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[Identification of item], in the Julia Irene Kauffman Papers #5703, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Materials were separated from the William K. Scarborough Papers in October 2016 (Acc.102650).

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Processed by: Gergana Abernathy, October 2016

Encoded by: Gergana Abernathy, October 2016

Updated by: Laura Hart, December 2017 and July 2018

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Kauffman, Julia Irene, 1892-1984.
• Nurses--Diaries.
• World War, 1914-1918--France.
• World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--France.
• World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American.
• World War, 1914-1918--Women--France.
• World War, 1914-1918--Women--United States.
• World War, 1914-1918.

• William Kauffman Scarborough Papers #5622, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Julia Irene Kauffman Scarborough (1892-1984) was born in Westminster, Md. She served as a nurse in France attached to Base Hospital #42, American Expeditionary Force during World War I. She recieved her nursing diploma (RN) from University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, Md., in June 1916. She embarked for France from Hoboken, N.J., on 13 June 1918 and returned to the U.S. on board R.M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam in March 1919.

This collection contains Julia Irene Kauffman's correspondence, diaries, and documents created and received while she was stationed in France during World War I as a nurse. Service documents include Kauffman's embarkation card, travel and leave permits, and her Nursing Service Certificate of Immunity. Other materials include books, newspaper clippings, a photograph of Kauffman, and a 1920 panoramic photograph of the Rehabilitation Club for disabled veterans of the First World War convened at the Pennsylvania State College (Penn State).

• OP-PF-5703/1