Georgia C. Amsden Papers MS-0358

Special Collections & University Archives
01/17/2008
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
askscua@sdsu.edu


Contributing Institution: Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Georgia C. Amsden Papers
Creator: Amsden, Georgia C.
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0358
Physical Description: 2.59 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1917-1974
Language of Material: English .

Scope and Contents

The collection primarily documents Amsden's work with the American Red Cross and the Federal Department of Vocational Education in France between 1918 and 1919, as well as her later work at the San Diego State College of Business teaching stenography and shorthand.  The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, resumes, work reports, speeches, photographs, a scrapbook, and various artifacts including patches, pins, buttons and a bracelet, and souvenir and guide books.  Highlights include detailed correspondence about Amsden's experience in war-torn France.  Of particular interest is a letter detailing Armistice Day in Paris.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The copyright interests in some of these materials have been transferred to or belong to San Diego State University. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections means that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.

Source of Acquisition

Cynthia Stanton Copeland

Accruals and Additions

1969-003, 1974

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, folder title, box number, Georgia Amsden Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.

Biographical Note

Born in Ypsilanti, Michigan on June 4, 1883, Georgia Amsden arrived in San Diego in 1909 as a stenography teacher at San Diego High School. The majority of the collection concerns her volunteer work in France for the American Red Cross in 1918-1919 during World War I. While in France, the Red Cross "loaned" her to the Federal Department of Vocational Education. As the only female vocational education representative, Amsden travelled to various military camps and hospitals in France. Her job was to distribute vocational propaganda, and interview wounded soldiers about potential job prospects back in the United States. She then returned to San Diego and became an associate professor of business education at San Diego State College in 1925. She retired from the College in 1957. Ms. Amsden died in 1968.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Artifacts
Personal Papers
Photographs
Shorthand--Study and teaching--Sources
Amsden, Georgia C., 1883-1968--Archives
Amsden, Georgia C., 1883-1968--Travel--France
American National Red Cross--Biography--Sources
San Diego State University--Faculty--Biography--Sources

box 1, folder 1

Work and education histories (resumes etc.) Folder 1 1919-1948

box 1, folder 2

Letters of Recommendation from San Diego High School faculty Folder 2 1923-1946

box 1, folder 3

Papers from San Diego State College Folder 3 1922-57

box 1, folder 4

Documentary Evidence of American Red Cross Service Folder 4 1918-57

box 1, folder 5

Notes on overseas experiences as seen in 1919 San Diego Sun article Folder 5

box 1, folder 6

S.S. Orita souvenirs Folder 6 October 1918

box 1, folder 7

Outgoing personal correspondence Folder 7 1918-1919

box 1, folder 8

Incoming personal correspondence (calling cards etc) Folder 8 1919-43

box 1, folder 9

Photos Folder 9 n.d.

box 1, folder 10

Newspaper clippings Folder 10 1915, 1919

box 1, folder 11

Souvenirs of France (menus, hotel receipts, train tickets, etc.) Folder 11 ca. 1919

box 1, folder 12

Certificates and Awards Folder 12 1910-61

box 1, folder 13

Passport Folder 13 1918

box 1, folder 14

Various atrifacts (patches, pins, buttons, etc.) Folder 14 ca. 1919

box 1, folder 15

Book--Manual for Soldiers Overseas Folder 15 1918

box 1, folder 16

Book--Manual for "War Women" Overseas Folder 16 1918

box 1, folder 17

Book--Practical Hints on Paris Folder 17 1919

box 1, folder 18

Guide Illustre: Beaune et ses Environs (Illustrated Guide to Beaune and environs) Folder 18 ca. 1919

box 1, folder 19

Souvenir of a visit to the Bon Marche Folder 19 ca. 1919

box 1, folder 20

Guest Book Folder 20 1957

box 2, item 1

Scrapbook--"Art in Dress" on fashion in 1938 Item 1