Leonard G. Coop Photograph Album 1919-1926

Coop, Leonard G.

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Leonard G. Coop was a Field Director for the American Red Cross from 1919 to 1926. From the guide to the Leonard G. Coop Photograph Album 95-050., 1919-1926, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) ...

Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921

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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...