American Red Cross

Abstract

Letters from Christine Brown Penniman to her parents while she was a Red Cross volunteer during World War I.

Abstract

Florence May Cooper's (1893-1982) diary describes her work as an American Red Cross nurse in a military hospital in LaPanne, Belgium during World War I.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The earliest posters in the collection feature Leonora Jackson, one of the first female violinists to gain international fame, circa 1900-1915. The most recent poster is a 2020 Black Lives Matter poster. In between is everything from a 1968 Nixon/Agnew campaign poster, to Baltimore City Fair posters from the 1970s, to a poster from the U.S. Pro Cycle Championship held in Baltimore in 1982.The bulk of the posters in the collection, over 1,000, are World War I and World War II era...