James Stuart Kean papers, 1914-1964.

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James Stuart Kean papers, 1914-1964.

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Articles, clippings, and proclamations documenting Kean's service (1913-1916) with the American Red Cross, especially as a member of its sanitary mission (1915) sent to combat a typhus epidemic in Serbia. There is information on the epidemic's progress, Serbian economic and sanitary conditions, and the work of the Red Cross staff.

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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...

Kean, James Stuart, d. 1964.

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