Collection Number:
05703
Collection Title: Julia Irene Kauffman Papers, 1917-1950s
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Size |
.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 750 items) |
Abstract |
Correspondence, diaries, and other documents Julia Irene Kauffman created and received
primarily while serving as a nurse at an American Expeditionary Force hospital in
France during World War I.
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Creator |
Kauffman, Julia Irene, 1892-1984. |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language |
English |
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- [Identification of item], in the Julia Irene Kauffman Papers #5703, Southern Historical
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- Acquisitions Information
- Materials were separated from the William K. Scarborough Papers in October 2016 (Acc.102650).
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- William Kauffman Scarborough Papers #5622, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson
Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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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.
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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).
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Julia Irene Kauffman Papers, 1917-1950s.
750 items.
Folder 1
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Folder 2
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Folder 3
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Folder 4
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Folder 5
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Folder 6
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Folder 7
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Folder 8
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Folder 9
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Includes Nursing Service Certificate of Immunity, Certificate of Identity, embarkation
card, vouchers, and a message from King George V.
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Folder 10
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Includes leave and travel permits.
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Folder 11
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Folder 12
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Written in a "Sailor's Diary" while on board the ship to France.
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Folder 13
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Copies of
The New Testament and
The Beauty of Kindness by J. R. Miller gifted to Julia Irene Kauffman.
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Folder 14
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Folder 15
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Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-5703/1
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Panoramic photograph of a large group, composed primarily of white men in military
uniform. Image is labeled "Rehabilitation Club The Pennsylvania State College, Nov
6 1920." Penn State had a rehabilitation program for disabled veterans after the First
World War.
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Processing Information
Processed by: Gergana Abernathy, October 2016
Encoded by: Gergana Abernathy, October 2016
Updated by: Laura Hart, December 2017 and July 2018
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