Register of the Clelia Duel Mosher papers
Finding aid prepared by Lisa Miller
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Stanford University
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Title: Clelia Duel Mosher papers
Date (inclusive): 1898-1937
Collection Number: XX249
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes
(2.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, office files, photographs, and postcards, relating to relief work of the Red Cross in France from
1917 to 1919, and to the promotion of health education for women in the United States. Includes correspondence with Lou Henry
Hoover.
Creator:
Mosher, Clelia Duel, 1863-1940
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Clelia Duel Mosher Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
| 1863 December 16 |
Born, Albany, New York |
| 1893 |
A.B, zoology, Stanford University |
| 1894 |
A.M., physiology, Stanford University |
| 1900 |
M.D., Johns Hopkins University |
| 1910 |
Assistant Professor, personal hygiene, and Medical Advisor of Women, Stanford University |
| 1917-1919 |
Medical Investigator, Children's Bureau, and subsequently Assistant/Associate Medical Adviser, Bureau of Refugees, American
Red Cross, Paris
|
| 1923 |
Associate Professor, Stanford University |
| 1928 |
Professor, Stanford University |
| 1929 |
Professor emeritus, Stanford University |
| 1940 |
Died, Palo Alto, California |
Scope and Content Note
The Clelia Duel Mosher papers relate to child welfare and other relief work performed by the American Red Cross in France
during World War I, women war workers, and conditions in France in 1918. They also provide limited information about medical
views of women's physical abilities in the 1910s and 1920s.
Mosher was Medical Investigator for the American Red Cross Children's Bureau, which provided medical care for children whose
lives were disrupted by World War I. Mosher helped open a dispensary at Corbeil, establish a hospital at Limoges, and enlarge
the Preventorium for Boys at Tumiac; she also took a convoy of sixty children from Paris to Evian during the bombardment of
Paris. Much of her work involved inspecting and reporting on conditions at dispensaries, hospitals, schools, and other facilities,
as well as some individual families in need. Her reports, in memorandum form in the American Red Cross File, describe conditions
and itemize needs. While focused on institutions serving children, some reports also include general information about adults,
families, communities, and public health.
The Correspondence series, in particular the letters Mosher regularly wrote to her mother Sarah Burritt Mosher, provides anecdotes
about welfare work in France and general information about life in wartime France. The Speeches and Writings series includes
a number of war sketches based on Mosher's experiences.
Mosher also served as an official photographer for the American Red Cross. More than 200 prints (including many duplicates)
of American Red Cross personnel and activities are included in the Photographs and Postcards series. It is presumed that Mosher
took many of these photographs. However, most of the prints are not identified by name of photographer or subject. The bulk
of the circa 340 postcards relate to France and depict tourist sites, scenes of war damage, wartime posters, and health messages
printed by the American Red Cross.
Some information about Mosher's work on women's athletics and physical education may be found in the Speeches and Writings
series. Additional information is available in the Correspondence series, particularly with Lou Henry Hoover, who was Vice
President of the National Amateur Athletic Federation of America in the early 1920s. Topics covered include apparel, competitive
sports, menstruation, and muscular strength.
Additional papers of Clelia Duel Mosher, including the bulk relating to research work on women's physical education, are housed
at the Stanford University Archives (Collection Number SC 011).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
International relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- France
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
Women -- Health and hygiene
American National Red Cross
Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE
1910-1931
Scope and Contents note
Biographical sketches, certificates, commendations, correspondence, passport, receipts, arranged alphabetically by physical
form
box 1, folder 2
Appointment correspondence, American Red Cross
1917
box 1, folder 3
Appointment papers, Stanford University
1910-1929
box 1, folder 4
Biographical sketches
1919-1931
box 1, folder 5
Certificate and commendation, American Red Cross
1919
DIARIES
1918-1922
Scope and Contents note
Arranged chronologically
CORRESPONDENCE
1907-1940
Scope and Contents note
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
box 1, folder 29
American Red Cross
1919-1920
box 1, folder 32
Burrett, Emeline
1917-1922
box 1, folder 35
Coolidge, Mary Roberts
1907-1937
box 1, folder 36
Farrand, Margaret
1918-1919
box 1, folder 37
Faure, Marielouise
1918-1922
box 1, folder 38
Haynes, Royal Storrs, Dr.
1919-1922
box 1, folder 39
Hoover, Lou Henry
1913-1940
box 2, folder 1
Johnson, Edith E., Dr.
1917-1919
box 2, folder 3
Lucas, June Richardson
1918
box 2, folder 4
Mosher, Eliza, Dr.
1915-1928
box 2, folder 5-12
Mosher, Sarah Burritt (Mrs. Cornelius D.)
1911-1920
box 2, folder 13
Owen, Ethel Dale, Dr.
1918
box 2, folder 14
Palmer, Virginia Murray, Dr.
1915-1922
box 2, folder 17
Storey, Phyllis Moore
1918-1923
box 2, folder 20
Vickery, Martha Ellen
1914-1918
box 2, folder 21
Walker, May E., Dr.
1918-1920
box 2, folder 22
Willcox, Mary Alice, Dr.
1915-1934
box 2, folder 23
Withington, Alfreda, Dr.
1919-1920
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS
1890-1925
Scope and Contents note
Notes, clippings, drafts, reprints, reviews, transcript, arranged chronologically by title
box 3, folder 4
"All in a Day's Work,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 5
"Brittany in War Time,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes
box 3, folder 6
"Health and Efficiency,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 3, folder 7
"Medical Examinations and Supervision of Athletics for Women,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes
box 3, folder 8
"Personal Narratives and Letters about The California Earthquake of ," with Corabelle Kimball
April 18, 1906 n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript (incomplete?)
box 3, folder 9
"War Time Vignettes,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript, printed copy (incomplete)
box 3, folder 10
"Wayside Inn,"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes
box 3, folder 11
Health and the Woman Movement, .
1916
Scope and Contents note
Reviews
box 3, folder 12
"Somewhere in France, During the War," .
1918 February 12
Scope and Contents note
Holograph, typescript
box 3, folder 13-14
"The Strength of Women," speech, International Conference of Women Physicians, New York, .
1919 September 22
Scope and Contents note
Mimeograph transcript, clippings
box 3, folder 15
"A Spring Song," .
1920 February 29
Scope and Contents note
Holograph, typescript
box 3, folder 16
"Madame," .
1921 March 9
Scope and Contents note
Notes
box 3, folder 17
"When the Class of 1918 Was Called to the Colors," .
1921 March 12
Scope and Contents note
Notes
box 3, folder 18
"Amalfi," .
1922 September 1
Scope and Contents note
Notes
box 3, folder 19
"Mothers," .
1922 September 7
Scope and Contents note
Notes
box 3, folder 20
"Richard Dairnaut's Wife," .
1925 May 28
Scope and Contents note
Notes
AMERICAN RED CROSS FILE
1917-1919
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, index cards, issuances, memoranda, minutes of meetings, notes, publications, reports, transportation orders,
arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 4, folder 1
Card catalog of women doctors
1918
box 4, folder 2
Diary letters of June Richardson Lucas, France
1917-1918
box 4, folder 3
Final report, Clelia Duel Mosher
1918-1919
box 4, folder 4
Issuances, American Red Cross
1918-1919
box 4, folder 5-9
Memoranda and related materials
1917-1919
box 5, folder 2-3
Minutes, staff meeting, Children's Bureau
1918
box 5, folder 4
Proposal, Argonne Society
n.d.
box 5, folder 5
Publications, Croix-Rouge Américaine
n.d.
box 5, folder 6
Report, work of the Children's Bureau, William Palmer Lucas
n.d.
box 5, folder 7
Reports, American Red Cross in France
1918
box 5, folder 8
Transportation orders and passes
1918
PRINTED MATTER
1915-1940
Scope and Contents note
Booklets, bulletins, clippings, form letters, programs, reports, arranged alphabetically by name of organization or company
box 5, folder 9
Daughters of the American Revolution
1930
box 5, folder 11
Allied Women on War Service
1918
box 5, folder 12
American Fund for French Wounded
n.d.
box 5, folder 13
American Posture League
1928
box 5, folder 14
American Women's Hospitals
1918
box 5, folder 15
Angier Chemical Company
1919
box 5, folder 18
British Army and Navy Leave Club, Paris
n.d.
box 5, folder 19
Butterick Publishing Company
n.d.
box 5, folder 20
California Civic League
n.d.
box 6, folder 1
Committee to Defend America by Aiding Allies
1940
box 6, folder 3
L'École pour L'École
1920
box 6, folder 4
Internationl Conference of Women Physicians
1919
box 6, folder 6
League to Enforce Peace
1919
box 6, folder 7
Mead Johnson and Company
n.d.
box 6, folder 8
Medical Women's Federation
1918
box 6, folder 9
National Adult School Union
n.d.
box 6, folder 10
National Amateur Athletic Federation
1924-1926
box 6, folder 11
National Association of Manufacturers
1939
box 6, folder 12
Paris Chamber of Commerce
1917-1919
box 6, folder 13
La Résidence Sociale
1921-1936
box 6, folder 14
Société des Gens de Lettres
n.d.
box 6, folder 16
United States. Food Administration
n.d.
box 6, folder 17
United States. Office of Home Economics
n.d.
box 6, folder 18
United States. Public Health Service
1918
box 6, folder 19
United States. Treasury Department
1917
box 6, folder 20-23
EPHEMERA, ?
1918
Scope and Contents note
Alimentation cards, baggage tags, bread tickets, leaflets, opera programs and ticket stubs, poems, ration cards, and signs
box 6, folder 24
MEMORABILIA, ?
1918-1919
Scope and Contents note
Buttons, place card, ribbon, small steel fork, and uniform insignia
PHOTOGRAPHS AND POSTCARDS
1891-1925
Scope and Contents note
Photographs arranged alphabetically by subject, followed by loose postcards and postcards arranged in an album
box 6, folder 25
16 prints depicting friends and family
box 6, folder 26
11 prints depicting North American scenes?
box 6, folder 27
2 prints depicting Stanford University
box 6, folder 28
20 prints depicting buildings and grounds
box 6, folder 29-30
65 prints depicting children
box 6, folder 31
4 prints depicting documents
box 6, folder 32
6 prints depicting hospital treatment
box 6, folder 33
42 prints depicting landscapes and street scenes
box 6, folder 34
19 prints depicting officials
box 7, folder 1
12 prints depicting personnel in uniform
box 7, folder 2
16 prints depicting refugees and others
box 7, folder 3-4
62 prints depicting women personnel in uniform
box 7, folder 5
55 loose postcards primarily depicting France
box 7, folder 6
Souvenir album containing 385 postcards primarily depicting France
