Margaret McLeod papers, 1942-1946.

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Margaret McLeod papers, 1942-1946.

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Ranging in date from 1942 to 1946, the Margaret McLeod Papers consist of .5 cubic feet of correspondence, brochures, photographs, certificates, reports, newspaper clippings, and ephemera created and collected by McLeod during her employment with the American National Red Cross's Club Service during World War II. McLeod's collection provides a vivid portrait of life for Club Service workers, documenting not only the achievements of the group's Clubmobiles and Clubs in England, France and Germany, but also the personal frustrations and triumphs of the women who ran them.

.5 cubic feet (1 document case and 1 flat box)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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McLeod, Margaret, 1902-1989.

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Margaret S. McLeod lived an adventurous life atypical of women of her time. The youngest of Murdock and Elizabeth McLeod's seven children, she was born February 1, 1902, in Kingsley, Oregon. Raised in The Dalles, Oregon, she attended Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University), receiving a B.S. in vocational education in 1926. For the next twenty years, McLeod traveled extensively in Europe, South America, and the Pacific; she worked in Hawaii as a secretary for Living...

American National Red Cross

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American charitable organization. From the description of American National Red Cross records, 1906-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867267 Historical Note The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principals of the International Red Cross Movement. The Federal Charter states it is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable organizat...