Henry Serrano Villard typescript : Red Cross driver in Italy : a memoir of the First World War, 1982

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Summary

Creators:
Villard, Henry Serrano, 1900-1996
Abstract:
Relates to the American Red Cross ambulance service in Italy during World War I and to Villard's acquaintanceship with the writer Ernest Hemingway in the ambulance service. Appendices include rosters of Red Cross personnel in Italy and a copy of a 1918 article by Hemingway in a Red Cross bulletin.
Extent:
1 manuscript box (0.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Henry Serrano Villard typescript : Red Cross driver in Italy : a memoir of the First World War, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Relates to the American Red Cross ambulance service in Italy during World War I and to Villard's acquaintanceship with the writer Ernest Hemingway in the ambulance service. Appendices include rosters of Red Cross personnel in Italy and a copy of a 1918 article by Hemingway in a Red Cross bulletin.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1900
Born, Manhattan, New York
1918
Served as volunteer ambulance driver for the Red Cross in Italy. Met Ernest Hemingway while both were recuperating in a Red Cross hospital
1921
Graduated from Harvard University
1952
Served as envoy to Libya
1958
Served as US representative to the European Office of the United Nations
1960
Served as ambassador to Mali, Senegal, and Mauritania
1996
Died, Los Angeles, California
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1985.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Henry Serrano Villard typescript : Red Cross driver in Italy : a memoir of the First World War, [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
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