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Scrapbook of Ella V. (Biddie) Gillespie, ND

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 000

Scope and Contents

Volume II (brown cover) includes reunion photos from the 1950s, 1980, 1985, and 1995, and photographs taken at Lake Garda, Florence, Italy, and Switzerland. Also included are an informational bulletin from the University Study Center, Mtousa, Caserta, Italy; mementos from the ship "Vulcania" which sailed from Naples, Italy to New York, and whose passengers included nurses; welcome back brochures from Camp Kilmer, New Jersey; November 1943, October 1944, and December 1945 issues of the "University of Virginia Alumni News;" Spring 1946 issue of the "Bulletin of the University of Virginia Medical School and Hospital" which gives a brief history of the 8th Evac Hospital and was devoted to the military service of faculty and alumni; May 1990 issue of "House Organ" by Vanderbilt University Medical Center with an article about 8th Evac nurse Alice Bugel; newsletters from 1946(?), 1947, 1948(?), 1949, 1950, 1951 with updates on the officers and nurses; original drawings by Bing Brown; poems; notes; reunion mementos; and postcards.

Dates

  • Creation: ND

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 25 Linear Feet

Physical Description

Artifact: scrapbook includes photos, newspaper clippings,mementos, brochures, journal, newsletters, drawings, poems, notes, and postcards

Repository Details

Part of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Repository

Contact:
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
1300 Jefferson Park Avenue
P.O. Box 800722
Charlottesville Virginia 22908-0722 United States