Dorothy M. Harrison talks about the life of Constance Sheltman White including her service in the U.S. Army Medical Department as an occupational therapist during WWI
Dorothy M. Harrison describes the efforts of the Louisville Unit of the Women's Overseas Service League to preserve the histories of its members and then talks about the life of Constance Sheltman White who served in the U.S. Army Medical Department as an occupational therapist during World War One. Harrison reads from an article in Louisville Magazine about White entering the the family printing business, her education, her service in France and her work with the Near East Foundation teaching children. Harrison also reads from a letter White wrote to the Louisville Unit about her service in the war and in Turkey and in Greece and Iraq with her husband for the Near East Foundation.
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- In Collections
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Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 1983
- Contributors
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University of Texas at San Antonio. Libraries
- Subjects
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White, Constance Sheltman, 1891 or 1892-1987
United States. Army. Medical Department
United States. Army
Near East Foundation
Women's Overseas Service League. Louisville Unit
United States. Army Medical Department (1968- )
World War (1914-1918)
Armed Forces--Foreign service
Armed Forces--Military life
Humanitarian assistance, American
Learning and scholarship
Military participation--Female
Occupational therapists
Oral history
France
Greece
Iraq
Turkey
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Speeches (compositions)
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:14:35
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 35095
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11872590
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