Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "2661482",
    "label": "Forster, Emma C.",
    "core": "doc",
    "dtoType": "document",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661482"
}

{
    "id": "2661482",
    "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661482",
    "contentType": "document",
    "title": "Forster, Emma C.",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661482",
    "collections": [
        "Records of the American National Red Cross",
        "Historical Nurse Files"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00073/40033_1521003240_0549/40033_1521003240_0549-00816.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00073/40033_1521003240_0549/40033_1521003240_0549-00816.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00073/40033_1521003240_0549/40033_1521003240_0549-00816.jpg",
    "imageCount": 79,
    "hasImages": true,
    "source": "import",
    "hasTranscription": false
}

{
    "url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661482",
    "naId": 2661482,
    "coverageEndDate": {
        "day": 19,
        "logicalDate": "1941-08-19",
        "month": 8,
        "year": 1941
    },
    "coverageStartDate": {
        "day": 19,
        "logicalDate": "1918-09-19",
        "month": 9,
        "year": 1918
    },
    "levelOfDescription": "fileUnit",
    "recordType": "description",
    "ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}

{
    "seq": 39,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partnerships/40033/0001/DCD00073/40033_1521003240_0549/40033_1521003240_0549-00854.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8bb4fdcef9bea27f",
    "ocrText": "F\nors\n0\na\ns\n+\ne\nDc-170\n1823\n1\n-2-\nMurray Hill 3500, in order to make arrangements for board. They will be well\ntaken care of at either of these places until the office is opened.\nOne nurse in each group is selected by Miss Johnson as the head nurse of\nthe group and until the group arrives in Paris and reports to the representative she\nin\nof the Nursing Service, Miss Julia Stimson, at 4 Place de La Concorde, Paris, the\nacts as such. This nurse is also in charge of nurses aids who may sail on\nship.\non this side cannot promise a definite assignment to any nurse. They are select- and\nNurses assigned to service under the Red Cross should understand that we\ned for service with reference to their preparation for special types of work\nare assigned by the representatives of the Nursing Service overseas accordingly, ex-\nC.\npected, therefore, under such circumstances, to accept such assignment as may be\nalthough changing conditions may make this temporarily impossible. They are\ngiven them, without question.\nNurses serving in foreign countries under the Red Cross are under serious when\nethical obligations not only to the nursing profession but to the indiscretion Red Cross\nthey represent. They should bear in mind that any slight act of and the\nthoughtlessness on their part may lay the Red Cross Nursing Service under which\nnursing or profession of America open to serious criticism. Conditions of their\nmethod they of living and working and their outlook upon life. We do not upon and\nprobably will be working may call for a complete readjustment look\nassignment to overseas duty as a sacrifice but as a glorious privilege Red Cross\nyour an opportunity to carry the spirit of nursing and the spirit of the\nwherever you may go.\nWe shall watch your work with great interest through the reports that are\nsubmitted to us by the Representative of the Nursing Service in the country\nwhere you may be serving.\nalways glad to hear from you at any time and we stand ready best to\nassist We you are should the need of such assistance arise. You carry with you\nwishes for your success. Believe me as,\nVery sincerely yours,\nDirector, Bureau of Field Nursing Service\n2\nI\nI\n3\nof"
}