Correspondence, typed, telegrams, photographs, postcards, press clippings and other ephemera relating to Kate Lewis' experiences as a Red Cross nurse in World War I and before.

The majority of the collection is correspondence sent by Kate Lewis, a Red Cross nurse serving in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I, to her mother, Melissa Lewis. Correspondence spans Kate Lewis' time in Washington, D.C., from April-August 1918, and her time in France, from October 1918-August 1919. Also includes letters from Kate's brother, Philemon Lewis to Melissa Lewis, press clippings, a book of postcards and a copy of the memorial service for Chester Harding Plimpton.

There are two photographs in the collection: one is of Kate Lewis standing by the ambulance she drove in France, the other is an unidentified photograph of Father Christmas in front of a Christmas tree handing gifts to five children in Bézancourt, France.