Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "2661789",
    "label": "LaMalle, Helen Rafferty (Mrs.)",
    "core": "doc",
    "dtoType": "document",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661789"
}

{
    "id": "2661789",
    "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661789",
    "contentType": "document",
    "title": "LaMalle, Helen Rafferty (Mrs.)",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661789",
    "collections": [
        "Records of the American National Red Cross",
        "Historical Nurse Files"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partners/dc-metro/anrc/649203/40033_1521003239_0526/40033_1521003239_0526-00648.tif",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partners/dc-metro/anrc/649203/40033_1521003239_0526/40033_1521003239_0526-00648.tif",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partners/dc-metro/anrc/649203/40033_1521003239_0526/40033_1521003239_0526-00648.tif",
    "imageCount": 50,
    "hasImages": true,
    "source": "import",
    "hasTranscription": false
}

{
    "url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2661789",
    "naId": 2661789,
    "coverageEndDate": {
        "day": 10,
        "logicalDate": "1946-04-10",
        "month": 4,
        "year": 1946
    },
    "coverageStartDate": {
        "day": 4,
        "logicalDate": "1926-05-04",
        "month": 5,
        "year": 1926
    },
    "levelOfDescription": "fileUnit",
    "onlineResources": [
        {
            "description": "Ancestry Collection: 2365",
            "note": "This file was scanned as part of a collaboration effort between Ancestry and the National Archives.",
            "url": "https://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search/collections/2365/"
        }
    ],
    "recordType": "description",
    "ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}

{
    "seq": 37,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/partners/dc-metro/anrc/649203/40033_1521003239_0526/40033_1521003239_0526-00684.tif",
    "mediaId": "efc61ce712b80066",
    "ocrText": "folder\nMETROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ROOM\nRECEIVED\nFREDERICK H. ECKER, Chairman of the Board\nLEROY A. LINCOLN, President\nHENRY E. NORTH\nDEC 13 1938\nVice-President\nPacific Coast Head Office\nReferred To 600 Stockton Street\nWelfare Division\nThem CALIFORNIA\nSAN FRANCISCO\nWILLIAM P. SHEPARD, M.D.\nAssistant Secretary\nHELEN C.LA MALLE, R.N.\nSuperinlendent of Nursing\nDecember 9, 1938\nMiss Mary Beard, Director\nNursing Service\nAmerican Red Cross\nNational Headquarters\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Miss Beard:\nYour letter dated December 2, officially informing me of my appoint-\nment to serve as a member of the San Francisco, California, Local\nCommittee on Red Cross Nursing Service, has been received.\nI accept membership on this important committee with a full appre-\nciation of the importance of our national American Red Cross. You\nmay be assured that any influence I can personally bring to bear on\nthe nurses to make them realize the significance of enrollment will\nbe my objective. Recognizing the importance of attending meetings\nwhen one assumes the responsibility of membership, I shall aim,\nduring the coming years of my service, to attend regularly.\nYou will be interested to know that Miss Edith Smith, the chairman\nof our local committee, had an unusually fine opportunity to discuss\nthe importance of enrollment at the district meeting, December 6,\nMin Division\nand did admirably well in presenting this subject to the nurses.\nSincerely yours,\nHelen ILa Malle\nHelen C. La Malle, R.N.\nSuperintendent of Nursing"
}