Vassar College Archives
"Non-campus Organizations" Collections
"Non-campus Organizations" Collections
American Red Cross. Vassar Unit.
- Title: Records, 1914-1920.
Physical Details: 5 cubic ft.
Notes: Elsa Butler Grove, a 1905 Vassar graduate, was a medical social worker who was with the Red Cross at Verdun during World War I.
Summary: Records from this unit staffed by Vassar students and staff concern their work in France during and after World War I and include letters, photographs, reports, financial statements, account books, clippings, circular letters, Red Cross publications, and Vassar Unit newsletters. Correspondence is primarily of Elsa Butler Grove and Margaret Lambie. There are also two diaries kept by Grove concerning a trip to France in 1914 and her experiences with the Vassar Unit in 1920.
Subjects:
Grove, Elsa Butler, 1884-1969.
Lambie, Margaret.
Vassar College--Students.
International relief.
Medical social work--France--Verdun.
World War, 1914-1918--France.
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Red Cross.
Women--Diaries.
Women college students.
France--Description and travel.
Genre Or Form:
Photoprints.
Account books.
Diaries.