Lulu Ryan Rolston papers, bulk 1914-1918

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Summary

Creators:
Rolston, Lulu Ryan, 1890-
Abstract:
Personal documents, newspaper issues, scrapbooks, photographs, and postcards relating to Allied nursing in France during World War I.
Extent:
2 manuscript boxes, 7 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 framed caricature (5.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lulu Ryan Rolston papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains a series of mementos from Lulu Rolston's time at the American Ambulance Hospital of Paris the and New York Base #9 Hospital in France. Assigned to the New York Base #9 Hospital, Rolston worked as an Allied nurse during World War I. Rolston treated soldiers wounded in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, which was one of the largest battles in U.S. military history. The collection highlights her time as an Allied nurse with a series of personal documents, newspapers, scrapbooks, photographs, and postcards. A number of her husbands, Howard Rolston's, photographs and documents are also included in the collection. Howard Rolston was an enlisted soldier in France while Lulu Rolston worked at the New York Base #9 Hospital. The bulk of the collection involves Lulu Rolston's work in and around France. The collection contains documents written in French. Box one includes an inventory of the collection.

Biographical / historical:

April 23, 1889 Born, Rouses Point, New York

1914 Graduated from the New York Hospital

1915-1916 Nurse at American Ambulance Hospital of Paris

1916 Taught the Carrell-Dakin Method in the United States

1917 Worked at Ellis Island, New York

1917-1919 Nurse at New York Hospital, Base #9 A.E.F. Hospital in France

1918 Decorated with the Medaille des Epidemies

1919 Discharged and sailed for the U.S. on the George Washington

1920-1930 Public Health Nurse for the City of Los Angeles

1940 Served as WWII nurse

1980 Honored by President Jimmy Carter in recognition of services to the U.S. Armed Forces

1980 Died

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2006.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lulu Ryan Rolston papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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