Papers, 1909-1926.

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Papers, 1909-1926.

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The collection contains papers related to Leonhardt's career in the Navy Nurse Corps and items that she collected during her service. In the Correspondence folder are Leonhardt's orders and official correspondence with Navy officers and J. Beatrice Bowman, Superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps. Leonhardt kept 18 postcards sent to her by friends in the Nurse Corps. During her trip to San Francisco onboard USS Mercy, Leonhardt kept a handwritten diary in a small notebook describing her experience. Three published items are present in the collection. Presumably as a memento of her time on board, Leonhardt kept a copy of The USS Mercy: A Souvenir Log of the Part it Played in the World War. Also in the collection are copies of "The Fleet Review" for March 1920, and "The Red Cross Courier" dated 30 June 1923. Completing the collection are a dance card from the Jagatna Civil Club of Guam, dated 24 August 1912; three "Evening Concert" programs from the U.S. Naval Station on Guam for 1912 and 1914; and clippings of ship's letterhead collected by Leonhardt.

0.25 cubic ft.

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7641564

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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Leonhardt, Elisabeth

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Elisabeth Leonhardt served in the Navy Nurse Corps in the early 20th century. In 1919, she held an appointment as Chief Nurse, USN and was assigned to the Naval Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. She was detached from service in Norfolk for several months in 1920. During this time she was on temporary duty onboard USS Mercy for a voyage from New York to San Francisco. Having left Norfolk on 21 May 1920, she returned on 18 July and resumed her previous duties. In September 1922, Leonhardt was ordered...

United States. Navy Nurse Corps

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The Navy Nurse Corps was authorized by Congress on 13 May 1908 after several years of legislative effort by Navy officials. Patterened after the Army Nurse Corps, the Navy Nurse Corps consisted of a Superintendent in charge of 20 nurses. By the eve of American entry into World War I, they numbered 446. After rising to a wartime high of 1,386, their number was reduced to about 500 by 1928. In 1939, the Naval Reserve Act authorized the recruitment of women into the Reserve Nurse Coprs. More than 1...

Mercy (Hospital ship : AH-4)

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...