Photographs: Soldiers of the Spanish-American War, 1898
Scope and Content of the Collection
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 Siboney, Cuba and some of the soldiers she nursed. Note: the Esther Turkington narrative is published in For Our Beloved Country, edited by Speer Morgan and Greg Michalson, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994.
Dates
- Creation: 1898
Creator
- From the Collection: Wingreen, Amy Eleanor, 1870-1919 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The Amy Eleanor Wingreen Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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