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Winifred Thomas Smith papers

Winifred Thomas Smith papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Winifred Thomas Smith papers
Creator: Smith, Winifred Thomas
Inclusive Dates: 1942-1953
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 Linear Feet 4 boxes
Collection Number: ms2373
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Winifred Thomas Smith was an American Red Cross Field Director (social worker) attached to the 106th Station Hospital during World War II.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks of photographs, and memorabilia relating to her duty in North Africa, Algeria, and Italy. The photographs depict local points of interest, the aftermath of battle, fellow Red Cross workers, and members of the American forces. The collection also includes correspondence from Charles Bogner and v-mail from Smith to her mother.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Winifred Thomas Smith papers, ms2373, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

American Red Cross
Bogner, Charles
Women in war -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Africa.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Algeria.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11Business Cards
 
12Certificates
 
13Christmas Carol Book
 
14Clippings, 1940-1949
 
15Date Book/Diary, 1942-1945
 
16Empty Envelope
 
17Guest Cards
 
18Invitations
 
19Lists
 
110Membership cards
 
111Menus
 
112Newsletters
 
113Newspaper Cartoons
 
114Notes
 
115Photographs
 
116Portraits
 
117Postcards
 
118Printed material
 
119Programs
 
120Ration cards, miscellaneous
 
121Red Cross & Military Papers
 
122Stationary
 
123Writings
 
124Writings by Albert C. Bacon
 
boxfolder
21-6Correspondence, 1940-1953
 
27-9Letters - Charles Bogner, 1944-1946
 
boxfolder
31-34Photo Album, 1941-1945
 
33Photo Album, 1941-1945
 
335Photo Album, 1931-1945
 
336Photo Album, 1944-1947
 
boxfolder
41-34Photo Album, 1944-1947
 
435Puptent Poets of the Stars and Stripes Mediterranean compiled by CPL. Charles A. Hogan & CPL. John Welsh, III. Illustrated by SGT. Stanley Meltzoff. Edited by LT. Ed Hill, 1945
 
436Mud, Mules, and Mountains by Bill Mauldin
 
437Date Book, 1945
 
438Up Front - text and pictures by Bill Mauldin