American Red Cross
Organization
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Aletha Grace Hawk collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0612
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Aletha Grace Hawk's letters to her family in Indianapolis, Indiana from Washington, D.C. and Europe ranging from 1918 to 1919, describing her work with the American Red Cross and as a volunteer working with wounded servicemen at Walter Reed Hospital, as well as her travels through France, Switzerland, Belgium, and Germany. The collection also includes Hawk's 1921 letter describing the visit of Marshall Ferdinand Foch to Indianapolis, two letters sent to...
Dates:
1918-1941
Alice Ann Bundy papers
Collection — Folder: S191-1, Folder: S191-2
Identifier: S0191
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed document from Alice Ann Bundy with autographed notes from unnamed editor and city and county maps in Jennings County ranging from 1810 to 1876 regarding the history of Jennings County, Indiana as well as documents concerning Alice M. Bundy's service in the American Red Cross in 1942-1943.
Dates:
1810-1875, 1942-1943
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Alice Ann Bundy papers
Blanche Liffick Morton collection
Collection
Identifier: L112
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, programs, photographs, publications, other documents, and an American flag from Blanche Liffick Morton and the American Red Cross, Women's Overseas Service League, and Indiana League for Nursing in Indiana, England and France ranging from 1917 to 1966 regarding nursing, World War I, the American Red Cross, Indiana League for Nursing, and the Women's Overseas Service League.
Dates:
1917-1966
Camp Atterbury World War II photograph collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: P003
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 291 black and white, 3 x 5-inch photographic prints depicting life at Camp Atterbury, Indiana in the midst of World War II. Three of the images have copies. The photographs were taken by William J. Moriarty, Sr., a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, as part of his duties for the U.S. Signal Corps while he was stationed there in 1943. The images demonstrate the daily activities of camp life and training, as well as social events, and depict racial...
Dates:
1943
Cejnar family collection
Collection
Identifier: L029
Scope and Contents
This collection contains John Cejnar’s correspondence, notes and news stories, including information on John Dillinger and Indiana inventors. Also included are papers of Esther Cejnar relating to her work with the American Association of University Women, the Indianapolis Council of Social Agencies, the League of Women Voters, and the Red Cross.
Dates:
1917-1962
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Cejnar family collection
Dan Griffin collection
Collection
Identifier: L045
Scope and Contents
This collection contains World War I brochures, advertisements, and newspaper clippings; YMCA magazine; YWCA publications; The Lake Division News by the American Red Cross; brochures relating to health; and other newspapers and miscellaneous documents from Dan Griffin ranging from 1918 to 1919.
The oversize material includes newspaper clippings and periodicals, 1915-1919, undated (OBC017).
The oversize material includes newspaper clippings and periodicals, 1915-1919, undated (OBC017).
Dates:
1918-1919
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Dan Griffin collection
Helen F. Bennett papers
Collection — Folder: S2220
Identifier: S2220
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, clippings, articles of incorporation and other organizational documents, photographs, and postcards from the Navy Comforts Committee in Indiana and the United States, as well as documents used or created by Helen F. Bennett ranging from 1888 to 1939 regarding the Comforts Committee of the Navy League. Correspondents include the Navy League of the United States, the Secretary of the Navy, Studebaker, the U.S.S. Indiana, Daughters of the American...
Dates:
1888-1939
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Helen F. Bennett papers
L. B. Graves collection
Collection
Identifier: L378
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mostly of almanacs and diaries of L.B. Graves, which date from 1881 to 1961. With the exception of Barker’s Illustrated Almanac, L.B. Graves used almanacs as diaries. L.B. Graves kept all diaries, except for a student diary kept by his wife. The diaries include notations of farm chores or conditions and the social obligations of Mr. and Mrs. Graves, the latter related to such activities as church attendance, the Methodist Men’s Club, a...
Dates:
1881-1956
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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L. B. Graves collection
Maude Vestal collection
Collection
Identifier: L384
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of Maude Vestal’s diaries (1920, 1925-1932) and papers regarding the Wendell Willkie Notification Committee (1940). The Willkie papers principally pertain to the planning of the official notification ceremony in Elwood, Indiana, on August 17, 1940. The collection also contains family and business correspondence; papers regarding her guardianship of Ann Catherine Shaffer; reports on clothing
production by Red Cross Volunteers in Anderson; and social work...
Dates:
1920-1940
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Maude Vestal collection
Oliver family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1032
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of Reece A. Oliver’s letters from the Philippines and China to his brother Kenneth A. Oliver and other family members. The letters include information regarding the Philippine schools, the effect of World War I on the Philippines, his work in China and conditions in the Philippines before and after World War II. Also included are Kenneth Oliver’s expense (1914-1924) and account books (1917-1925); brochures, clippings, and other printed materials relating to the...
Dates:
1914-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Oliver family papers
