Records, 1900-1975.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

American Legion. Helen Fairchild Post No. 412 (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Nursing.

Patriotic societies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Patriotic societies.

Veterans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Societies, etc.

Veterans.

Physical Description:

3 linear ft.

Arrangement:

This collection is unprocessed.

Place of Publication:

1900-1975.

Biography/History:

The American Legion, Helen Fairchild Post No. 412 was organized in Philadelphia in 1919. The post was named for Helen Fairchild, a Pennsylvania Hospital nurse, who was attached to Base Hospital No. 10 and died in service in France on 18 January 1918. The Post has membership ties with all of Philadelphia's hospitals with members throughout the United States.

Summary:

This collection documents many of the activities of the Helen Fairchild Post and is particularly strong in membership registrations and a roster listing women who served as nurses in World War I and World War II.

Cited as:

American Legion, Helen Fairchild Post No. 12 Records, Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania.