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Photographs: Soldiers of the Spanish-American War, Amy Eleanor Wingreen, 1898
Photographs: Soldiers of the Spanish-American War, Amy Eleanor Wingreen, 1898
Photographs: Soldiers of the Spanish-American War, Amy Eleanor Wingreen, 1898
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Open book Photographs: Soldiers of the Spanish-American War, Amy Eleanor Wingreen, 1898

Title Photographs: Soldiers of the Spanish-American War, Amy Eleanor Wingreen, 1898 
Date 1898 
Subjects Military nursing, Nurses, Yellow fever
Description Forms part of the Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) 
Summary Letters, narratives, photographs, clippings and official notes relating to Wingreen's service as a nurse at a military camp hospital in Siborny, Cuba, 1898-1899. Includes letters, often reading like a diary, which Amy Wingreen sent to her sister, mother and nephew as she traveled from Chicago to Cuba and back again to New York and Washington in the summer of 1898, plus a small group of letters to her from relatives and friends of some of the soldiers she nursed.  Also miscellaneous material relating to her medical service from April, 1898, to December, 1899; two narratives of her experiences, one by her and one by her (later) executor Esther Turkington; a scrapbook of clippings and official notes; and a group of photographs of the army hospital in Siborny, Cuba, and some of the soldiers she nursed. 
Biographical/Historical Note Chicago nurse and expert in yellow fever care, who served in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. 
Extent .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 
Format Correspondence, Personal narratives, Photographs
Archival Collection Title Amy Eleanor Wingreen Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection
Link to Catalog View record
Call Number Midwest MS Wingreen Box 1 Folder 7 
BibID 184085
Rights Status No Copyright - United States
Contributing Institution Newberry Library
Newberry Open Access Policy The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to these terms and conditions.
IIIF Resource Type Canvas 
Size 3465px × 4843px     48.05 MB 
File Created 11/01/2016 
Filename 991840858805867_mms_wingreen_box_01_fl_007_001_001.tif 
Unique Identifier NL1Q0YU