guidance Center, United Way, and conducted regular well-baby clinics in Poughkeepsie. In 1979, she was named "Woman of the Year" by the Poughkeepsie chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). She died 30 May 1996, in South Thomaston, Maine, at age eighty-seven.
Note written by Eleanor Peck, Judith Bellafaire, and Mercedes Hererra Graf.
Extent
0.08 Linear Feet (1 oversized folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of fifteen letters written by Peck to her family beginning a few days after her arrival in London on 31 October 1941.
Arrangement Note
Source of Acquisition
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Processing Information
Creator
- Peck, Eleanor K. (Person)
- Title
- Eleanor K. Peck Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Julie Garling
- Date
- 09/18/2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository