American Red Cross
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ladwig Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3325
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Ladwig family. They document the professional and personal lives of medical and teaching professionals in West Virginia in the early twentieth century, includng Dr. Otto Ladwig (1875-1968), his wife Calora Hardway Ladwig (1882-1974), and Margaret and Gertrude Hardway, Calora's sisters. The Ladwigs lived in Harrison and Randolph counties and were active in itinerant logging communities such as Evenwood. There are correspondence, publications, deeds, certificates, and photos...
Dates:
1870-1959
Red Cross of Fairmont, West Virginia, Typescript Regarding Activities During World War II
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4126
Overview
Typescript titled "Historical Record of the Activities of the Fairmont, West Virginia Chapter of the American National Red Cross in World War II, September 1939 - December 1945". Typescript documents the activities of the Fairmont Red Cross before and during World War II, including nurse recruiting, war funds, first aid, disaster preparedness, and home service, among other topics.
Dates:
ca. 1945
West Virginia War History Commission, World War II Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0109
Scope and Contents
Records of the West Virginia War History Commission and the state, local, and national branches of the Office of Civilian Defense. Material within this collection documents civilian activities on the homefront during World War II in the state of West Virginia. The collection contains correspondence, publications, pamphlets, maps, posters, newspapers and clippings, radio scripts, and other material. The collection also contains 19 reels of microfilm regarding the Monongalia Office of Civil...
Dates:
1928-1946; Majority of material found within 1941-1945
Filtered By
- Subject: World War, 1939-1945 X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945 2
- Civil defense -- United States 1
- Civil defense -- West Virginia 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Librarians 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Physicians - letters and papers. 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Red Cross - Fairmont Chapter. 1
- Schools 1
- Teachers 1
- West Virginia University -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Red Cross 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- West Virginia 1 + ∧ less
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