Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "2661962",
    "label": "Melton, Nora Frances",
    "core": "doc",
    "dtoType": "document",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661962"
}

{
    "id": "2661962",
    "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661962",
    "contentType": "document",
    "title": "Melton, Nora Frances",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661962",
    "collections": [
        "Records of the American National Red Cross",
        "Historical Nurse Files"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00073/40033_649063_0487/40033_649063_0487-00579.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00073/40033_649063_0487/40033_649063_0487-00579.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00073/40033_649063_0487/40033_649063_0487-00579.jpg",
    "imageCount": 109,
    "hasImages": true,
    "source": "import",
    "hasTranscription": false
}

{
    "url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661962",
    "naId": 2661962,
    "coverageEndDate": {
        "day": 30,
        "logicalDate": "1936-12-30",
        "month": 12,
        "year": 1936
    },
    "coverageStartDate": {
        "day": 18,
        "logicalDate": "1917-06-18",
        "month": 6,
        "year": 1917
    },
    "levelOfDescription": "fileUnit",
    "recordType": "description",
    "ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}

{
    "seq": 83,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00073/40033_649063_0487/40033_649063_0487-00661.jpg",
    "mediaId": "daa08082ca93fc7e",
    "ocrText": "M\nel\n+\nNATIONAL OFFICERS\nCENTRAL COMMITTEE\nCALVIN COOLIDGE, PRESIDENT\nJOHN BARTON PAYNE, CHAIRMAN\nJAMES M. BECK\nROBERT w. DE FOREST, VICE PRESIDENT\nMRS. AUGUST BELMONT\nWILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, VICE PRESIDENT\nJAMES MARECK, COUNSELOR\nTHE AMERICAN RED CROSS\nCORNELIUS N. BLISS, JR.\nN\nMABEL T. BOARDMAN\nMRS. HENRY P. DAVISON\nELIOT WADS VORTH, TREASURER\nNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS\nE.B DOUGLAS\n0\nMABEL T. BOARDMAN, SECRETARY\nMRS. FRANK v. HAMMAR\nWASHINGTON, D. c.\nHERBERT HOOVER\nMAJ. GEN. M. w. IRELAND\n1\nEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE\nw. w. MORROW\nWILLIAM PHILLIPS\nGUSTAVUS D. POPE\nJOHN BARTON PAYNE, CHAIRMAN\na\nJAMES L. FIESER, VICE CHAIRMAN\nJuly 30, 1924.\nMRS HENRY R. REA\nJOHN D. RYAN\nERNEST P. BICKNELL, VICE CHAIRMAN\nGEORGE E SCOTT\nREAR ADMIRAL E. R. STITT\nELIOT WADSWORTH\nF\nT\na\nROLL CALL RED CROSS NURSES DEFENSE TEST\n5\nHere\nC\ne\nDear Red Cross Nurse:\nS\nOn the 12th of September, 1924, on behalf of the War Department\nthe Surgeon General of the United States 'Army has asked the Red Cross to call\nthe Roll of our Red Cross Nurses, as part of the Defense Test of all organized\nmilitary groups, as well as the citizens of this country. This is the first\npractical test of the peacetime working of the National Defense Act. It does\nnot mean active service, it does not mean giving up your work, but it does mean\nthat you are expected to report to the Committees under which you are enrolled,\nor to such other headquarters as may later be designated, either in person, by\nletter, telephone or telegram. No nurse need be put to any expense, beyond a\ntwo-cent stamp or telephone call, or if she has been particularly tardy, she\nmay need to pay for a telegram.\nRegardless of age, occupation, or present physical condition, you\nare expected to answer the Roll Call on that day exactly as if you were called\ninto active service. Each nurse enrolled in our service appreciates that its\nprimary purpose is a reserve to the Army and Navy Nurse Corps, and therefore\nshould be prepared to answer a call of this sort whenever it may come. It does\nnot mean war, but it does mean preparedness and efficiency. If our enrollment\nstands for this, do not let your failure to answer the Roll Call not later than\nthe morning of the 12th of September, preferably a few days before, bring crit-\nicism upon the whole service, as not measuring up to the purpose for which it\nis organized.\nPlease pass this word on to your sister nurses, watch the public\npress, the nursing journals and the Red Cross Courier for general information,\nand whatever you do keep constantly before you in some conspicuous place the\nwords Report September 12th. \"Here\" !!\nNova of Melton\nVery truly yours,\n1/543 2018 First st N.A.\ncity\nClara D. royan\nmary dawshame\nChairman, National Committee,\nRed Cross Nursing Service.\nSecretary Local Committee,\nRed Cross Nursing Service.\nMark this letter \"HERE\" sign your name and address\nand return it to 16 Jackson Place; N. W.Wash,D.\n16 Jackson Place,\nIf not report by telegram or tele phone Main 1910\nWashington, D. C.\non September 12th."
}