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Works: Amy E. Wingreen, "Forty Days in the Wilderness", Amy Eleanor Wingreen papers, 1898-1900

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Open book Works: Amy E. Wingreen, "Forty Days in the Wilderness", Amy Eleanor Wingreen papers, 1898-1900

Title Works: Amy E. Wingreen, "Forty Days in the Wilderness", Amy Eleanor Wingreen papers, 1898-1900

Date 1898-1900

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

User-Contributed Transcription Forty Days in the WildernessorSiboney, Cuba as it was in July & August 1898.by Amy Eleanor WingreenIt was at the close of a Sunday evening about themiddle of July 1898. that the United States ShipResolute steamed into Guantanamo Bay. TheResolute was laden with Government supplies,Surgeons, and nurses, for the American soldiersstricken in Siboney. The American Yellow FeverCamp of the tropics. The old man of the Sea hadbeen in a most pleasant frame of mind andfavored us with the most delightful weatherfor our voyage. The beautiful Resolute so

Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title Amy Eleanor Wingreen Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Wingreen

BibID 184085

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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