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Anderson, Jessica B. Jessica B. Anderson papers and photo album, 1917-1920.

Title: Jessica B. Anderson papers and photo album, 1917-1920.

Papers and photographs (bulk 1919-1920) of Anderson, an American Red Cross worker who served at the Mars-sur-Alliers army post in France at the end of World War I. Anderson organized the first American military hut in France and was the directress of Base Hut 1 in the section occupied by Base Hospital 123. In early 1919, Anderson left for Le Mans, where she continued to work for the Red Cross in the welfare section, later moving to Paris and working for the U.S. Consulate in the Passport Bureau, as a filing clerk. In 1920 Anderson returned to Madison (Wis.). The collection consists of correspondence to her sister and mother describing her duties, accomplishments, and outings, as well as her fellow workers and friends. The bulk of the letters document her time spent in Le Mans and Paris, working, socializing, and sightseeing. In one letter Anderson speaks of meeting and joining Prince Faisal of Syria for a reception at his house in Paris and in a second letter she recounts General Pershing's review of the American troops in Nevers. Also included is a copy of an American Red Cross-Chicago Chapter Bulletin (1918), entitled "Campaign for Nurses Extended" and a photo album (circa 1918-1920) depicting army officers, friends, places Anderson visited such as Paris, Bourges, Vichy and Nevers, the base camp in Mars-sur-Alliers, General Pershing in Nevers, and a German prisoners' hospital ward.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 c.f.

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