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British Emergency Medical Service (2 of 6), 1941-1958

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 47
Identifier: 6

Series Scope and Contents

From the Series:

The locations and dates of the various AWH projects documented in this collection are listed by box and folder number below. Each project file is organized chronologically and generally includes material on medical services, personnel, and relations with assisting agencies, associations, or governments. Some also contain financial information and correspondence from the main office of AWH in New York City; the latter generally requests reports and photographs to be used in fundraising programs. Those projects which embrace separate folders for individual physicians or nurse-directors are generally the most thorough in their coverage of medical, administrative, and financial affairs. The files of individual physicians also reveal the emotional stress on and support networks among women physicians serving in relatively isolated regions of the Near East and Latin America. The most complete files are those on France from 1917-1921 (6 in.); the flight of refugees from Turkey to Greece, the resulting Macronissi Island quarantine, and the Greek Polyclinic and School of Nursing (1 ft. 2 in.); Russia and Serbia in the interwar years (8 in.); the British Emergency Medical Service and the bombing of Britain during World War II (5 in.); and the multipurpose clinic in Bolivia in the postwar period (6 in.).

Dates

  • 1941-1958

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials are in English.

Access restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

From the Series: 20 box(es) (4 - 17e supplimental)

Repository Details

Part of the Drexel University: College of Medicine Legacy Center Repository

Contact:
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