Papers, 1941-1970.

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Papers, 1941-1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57379421

This collection contains the personal papers of Marion B. Stafford, a nurse with the American Red Cross-Harvard Unit. Stafford and three other nurses were among the survivors when M/S Vigrid, a Norwegian ship in a British convoy, was torpedoed on 24 June 1941. The collections includes correspondence from 1 August 1941 to 28 January 1970, the monograph And Now--The Twelfth Night describing her experience on Vigrid, newspaper accounts of the lifeboat experience, a Red Cross Commendation, miscellaneous hospital documents relating to treatment and recuperation, and several photographs of Stafford and friends.

0.25 cubic ft.

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7761494

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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Stafford, Marion B.

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Marion Blissett Stafford was a nurse with the American Red Cross. From the description of Papers, 1941-1970. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 57379421 ...

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...