A Diary of the American Red Cross Sanitary Commission to Serbia 1915-16
Date
1915/1917
Authors
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Publisher
University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
Abstract
The journal of Dr. Stanley Hart Osborn describes his work with the Red Cross in Serbia and Montenegro during World War I. The journal is a carbon copy of a typescript of the daily journal kept by Osborn from May 1915 to Jan 1916 and relates his experiences as a member of a neutral organization during the war. The journal also features over 300 photographs taken by Osborn, corresponding to events in the diary.
Description
The journal of Dr. Stanley Hart Osborn describes his work with the Red Cross in Serbia and Montenegro during World War I. The journal is a carbon copy of a typescript of the daily journal kept by Osborn from May 1915 to Jan 1916 and relates his experiences as a member of a neutral organization during the war. The journal also features over 300 photographs taken by Osborn, corresponding to events in the diary.
An appendix at the back of the volume contains sections headed "The Songs of the American Red Cross Sanitary Commission to Serbia During 1915," "Members of My Unit in Montenegro and Serbia," and "Equipment for Each Member." A map titled "La Division Administrative du Royaumede Serbie" by the Institut Cartographique M. Miloŝević, Belgrade, has been removed to the oversize section of manuscripts. The cities visited by Osborn have been marked and the countries are labeled in English.
Keywords
Diaries, Photographs, Physicians, Sanitary engineers
Citation
MSS 0097, Item 0056, Stanley H. Osborn, A Diary of the American Red Cross Sanitary Commission to Serbia 1915-16, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.