Oral history interview with Ruth White, 1999
Primarily documents Ruth Matthews White's experiences at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro); her service in the Philippines and Japan with the Red Cross during World War II; and her life after resigning from the Red...
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ftuncarolinagdc:oai:libcdm1.uncg.edu:WVHP/4254 2023-05-15T16:07:09+02:00 Oral history interview with Ruth White, 1999 White, Ruth Matthews Elliott, Eric 1990-1999 1999-06-2 interviews http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/WVHP/id/4254 en eng Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries WV0089.5.001 http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/WVHP/id/4254 Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. WV0089 Ruth White Papers World War 1939-1945;American Red Cross World War II era (1940-1946) Red Cross text 1999 ftuncarolinagdc 2022-09-05T16:50:43Z Primarily documents Ruth Matthews White's experiences at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro); her service in the Philippines and Japan with the Red Cross during World War II; and her life after resigning from the Red Cross. Pre-war topics include working at Belk's Department Store in Greensboro; involvement in campus activities at the Woman's College (WC); political awareness at WC; dances at WC for men from the nearby Overseas Replacement Depot; rationing; starting a marching group at WC; and hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She also talks about her living arrangements, teaching duties, and social life in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early 1940s. " White recalls joining the Red Cross with her roommate; her admiration for President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt; Red Cross training; and the social life on the USS Marine Shark. Topics related to her service in the Philippines include being housed with recently-released female prisoners of war, including nuns and Eskimos; rudimentary showers and toilets; club entertainment; volunteering to go to Okinawa; and collaboration between the military and the Red Cross. " Topics related to Okinawa include camping out until Quonset huts were built; the desolation of the island; security precautions; nutritional deficiencies; geography and landscape of Okinawa; club entertainment, including United Service Organization shows and bingo; visiting Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan; and almost dying from pneumonia. " Other topics include starting Camp Awaniko with a friend after leaving the Red Cross and White's opinion of women in military combat positions. Text eskimo* Gateway Digital Collections (UNC Greensboro - UNCG) Orleans ENVELOPE(-60.667,-60.667,-63.950,-63.950) |
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Primarily documents Ruth Matthews White's experiences at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro); her service in the Philippines and Japan with the Red Cross during World War II; and her life after resigning from the Red Cross. Pre-war topics include working at Belk's Department Store in Greensboro; involvement in campus activities at the Woman's College (WC); political awareness at WC; dances at WC for men from the nearby Overseas Replacement Depot; rationing; starting a marching group at WC; and hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She also talks about her living arrangements, teaching duties, and social life in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early 1940s. " White recalls joining the Red Cross with her roommate; her admiration for President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt; Red Cross training; and the social life on the USS Marine Shark. Topics related to her service in the Philippines include being housed with recently-released female prisoners of war, including nuns and Eskimos; rudimentary showers and toilets; club entertainment; volunteering to go to Okinawa; and collaboration between the military and the Red Cross. " Topics related to Okinawa include camping out until Quonset huts were built; the desolation of the island; security precautions; nutritional deficiencies; geography and landscape of Okinawa; club entertainment, including United Service Organization shows and bingo; visiting Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan; and almost dying from pneumonia. " Other topics include starting Camp Awaniko with a friend after leaving the Red Cross and White's opinion of women in military combat positions. |
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