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Title
[Mary
Haynsworth
Mathews
inside
a
Red
Cross
clubmobile
,
1945]
Date
1945
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
American Red Cross
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Red Cross
Item description
Mary
Haynsworth
Mathews
stands
inside
a
Red
Cross
clubmobile
in
1945
.
Veteran's name
Mathews, Mary Haynsworth
Veteran's biography
Mary
Haynsworth
Mathews
(b
.
1916)
of
Greenville
,
South
Carolina
,
served
in the
American
Red
Cross
from
1943
to
March
1946
and had a
career
in
theater
.
Mary
Haynsworth
Mathews
was
born
in
1916
and
grew
up
in
Greenville
,
South
Carolina
.
After
graduating
from
Greenville
High
School
, she
attended
Winthrop
College
in
Rock
Hill
,
South
Carolina
, for
three
years
and then
graduated
from the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill
in
1937
.
After
participating
in the
first
production
of "The
Lost
Colony
", she
went
to
England
to
study
with
Russian
director
Michael
Chekov
, but
returned
to the
U.S
. in
late
1938
when
the
school
was
moved
to
Connecticut
. She
remained
with the
group
,
performing
around
the
country
,
until
they
broke
up
in
1942
. She
returned
home
to
Greenville
and
joined
the
American
Red
Cross
in
1943
.
After
two
weeks
of
training
in
Washington
,
DC
,
Mathews
sailed
to
England
on the
RMS
Queen
Mary
. She was
assigned
to a
Red
Cross
club
in
Essex
,
England
, and then
promoted
to a
club
in
Norwich
,
England
, but then
transferred
back
to a
base
in
Essex
in the
summer
of
1944
.
Mathews
later
went
to
Paris
with the
386th
Bomb
Group
, and then was
moved
to
Le
Havre
,
France
, in
April
1945
. She was
next
stationed
in
Fulda
,
Germany
, with a
clubmobile
,
until
she
left
the
Red
Cross
in
March
1946
.
When
she
returned
home
, she
continued
to
work
in
theater
.
Mathews
participated
in a
touring
Broadway
show
where
she
met
fellow
actor
George
Mathews
,
whom
she
married
in
1951
.
Following
a
brief
stint
organizing
recreation
on
United
Fruit
Company
cruises
,
Mathews
moved
to
New
York
and
returned
to the
stage
working
in
summer
theater
productions
and
TV
bit
roles
. In
1974
the
couple
moved
to
Greenville
County
,
SC
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0119 Mary Haynsworth Mathews Collection, 1944 - 1945
Collection summary
Photographs
and an
oral
history
interview
document
Mathews's
service
with the
American
Red
Cross
during
World
War
II
and her
work
in the
theater
both
before
and
after
the
war
.
Subjects
of the
photographs
include
Mathews
in
Germany
,
serving
troops
from the
Clubmobile
,
dancing
with a
G.I.
, and
participating
in a
VE
Day
parade
.
Subjects
of the
1999
oral
history
interview
include
Mathews's
studies
at the
University
of
North
Carolina
in
Chapel
Hill
in the
mid-1930s
, her
work
with
service
clubs
and
Clubmobiles
in
Europe
, and her
interest
in
theater
.
Box
1
Folder
3: Photographs
Finding aid link
http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=263
Rights statement
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0119.6.008
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
900810996
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