Jessie Vanderbilt Simons papers, 1870-1936 and undated.

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Jessie Vanderbilt Simons papers, 1870-1936 and undated.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/271466229

Collection primarily documents Simons' travels through Europe during the 1920s and 1930s and her work with the Richmond County chapter of the American Red Cross Motor Corps. Twenty-nine yearly diaries detail daily life, family life, travel, participation in the Motor Corps, and other philanthropic activities. Correspondence with her children, family, and friends is also included; as are receipts, invoices, and other financial materials, primarily from travel to Europe; correspondence, printed materials, a scrapbook, and other items documenting Simons' service with the American Red Cross Motor Corps; material relating to friend, photographer, and fellow Motor Corps member Alice Austen; and photographs. Material in German includes receipts and invoices.

1000 items (6.5 lin. ft.)

eng,

ger,

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7237679

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

Related Entities

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National Federated Workers for Disabled Soldiers.

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Simons, Jessie Vanderbilt.

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Jessie Vanderbilt McNamee was born in 1874 to a wealthy family in Staten Island, New York. In 1901 she married Charles Dewar Simons (1874-1922) and they had one child, Charles Dewar, Jr. The family resided in Staten Island. Ms. Simons served as a volunteer ambulance driver with the Dongan Hills Motor Corps; helped found and served as the ranking member of the Richmond County chapter of the Red Cross Motor Corps during World War I; served as Vice President of the National Federated Workers for Di...

American Red Cross. Women's Motor Corps

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Veteran Association of Women War Workers.

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Austen, Alice, 1866-1952

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B. March 17, 1866, Staten Island; d June 9, 1952. From the description of Alice Austen : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 474952402 ...

Simons family.

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