Summary Information

Title: American Red Cross. Oshkosh Chapter (Wis.): American Red Cross Oshkosh Chapter Records
Inclusive Dates: 1916-2006

Creator:

• American Red Cross. Oshkosh Chapter (Wis.)

Call Number: Oshkosh Mss DG; PH Oshkosh Mss DG

Quantity: 9.2 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 14 flat boxes) and 0.6 cubic feet of photographs (1 flat box)

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Polk Library, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Oshkosh Polk Library / Oshkosh Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of the Oshkosh Chapter of the American Red Cross, a group founded in 1916 to provide community disaster relief and services to soldiers and veterans. The records are comprised mainly of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings dated between 1943 and 2006. Also included are annual reports, financial statements, photographs, World War II nurse recruitment records, radio broadcast transcripts and correspondence between Oshkosh chapter chairman and officers. Also of note is a scrapbook of Phan Rang Air Force Base (AFB), presented to students of Oshkosh High Schools and the Oshkosh Chapter by Red Cross volunteers stationed in Vietnam providing support to U.S. troops. The scrapbook documents the recreational life of the base.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-osh00dg

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