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Title
Shirley
Ruth
Smith
Correspondence
Date
1943-1945
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
American Red Cross
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Red Cross
Item description
Manuscript
collection
. Not
yet
digitized
.
Veteran's name
Smith, Shirley Ruth
Veteran's biography
Shirley
R
.
Smith
was a
social
worker
in the
American
Red
Cross
from
1943
to
1945
. She
initially
served
in a
station
hospital
at
Camp
Atterbury
,
Indiana
,
before
reporting
to
Washington
,
D.C.
, in
August
1943
.
Smith
remained
in
Washington
until
the
middle
of the
month
,
when
she
traveled
to
Camp
Bowie
,
Texas
,
where
she
joined
the
32nd
General
Hospital
. In
September
1943
,
Smith
sailed
to
England
,
where
she
apparently
remained
in
Taunton
,
England
,
until
the
end
of the
war
. She
served
with the
32nd
General
Hospital
until
the
fall
of
1943
,
when
she
transferred
to the
67th
General
Hospital
.
Type
Collection
Language
en
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0318 Shirley Ruth Smith Correspondence, 1941-1945
Collection summary
Correspondence
between
Shirley
R
.
Smith
and her
family
and
friends
documents
her
service
in the
American
Red
Cross
from
1943
to
1945
.
Letters
in
1943
from
Smith
to her
family
in
Wyoming
,
Ohio
,
describe
her
daily
activities
in
great
detail
.
Subjects
in the
spring
of
1943
include
her
work
with
patients
, a
WAAC
beauty
shop
, and a
ceremony
for
Gray
Ladies
at her
hospital
in
Indiana
.
Letters
from
Washington
,
D.C.
,
provide
detailed
information
about
station
and
general
hospitals
and the
process
by
which
Smith
was
assigned
to
duty
by the
Red
Cross
.
Other
topics
in
1943
include
facilities
and
coworkers
at
Camp
Bowie
,
Tex.
;
drill
;
uniforms
and
accessories
; her
voyage
to
England
and
social
activities
on the
ship
;
recreation
and
holiday
festivities
at the
67th
General
Hospital
; and her
pride
in
being
a
Red
Cross
worker
and in
working
with the
nurses
in the
hospital
.
Letters
dating
from
1944
and
1945
contain
more
sparse
information
about
Smith's
daily
life
in
England
.
Subjects
include
news
about
family
and
friends
;
items
that she
needs
or
packages
that she
received
;
social
activities
,
people
coming
and
going
; and how
busy
she
is
with
work
. Also
included
are
letters
and
V-mail
from
Smith's
family
and
friends
.
Letters
from
family
primarily
describe
news
from
home
; those from
Smith's
brother
Francis
comment
on his
own
wartime
experiences
.
Several
1944
letters
from
former
patients
of
Smith
attest
to the
good
work
of the
Red
Cross
and
describe
their
recovery
. A
September
1944
letter
from
another
Red
Cross
worker
describes
her
return
from
China
and her
transition
back
to
civilian
life
.
Finding aid link
https://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=294
Rights statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Additional rights information
COPYRIGHT
NOT
EVALUATED
. The
copyright
status
of this
item
has not been
fully
evaluated
and
may
vary
for
different
parts
of the
item
. The
user
is
responsible
for
determining
actual
copyright
status
for any
reuse
of the
material
.
Object ID
WV0318.0.000
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/
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