Gertrude Behr Milne diaries 1939-1945

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Gertrude Behr Milne diaries 1939-1945

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Gertrude Behr (later Milne) worked as a Red Cross volunteer in New York during World War II. Collection consists of three volumes of Behr's diary kept from March 1939 through August 1945 in which she recorded war news, comments on the news, and her volunteer and social activities.

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312265

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Milne, Gertrude Behr

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Gertrude Behr (later Milne) worked as a Red Cross volunteer in New York during World War II. From the guide to the Gertrude Behr Milne diaries, 1939-1945, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...