Terms of Access and Use:
The collection is open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
The copyright owner of this collection is unknown. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
Katharine R. Geddes (dates unknown) of Toledo, Ohio, served as a relief worker for the American Red Cross during World War I in France. She was the sister of Laura Geddes Miller (Smith class of 1907) and Florence Geddes Loomis (class of 1913). No additional biographical information is available.
The Katharine Geddes Papers are contained in a scrapbook compiled from her service as a Red Cross relief worker in France during World War I. Included are photographs, correspondence, postcards, reports, lists, clippings, maps, memorabilia, and citations. Many of the items are written by, or relate to, relief worker Zorah W. Bowman who served with Geddes and was also from Toledo. Correspondence and reports provide rich details of their work with wounded soldiers and prisoners of war in France and Germany. There are also letters and photographs sent from grateful soldiers (in English and French). The photographs and postcards include scenes of France and Germany during the war, particularly Paris, plus relief workers, and soldiers they worked with. Loose inserts from the scrapbook have been removed to separate folders.
The collection is open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
The copyright owner of this collection is unknown. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Katherine Geddes Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA
The Katherine Geddes Papers were donated to the Sophia Smith Collection in 1978 by Casey Miller (Smith class of 1940), daughter of Katherine's sister Laura Casey Geddes Miller (class of 1907).
Processed by Jennifer Smar (intern), 2003.
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Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063 Phone: (413) 585-2970 Fax: (413) 585-2886 Email Reference Form: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/emailform.html URL: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/ |
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Scrapbook,
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1917-19
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Box 1: folder 1
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Loose items removed from scrapbook
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Correspondence,
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1918-19
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Box 1: folder 2
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Reports,
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1918-19
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Box 1: folder 3
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Clippings and maps,
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1918-24
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Box 1: folder 4
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Photographs and memorabilia,
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1918-19
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Box 1: folder 5
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Medals
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Box 1: folder 6
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