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American Red Cross - N thru W - A.R.C. Personnel. Miss Julia Stimson, formerly Chief of American Red Cross in France, appointed Chief Nurse of Army Nurse Corps of A.E.F. to take effect early in November, 1918. Miss Stimson was wit British forces before coming to the A.R.C. A graduate of Vassar before the war she held position of Superintendent of Harlem Hospital in New York City, and afterwards had charge of Department of Nursing and Social Service in Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Miss Carrie M. Hall of Boston, Chief Nurse for the ARC in Great Britain at her desk in RC Headquarters, 40 Grosvenor Gardens, London. She is in charge of all the ARC nurses in the British Isles. Miss Hall was one of the first American nurses to come Europe after the declaration of war by the United States, being in command of the so-called "Harvard unit" which arrived in London in May 1917 and was immediately transferred to take over a large base hospital in the British Army zone in France. She was formerly Superintendent and Principal of the Nurses' Training School at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. She is a graduate of Columbia University

American Red Cross - E thru H - Col. L.S. Hughes of Frankfort, Ky., commanding officer of Red Cros Military Hospital at Sarisbury Court near Southhampton, England, talking to a group of Red Cross officers at entrance of the hospital on "opening day" when his first patients were received. The hospital was built for the American Army Red Cross and will have accomdations for 3,000 patients

American Red Cross - Miscellaneous - American Red Cross Nurse remembered by British soldiers. British soldiers, not forgetting the excellent care given them by the American Red Cross nurses, showed their appreciation by bringing flowers to a nurse who became ill from overwork. She is stationed at the Royal Free Hospital, England

American Red Cross - I thru M - Elizabeth McWilliams of Summerville, N.J. who sailed from New York in October as a Red Cross nurse's aid and died of pneumonia just as the ship reached the British port. She is buried not far from Red Cross Headuarters in London. There was an outbreak of influenza on the ship in which Miss McWilliams sailed. She worked hard all the first day scrubbing out the influenza-infected baggage room to provide a temporary hospital. That night she worked as an emergency cook for three hours and then until midnight wrote letters for the influenza patients. Next morning she herelf was stricken. Her last words were "I am happy because I've tried to be a real American."

Colonel L.S. Hughes of Frankfort, Ky., commanding officer of the American Red Cross Military hospital at Sarisbury Court near Southampton, England, talking with a group of American Red Cross officers at the entrance to the hospital on "Opening Day" when his first patients were received. The hospital was built for the American Army by the Red Cross and will have accomodation for 3,000 patients. Colonel Hughes without overcoat. The two Red Cross officers are Major Foster H. Rockwell of Washington, D.C. and Major Joseph M. Hartfield of New York

American Red Cross - N thru W - Chief nurse in American Hospital in England. Miss Mattie Washburn of Fort Ann and Albany, N.Y., is the Chief Nurse at the big American hospital, Portsmouth, England. The hospital is staffed by a medical and nursing unit from Albany, N.Y

King and Queen of England inspect Red Cross activities at the American Military Hospital, Dartford, near London. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon in the prime of England's autumn season, and the spacious grounds of the hillside hospital were dotted with groups of convalescent American soldiers when their Majesties arrived. As the King and Queen and the Princess Mary walked around from ward to ward, crowds of American wounded, all dressed in hospital blue, clustered around them and they moved always through lanes of men whose bandages and crutches and splints told of heroism on the battlefields of France. The King was in a Field-Marshall's Khaki uniform

American Red Cross - Groups - American Red Cross strives to enlist 25,000 nurses. The great Red Cross drive for 25,000 nurses is sweeping the country. Realizing the great importance attached to the work of the organization, many women are enlisting under the banner of Mercy. They Mayor's Committee of nurses held a great rally at the Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd St., N.Y. City. This shows the group of women in charge of the New York rallies

American Red Cross - E thru H - Chief nurse for American Red Cross in Great Britain. Miss Carrie M. Hall of Boston, Mass., at her desk in Red Cross Headquarters, 40 Grosvenor Gardens, London, England. Miss Hall, who now has charge of all the American Red Cross nurses in the British Isles, had charge of the so-called Harvard Unit, which arrived in London in 1917 and was transferred to take over a large base hospital in the British Army zone in France. She formerly was superintendent and principal of the Nurses' Training Schoo in the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, and is a graduate of Columbia University, New York

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Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of George II of Great Britain. Columbia is the oldest college in the state of New York and the fifth chartered institution of higher learning in the country, making it one of nine colonial colleges founded before the Declaration of Independence. After the American Revolutionary War, King's College was renamed Columbia College in 1784. A 1787 charter placed the institution under a private board of trustees before it was renamed Columbia University in 1896.

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Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Bent Furniture Factory in Holon Settlement. Process of bending wood after steaming

Secretary Shaun Donovan speaking at conference, "New York City--Sink or Swim (SOS): [Principles and Priorities for Waterfront Restoration in Post-Sandy Era," co-sponsored by Columbia University's Center for Urban Real Estate and the New York Municipal Art Society, at New York City's Museum of Jewish Heritage]

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Gemeenteraadsvergadering, Noord Holland

American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - How Red Cross nurses are housed and fed in New York. Window bench in the Library of the Nurses' Home in West Tenth Street, New York

left to right: Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997) and Dr. Brode

Isabelle Fourade. Address: Mme. Garbarieu, Ambares (Gironde) protege of: Base Hospital #114, Bean Desert Hospital Centre, A.P.O. 705, American Expeditionary Forces

American Library Association - Hospitals by State A thru I - Scene at Base Hospital Library, Camp Dodge, Iowa

Miss Katherine O'Neil and Miss Mae Norton, disabled Red Cross nurses taking secretarial training, for whom the New York County Chapter Red Cross is providing homes at nominal charge while they study

Colleges and Universities - Columbia University - Columbia University, New York, commencement, June 1918, at which honorary degrees were conferred on prominent men

Artists - American Artworks (Wartime Cartoons) - War Cartoons. "Base Hospital." Lithographic photo by George Bellows

American Red Cross - Christmas Activities - Leon Sturgeon of Los Angeles, the American soldier on crutches tells some of the village children about the wonderful children of America, - that is the story the Dartford children like the best. On the lawn of the American Base Hospital at Dartford, near London. The Red Cross woman is Mrs. Arthur Robinson of Baltimore

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e thru h chief nurse chief nurse great britain miss carrie miss carrie m hall boston mass desk headquarters cross headquarters grosvenor gardens grosvenor gardens london england miss hall charge nurses cross nurses british isles british isles harvard unit harvard unit army zone british army zone france superintendent schoo peter bent brigham hospital peter bent brigham hospital graduate columbia university columbia university world war 1914 1918 wwi ww 1 massachusetts new york world war one world war i american red cross colleges and universities ivy league high resolution ultra high resolution cross american miss carrie base hospital us national archives public domain movie stills silent films