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Walla Walla County Chapter of the American Red Cross Collection, 1946-1978
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- American Red Cross. Walla Walla County chapter
- Title
- Walla Walla County Chapter of the American Red Cross Collection
- Dates
- 1946-1978 (inclusive)19461978
- Quantity
- 1.2 linear feet, (1 record carton, 1 manuscript box)
- Collection Number
- WCMss.258
- Summary
- The Walla Walla County Chapter of the American Red Cross Collection contains materials related to the American Red Cross and training conducted at the Red Cross chapter in Walla Walla, Washington. There are pamphlets, training material, and certification cards included. This collection, which dates from 1946 through 1978, also consists of civil defense information, emergency preparation and care instructions, as well as scrapbooks, meeting minute, and photographs.
- Repository
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
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The collection consists of materials related to the Walla Walla County Chapter of the American Red Cross from 1946 to 1978, including pamphlets, training materials, certification cards, Civil Defense information, emergency preparation and care instructions, and the "American Red Cross Home Nursing: Care of the Sick and Injured" instructors' guide, along with two textbooks regarding health care. The collection also contains scrapbooks, binders with newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, and photographs. One scrapbook is related to the Walla Walla Overseas Wives Club, which was a group sponsored by the Red Cross for women who had a spouse serving in Vietnam.
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