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Women's Resources --Women and War/Military--


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Manuscripts

VFM 74  Franklin D. Roosevelt Papers    April 4, 1918
Letter, April 4, 1918, from F. D. Roosevelt, Ass't. Sec. of Navy, to Mrs. C. E. McQuigg, New Haven, Conn., thanking her for loaning binoculars, telescopes or spy glasses to the Navy for carrying out the war effort.
VFM 197  Records of the National Women's Relief Corps 1890 - 1944
List of residents, 1890-1944, at the National Woman's Relief corps Home at Madison, O.; and explanatory correspondence.
VFM 878  Fannie E. Ford Papers      1863 - 1865
Letters, July 23, 1863, and May 10, 1865, from Fannie E. and Emily Ford, Jackson, O., telling of the activities of Morgan's Raiders, his 8,000 Union pursuers in the Jackson area, and of the activities at the Western Seminary, Oxford, O., upon Lincoln's death.
VFM 1153  Marie Louise Brent Papers    May 29 - June 3, 1917
Typed copy of a letter, May 29-June 3, 1917, from Marie Louise Brent, Noyon, France, telling of her experiences in and around Noyon and Behericourt, France, while serving with the Red Cross.
VFM 1681  Annie Leah Dean Papers     1862 - 1866, ca. 1900
Scattered papers of Amesville, Athens County, Ohio, woman, including report as secretary of Ladies Soldiers Aid Society of Amesville; list of money and goods collected for Christian Commission; historical sketch of the Soldiers Aid Society (in part); and paper on parents' relation to the Sunday School, probably from about 1900 (with typed copy).
VFM 3805   Ouida Okey Papers    1919
Military pass, warrant record and newspaper article about Ouida Okey, one of 200 women who served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I.
VOL 219  Minute Book of the Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.). Ben Butterfield Post No. 377, Lancaster, Ohio
Minute book of the monthly meetings of the Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to Grand Army of the Republic, Ben Butterfield Post No. 77, in Lancaster, Ohio. Includes donations received, expenses, and reports on relief collected, Jan. 6 - June 24, 1906
VOL 220  Minutes of the 22nd National Convention of The Women's Relief Corps   September 7-8, 1908
Minutes of the 22nd national convention of the Women's Relief Corps, held in Lancaster, Ohio Sept. 7-8, 1905, written by the Post No. 377 secretary. Also lists Ohio dept. assistant inspectors and other Ohio posts and officers.
VOL 322  Records of the National Woman's Liberty Loan Committee. Ohio Branch. Huron County.      1918 - 1919
Records of the Woman's Fourth Liberty Loan Committee and the Woman's Fifth Victory Liberty Loan Committee of Huron County, Ohio. Entries include summaries of sales in the townships and lists of workers and subscribers.
VOL 911  Rose N. Scott Diaries    1861
Diary of Rose N. Scott, of Chillicothe, Ohio records her thoughts and activities in Ohio during the Civil War, with references to the 73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Camp Worthington. She was the daughter of William McKendre Scott.
VOL 912  Rose N. Scott Diaries    1862
Diary of Rose N. Scott, of Chillicothe, Ohio records her thoughts and activities in Ohio during the Civil War, with references to the 73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Camp Worthington. She was the daughter of William McKendre Scott.
VOL 1264  Angeline Walker Hull Civil War Diary    1865
1865 Diary, with tasseled pencil, of Angeline W. Hull contains daily entries about activities on their Sandusky farm. Some notable events recorded are the capture of Lee on April 11, the murder of President Lincoln and his funeral train in Cleveland on April 15 and 28, and the deaths of her father-in-law and her father in September and October. Go to top

State Archives

SA 1142  War History Commission Files and Photographs  ca. 1941-1945
Alphabetically indexed general files of the War History Commission.
SA 2330  Adjutant General, Muster-in roll of surgeons and nurses   1861-1862
Lists Volunteer medical personnel from Ohio.
SA 2987  Adjutant General, List of Nurses on Emma Duncan
Entries include nurse's name and address.

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Audiovisuals

SC 5526  Youngstown Steel Door Company     ca. 1940-1945
Male and female employees of the Youngstown Steel Door Company building fuel tanks for aircraft during WW II.
SC 5567  Flora Mason      1918
Photograph of Flora Mason, Marietta, Ohio, in Young Women's Christian Association uniform, during World War I.
SC 5570  Doras Carothers     1918
Photograph of Doras Carothers, United States Army Nursing Corps, World War 1.
P 41  Maude Spitler       ca. 1917-1919
Military activities during World War I, including Allied troops at the front; Civilian activities, including Red Cross parades, charity balls, war drives, and governmental conferences.
P 220  Lois Ruth Campbell  ca. 1888-1961
Campbell’s work in France with the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WW I, Campbell’s civilian nursing career, Campbell family, memorabilia of military service.
P 296  Ohio Department of the Adjutant General   1968-1970
Photographs of crowd control during riots, including riots at Ohio State University, Ohio University, and Kent State University.
P 328    Zanesville, Ohio (unprocessed)     ca. 1915-1945
Men leaving Zanesville for military service, civic activities to support the war effort, war time work of women, 1917-1918; 1941-1945.

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Published Materials

172.4 A53o Outlawry of War: Address by Judge Florence Allen. 1923.
336.73 N213t  Third Liberty Loan: Report of Woman’s Committee by National Woman’s Liberty Loan Committee. 1918.
940.49421 Oh3  Reports and Roster of Committee. National Woman’s Liberty Loan Committee Ohio Branch. 1918.
940.546771 C188  Service Record Book of Men and Women of Carey, Ohio by American Legion. Ohio. Earl Green Post 344. n.d.
940.546771 D361  Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Defiance County. n.d.
940.546771 M974  Muskingum County Men and Women in World War II. Zanesville Times Recorder. 1947.
Ohio Docs OA 1.4:C352 A Challenge to Women: Manual For Women in Civil Defense. Ohio. Adjutant General’s Department. 1963.

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