Memorandum from Maida Riggs to Don Momand and letter to Riggs family

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Title:
Memorandum from Maida Riggs to Don Momand and letter to Riggs family
Description:
Combines typed report to Momand and handwritten letter to family. Describes feeding 950 men despite their Captain, Ruth Kniep, being sick and a broken cylindar. Maida describes a week of running a clubmobile for the American Red Cross in England during World War II, trying to visit their captain in the hospital by bicycle but being unable to find her, attending a dance, visiting the oldest village in England, going on a date, and traveling primarily by bicycle. Certain words are redacted either by a black line drawn through them or being cut out from the page entirely.
Creator:
Riggs, Maida L.
Addressee:
Momand, Don
Addressee:
Riggs family
Date:
October 11, 1943
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Genre:
Memorandums
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Maida L. Riggs Papers
Series:
Series 1: Correspondence
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1914-1918--Medical care
World War, 1939-1945--War work--Red Cross
World War, 1939-1945--Women
Extent:
6 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs095-b001-f003-i003
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
England
Language:
English
Identifier:
mufs095-b001-f003-i003