Title |
1940-1942_Northern Utah Chapter American Red Cross Scrapbook |
Creator |
Northern Utah Chapter American Red Cross |
Description |
The Weber County Chapter of the Red Cross began in December 1915 when a small group of individuals gathered to begin organizing a chapter of the Red Cross. In 1962, the name was changed to the Bonneville chapter, and in 1969, the chapter merged with other chapters in Northern Utah to become the Northern Utah Chapter, with its headquarters located in Ogden, Utah. The scrapbooks range from 1940 to 2003 and highlight some of the important work of the Red Cross. The books include photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials. |
Subject |
American Red Cross. Programs and Services; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence |
Keywords |
Porter, Maude Dee; McDonald, Madeline; Barton, Clara |
Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA |
Date Original |
1940; 1941; 1942 |
Date |
1940; 1941; 1942 |
Date Digital |
2018 |
Temporal Coverage |
1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003 |
Item Size |
14.5x12.25x2.75 inch |
Medium |
Hardbound Scrapbook |
Item Description |
Brown leather cover with a gold rectangle on the front. It contains 217 pages of newspaper clippings and other paraphernalia. |
Spatial Coverage |
Box Elder County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5771875; Cache County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5772317; Davis County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5773664; Morgan County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5778525; Rich County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780377; Weber County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5784440 |
Type |
Text; Image/StillImage |
Access Extent |
133,122 KB |
Conversion Specifications |
Archived TIFF images were scanned with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. OCR created by using ABBYY Fine Reader. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use. |
Language |
eng |
Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit the Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
Sponsorship/Funding |
Made available through grant funding provided by the Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board (USHRAB). |
Source |
MS 462 Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University |
Format |
application/pdf |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s60afee3 |
Setname |
wsu_arc |
ID |
79323 |
Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s60afee3 |
Title |
1940-42_RedCross 218 |
Description |
The Weber County Chapter of the Red Cross began in December 1915 when a small group of individuals gathered to begin organizing a chapter of the Red Cross. In 1962, the name was changed to the Bonneville chapter, and in 1969, the chapter merged with other chapters in Northern Utah to become the Northern Utah Chapter, with its headquarters located in Ogden, Utah. The scrapbooks range from 1940 to 2003 and highlight some of the important work of the Red Cross. The books include photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials. |
Subject |
American Red Cross. Programs and Services; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence |
Type |
Text; Image/StillImage |
Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit the Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
OCR Text |
Show Truck Becomes Ambulance By Use of Official Equipment CHANGEOVER…The American Red Cross has created an “insert” which will enable a truck to perform as an ambulance. It provides slings for four stretchers. Above, Mrs. Paul Hodgson, Red Cross motor corps enrollee, makes Joyce Hibbert and Mrs. Ivan Thompson, volunteer “patients,” comfortable on the top deck. At side, Mrs. Hodgson demonstrates how to tuck patients into the double-deck insert. GROUP DESIRES MORE MACHINES Fittings Necessary When Trucks Offered for Air Raid Calls A plea for registration of more trucks for use by the Red Cross disaster committee, functioning in the event of an air raid as the emergency medical unit of the citizens’ defense corps, has been sounded by L. G. Diehl, chairman of communications and transportation for the group. The trucks needed particularly are flat-bed ones from 50 to 55 inches wide in which can be placed metal inserts for singing four stretchers into place as an emergency ambulance. Th |
Format |
application/pdf |
Setname |
wsu_arc |
ID |
79839 |
Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s60afee3/79839 |