Caroline Morrison Garrett Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/228
What's in the full collection?: August 2008 oral history transcript. The collection includes materials created and/or used by Caroline Morrison during her time serving as a dietetic student at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) and as a dietitian in the Army Medical Corps from 1944 through 1947. The collection also contains correspondence; educational materials and manuals; military records; newspaper clippings; photographs; pins and patches; publications; scrapbooks.
Full biography: Caroline Morrison Garrett (1921-2020) of Bethel, Connecticut, served as a dietitian in the Army Medical Corps from 1944 to 1947. Caroline Morrison Garrett was born 10 September 1921 and raised in Bethel, Connecticut. She attended the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) from 1940 to 1944. After graduating with a bachelor of science in Home Economics, she completed a yearlong dietetic internship and apprenticeship at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, D.C. In September 1945, Garrett was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the United States Army Medical Corps and sent to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, for basic training. She was stationed briefly at Battey General Hospital in Rome, Georgia, in November 1945. She was then reassigned to Kennedy General Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where she primarily worked as the dietitian for the paraplegic ward through June 1946. She was then stationed at William Beaumont General Hospital in El Paso, Texas, until her discharge in August 1947, although she spent much of it on sick call from hepatitis. Following her discharge, Garrett served as the nutritionist for families on the Floating Hospital of St. John's Guild in New York, followed by two years as a personal assistant to a multiple sclerosis patient in Philadelphia. She also worked for two years on the private patient staff at New York Hospital- Cornell Medical Center before returning to Connecticut to work as a home representative for Connecticut Light & Power. In 1958 she married Eliot Garrett, and they lived in Pittsburgh and Salt Lake City before settling in Cupertino, California.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Schools and Colleges
Branch of service: Army -- Army Medical Specialist Corps - Diet
Conflict: World War II era (1940-1946)
Subject headings: World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

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: A table set for Christmas dinner; A long table set for a Christmas dinner awaits the arrival of the German POWs who are patients of Ward 2B of Kennedy General Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, in 1945. The table is set with traditional fruit centerpieces, plates, silverware, and candles. Stockings, Christmas cards, a Christmas tree, a banner proclaiming "Merry Christmas" a paraplegic patient dressed as Santa Claus, and hospital beds can be seen in the background.

: Army Nurse Corps unit at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Members of a basic training class at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, pose for a group photo at Brooke General Hospital during basic training in 1945. All of the women wear the Army Nurse Corps or Medical Specialist Corps service dress uniform with service caps, gloves, and ANC utility bags. Dietitian Caroline Morrison Garrett is on the third row, right." Pictured are: Fourth row, left to right: Myra Harris, Janet Fox, Violet [Kaskela?]. Third row, left to right: Elena [O'Leen?], Katherine Jones, Connie Sandmier, Katherine Walsh, Marie Lanou, Phyllis Rowe, Caroline Morrison Garrett. Second row, left to right: Barbara Church, Lellum Ford, Frances Kiel, Eileen Welsh, Maria Dow, Marjorie [Pabot?], Dorothy Banard, Elizabeth Barnes. First row,left to right: Avis [Thugge?], Anne Paradise, Mary Schroeder, Josephine [Woolerton?], Betty Louise Johnson, Doris May Dyer, Margaret Holster, Carrie Partridge.

: Army Nurse Corps unit at graduation; After graduating basic training, Caroline Morrison and her fellow dietitians pose for a group photo outside Brooke General Hospital at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on 13 December 1945. All women wear the ANC service dress uniform, cap, and boots with ANC utility bags slung across their right shoulders." Pictured are: Fourth row: Violet Kaskela, Janet Fox, and Megan Harris. Third row: Katherine Welsh, Caroline Morrison, Marie Lanou, Phyllis Rowe, Elena [O'Leen?], Katherine Jones, and Connie Sandmier. Second row: Barbara Church, Lillian Ford, Frances Kiel, Eileen Welch, Maria Dow, Marjorie [Pabot?],Dorothy Banard, and Elizabeth Barnes. First row: Carrie Partridge, Margaret Holster, Doris May Dyer, Betty Louise Johnson, Josephine [Woolerton?], Mary Schroeder, Anne Paradise, and Avis [Thugge?].

: Army dietitians in El Paso; Lieutenant Caroline Morrison Garrett (center), Alice Strong (left), and Janet Fox (right) pose for a photograph in El Paso, Texas, in August 1947. Morrison is wearing an army beige off-duty dress and garrison cap. Alice Strong and Janet Fox are both wearing civilian clothing. The text of the photograph states that this is Morrison's last day in the army, and that she is "off to Connecticut from El Paso."

: Captain Smith at Kennedy General Hospital; Captain Smith, the chief dietitian of Kennedy General Hospital, poses for a picture in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1946. Smith is dressed in an Army Nurse Corps (ANC) off-duty dress uniform and service cap. She has an ANC service bag tucked under her left arm.

: Carol Morrison at Willow Glen Convalescent Center; Carol Morrison Garrett (right) and two companions stand outside of Willow Glen Convalescent Hospital in San Jose, California, in 1945.

: Carol and Hazel Morrison; Second Lieutenant Carol Morrison Garrett (left) and her mother, Hazel Morrison, pose by a palm tree at Bonita Grove in Homestead, Florida, in 1945. Carol Morrison is wearing the Army Medical Specialist Corps olive drab service uniform and garrison cap. A stone wall, houses, and an open air structure can be seen in the background.

: Caroline Morrison Garrett; Second lieutenant Caroline Morrison Garrett is pictured in front of brick building while stationed at Kennedy General Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1946. She is wearing a white Army Nurse Corps (ANC) cap, an ANC striped seersucker hospital uniform, and an ANC cardigan style jacket over her uniform.

: Caroline Morrison Garrett at Willow Glen Convalescent Center; Caroline Morrison Garrett and a fellow dietitian pose by a flagpole outside of the Willow Glen Convalescent Center in San Jose, California. A domed structure with ionic columns can be seen in the background.

: Caroline Morrison and Eileen Welch shop in San Antonio, Texas; Caroline Morrison (left) and Eileen Welch (right) shop in San Antonio, Texas, while stationed at Fort Sam Houston in 1945. Both women are wearing Army Nurse Corps (ANC) olive drab service uniforms and caps. Morrison is carrying a purchased item, and Welch has an ANC utility bag slung over her shoulder.

: Caroline Morrison and Fran Taylor in New Orleans; Carol Morrison Garrett (right) and Fran Taylor (left) pose for a photograph in New Orleans in 1946. Garrett is wearing an olive drab service dress uniform and army garrison cap. Taylor is dressed in an Army Nurse Corps wool overcoat and garrison cap.

: Caroline Morrison and Marie Lanou; Carol Morrison (right) and Marie Lanou (left) pose for a photograph before leaving Bethel, Connecticut, for basic training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in 1945. Morrison and Lanou are both wearing Army Medical Specialist Corps service uniforms and caps. Both women have ANC utility bags slung over their left shoulders and a pair of dress gloves in their left hands.

: Caroline Morrison and Peg Ward in Austin, Texas; In 1946 Caroline Morrison Garrett (right) and Peg Ward (left) walk down a street with off duty in Austin, Texas. Both women are wearing Army Nurse Corps (ANC) off-duty uniform dresses and army garrison caps.

: Caroline Morrison and mess hall crew at Biggs Field, Texas; Caroline Morrison Garrett (center) poses with the mess hall crew at Biggs Field in El Paso, Texas, in 1946. Morrison is dressed in an Army Nurse Corps (ANC) striped seersucker hospital uniform with lieutenant insignia on the right collar. A military overseas service poster can be seen in the background.

: Caroline Morrison in Memphis, Tennesse; Caroline Morrison Garret (right) and an unnamed sergeant pose outside a building while stationed at Kennedy General Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1946. Caroline Morrison is wearing the army seersucker hospital uniform. The text on the back of the photograph identifies the unnamed women as:"Sgt who joined army to make up losing Farm in depression. Saw all her quarts of canned good sold at auction for 10¢ [a] quart!"

: Caroline Morrison on duty at Biggs Field, Texas; Lieutenant Caroline Morrison Garrett is photographed at a desk while on duty at Biggs Field in El Paso, Texas, in 1947. Morrison is dressed in an Army Medical Specialist Corps brown and white striped seersucker nurse's work uniform and cap. A rotary telephone, army typewriter, and filing cabinet can also be seen in the photo.

: Dietitian interns at Walter Reed Army Medical Center; A class of dietitian interns pose for a picture at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., in 1945. Caroline Morrison Garrett is back row, center. Also pictured are: First row: Anne Paradise, Josephine Wolverton, Marie Apostle, Mary Schroeder, Eileen Welch, Natalie McChrystal, and Elizebeth Barnes. Second row: Marie Lanou, Marion Dow, Frances Dunlop, Dorothy Barnard, Emma Hayes, and Janvaria Heimerl. Third row: Patricia Martin(L), and Myra Harris (R).

: Dietitians by fountain at Willow Glen Convalescence Center; Caroline Morrison Garrett (center) and two companions, presumably fellow dietitians, pose for a photograph by a fountain while employed at Willow Glen Convalescent Center in San Jose, California, in 19458. All three women are hospital uniforms and caps; one wears a dark blue cape, possibly from the Army Nurse Corps.

: Marie Lanou and Eileen Welch at Walter Reed General Hospital; Marie Lanou and Eileen Welch stand outside of the nurses' quarters at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington D.C., in 1945. Both women are wearing civilian clothing. The text on the back of the photograph reads:"Nurses Quarters- our rooms in the basement."

: Marie Lanou and Russian soldier; Marie Lanou and a Russian soldier pose by a car in 1946. Marie Lanou is wearing an Army Nurse Corps (ANC) service dress uniform and garrison cap without the jacket. An ANC utility bag is slung over her Lanou's left shoulder. The unidentified Russian appears to be wearing a Soviet Union M-43 tunic uniform, trousers, and field boots.

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