AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS. NORTHERN DIVISION:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: American National Red Cross. Northern Division, creator.
Title:Red Cross Northern Division records.
Dates:1915-1921, 1960-1977.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Papers relating to civilian relief and soldiers' service activities of Red Cross organizations in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Montana during World War I. They consist of records of the Minneapolis and St. Paul chapters, with information on auxiliary chapters, relief work in Europe, war fund and membership drives, first aid training courses, and home services; the Northern Division main office, including form letters and reports on its organization and relief activities; and of the Civilian Relief Department, including director's reports and information on services to wounded soldiers and to soldiers and their families after discharge.
Quantity:6.25 cubic feet (13 boxes).
Location: P781: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseHISTORICAL NOTE

The Northern Division of the American Red Cross, an association for the relief of suffering during war and also suffering caused by natural calamities, was made up of the states of Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Montana. The head office of this division was in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. American National Red Cross. Northern Division, Red Cross Northern Division records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 13,928; 16,813

Processing Information:

Processed by: David B. Petrseon, November 2013

Catalog ID number: 001717621


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
P7811Minneapolis Chapter:
1. Miscellany, undated and 1917-1919.
Includes a history of the organization, a resume of production for World War I (1917-1919), and miscellaneous undated letters and papers.
2-5. General correspondence on training courses for Red Cross work, 1915-1917. 3 folders.
6-7. General correspondence on forming auxiliary chapters, January-June 1918. 2 folders.
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P78128-9. General correspondence on closing of auxiliary chapters, 1919-1921. 2 folders.
St. Paul Chapter:
10. Organization of St. Paul Chapter with by-laws, 1917-1918.
11. Monthly reports of auxiliary chapters, 1917-1918.
12-14. General correspondence on war fund drives, 1917-1922. 3 folders.
Includes first fund drive (June-December 1917), second fund drive (April-July 1918), results of the second drive and some unusual contributions to the drives (1918-1922).
15. General correspondence, 1917-1919.
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P781316. General correspondence on military relief supplies, April 1917-March 1918.
17. Post-war relief to foreign countries, 1921.
Includes Poland, Germany, Russia, Near East and Japan.
18-22. General correspondence, 1917-1921. 5 folders.
Includes Home Service Department and Junior Red Cross work.
23. Answers to most interesting experience of war questionnaire, 1919-1921.
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P7814Civilian Relief Department:
24. Conference of division directors, July 8-12, 1918.
25. Monthly reports of directors of civilian relief, September 1917-May 1919.
26-30. Reports of directors of civilian relief, October 1917-July 1918. 5 folders.
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P781531-37. Reports of directors of civilian relief, August 1918-June 1919. 7 folders.
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P781638-42. Reports of directors of civilian relief, July-December 1919. 5 folders.
43-44. Home Service Section county reports, May-June 1919. 2 folders.
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P781745-47. Home Service Section county reports, May-June 1919. 3 folders
48-50. General correspondence, June 1917-December 1919. 3 folders.
51. Civilian relief after-care, October 1918-March 10, 1919.
Concerning soldiers discharged or transferred from Fort Snelling and other hospitals.
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P781852-54. Civilian relief after-care, March 15, 1919-September 18, 1919. 3 folders.
Includes after-care reports (1919).
55-56. Home Service Section form letters, September 1917-1919.
57. Speakers bureau form letters, undated.
58. Home Service publicity, undated.
59. Civilian Relief annual report (July 1917-June 1918) and Digest of war risk insurance law, 1918.
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P781960. Home Service Department papers for publicity and Form letters of the Potomac Division of Red Cross (October 9, 1917-June 17, 1919) , undated and 1917-1919.
61. Home Service in Town and Country paper, December 1918.
62. Home Service report on information courses, 1918-1919.
63. Home Service training, 1919.
Includes conference on training (February 17) and a syllabus of instruction (October).
64-66. Interoffice form letters - A series, 1-190, September 1, 1917-February 15, 1918. 3 folders.
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P7811067-72. Interoffice form letters - A series, 191-597, February 12, 1918-January 17, 1919. 6 folders.
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P7811173-74. Interoffice form letters - B series, 66-285, October 22, 1917-November 20, 1918. 2 folders.
75. Interoffice form letters - B series, 286-327 (November 20, 1918-January 15, 1919) and Directors of Civilian Relief form letters 1-24 (July 23-August 11, 1919), 1918-1919.
76-79. Directors of Civilian Relief form letters 26-251, August 11, 1919-November 15, 1920. 4 folders.
Includes index to Directors of Civilian Relief letters 1-168 in folder 79.
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P78112National Headquarters and Northern Division main office records:
80. Report on publicity conference, July 23, 1918.
81. Form letters, national headquarters, (June 1917-September 1920) and News service form letters (October 1917-April 1918), 1917-1920.
82. Form letters from national headquarters to St. Paul Chapter, February-July 1917.
83. Northern Division form letters to all chapter chairmen, March 6-November 25, 1919.
84. Northern Division general correspondence and papers to all chapters on miscellaneous subjects, 1917-1919.
85-86. Minnesota county histories, 1919. 2 folders.
87-88. Printed materials and audited financial statements, 1918-1920, 1960, 1964, 1976-1977. 2 folders.
Includes plans and pamphlets; financial statements are dated 1976-1977.
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P78113Assorted work logs, 1917-1919. 2 folders.

Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care.
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Red Cross.
Organizations:
Minnesota War Records Commission.

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