COLLECTION INFORMATION FORM

PRELIM 1. Catalog No. S3006

X FINAL 2. Accession No. 3007

NORTHEAST MINNESOTA HISTORICAL CENTER

3. COLLECTION TITLE: American Red Cross, Northland Chapter, Records.

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INCLUSIVE DATES: 1915-1963

4. DONOR (name & address): Mrs. J. R. McGiffert, Julia E. L. Moore, and others, Duluth, MN.

5. Date Received: not applicable

6. Restrictions: none

7. No. of Boxes: 2

8. No. of Vol. (in boxes):

9. Linear Inches or Feet: 1.66 ft

10. No. of Vol. (outside boxes):

11. Number of Items (Small Collection):

12. Donor Agreement Form Signed (date): not applicable

ABSTRACT SUMMARY OF COLLECTION

The Duluth chapter of the American Red Cross was formed in 1915 in response to needs created by World War I. In 1942, the organization changed its name to the Arrowhead Chapter and is presently known as the Northland Chapter of the American Red Cross.

The collection contains correspondence, reference materials, , photographs, and Red Cross publications. Most of the material originated from the chapter's World War I activities, and reflects the relief programs in effect during that war. The correspondence largely concerns Mrs. J. R. McGiffert, who headed the French relief committee, and Julia E. L. Moore, who was the general secretary of the chapter in 1917. The collection also includes early photographs of the chapter's activities, World War I military service records of St. Louis County women compiled by Minnesota War Records Commission, a scrapbook of World War II activities and (1917-1963).

Related material may be found in collection S3005, Minnesota War Records Commission, St. Louis County Branch.

Box Inventory

Box Folder Description

1 1 Letters from Abroad, 1917-1919

1 2 Letters from Soldiers, 1917

1 3 Letters from Soldiers, 1918-1925

1 4 General Correspondence, 1916-1917

1 5 General Correspondence, 1918-1924

1 6 General Correspondence, 1949-1961

1 7 ARC Instruction Pamphlets, 1917-1918

1 8 Belgian War Relief, 1918

1 9 Circle work before American entrance into WWI

1 10 Daughters of American Revolution, 1916-1917

1 11 Duryea War Relief, 1918-1924

1 12 Industrial Committee, 1917

1 13 Military Service Record, A-L, 1921

1 14 Military Service Record, M-W, 1921

1 15 Moore, J. E. L., Correspondence, 1916-1917

1 16 Moore, J. E. L., Correspondence, April - July 1917

1 17 Moore, J. E. L., Correspondence, Aug. - Oct. 1917

1 18 Moore, J. E. L., My Personal War Work, 1922

1 19 Moore, J. E. L., Notebooks, Oct. 1915 - June 1916

1 20 Oaths of Allegiance (samples), 1918

1 21 Posters and Postcards, 1917-1919

1 22 Shipping Lists, 1917

1 23 Virginia Service Women, n.d.

1 24 Work Room Meeting's and Records, 1917

1 25 Newspaper clippings, 1917-1918

1 26 Newspaper clippings, 1925-1941

1 27 Newspaper clippings, 1942-1963

1 28 Misc. Publications, 1917-1921

1 29 Misc. Publications, 1934-1952

2 1 French Relief Work 1918

2 Instructions for Red Cross War Work, 1917

3 Lists of Circles, 1917 ?

4 Serbian Relief Work, 1915

5 Surgical Dressings Class, 1917

vol. Story of War Production: This Story of Red Cross War Production

Told in Newspaper Clippings, Compiles 1945

Newspaper clippings date from 11/1940-2/1946; a few letters are inserted at the back as well as Garment Report 1940-42