Dorotha Farrell collection

Collection — Box: 08.0080-Box 1

Identifier: 08.0080

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection relates to Dorotha Farrell who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in an orthopedic ward with the 98th General Hospital that served in England and Germany in World War II. This collection contains 72 photographs, oral history interview transcript, one newspaper article clipping, one Life magazine cover, nine letters, and one folder of official documents.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1942-1945
Other: Date accessioned: 2019-10-07

Creator

Farrell, Dorotha, 1920-2017 (Owner, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical / Historical

Dorotha Farrell was born in Owensville, Indiana on August 8, 1920. She graduated high school in 1938 and attended training school at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana from 1938-1941. She completed basic training at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi from August 1943-February 8, 1944. She served in World War II in England and Germany with the 98th General Hospital from 1944-1945. She passed away on April 21, 2017.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Donated by Dorotha Farrell

Custodial History

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Subjects

Camp Myles Standish (Taunton, Mass.) Subject Source: Local sources
Camp Van Dorn (Miss.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Documents Subject Source: Local sources
Interviews. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Letters--20th century Subject Source: Local sources
Magazine covers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Military Nursing--United States--Collected Correspondence Subject Source: Local sources
Military nursing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Military nursing--United States Subject Source: Local sources
Newspapers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Newspapers--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Oral history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photograph albums Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photography, Military Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945 -- Photography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Europe Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Photography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Women Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings