Inventory of the Henry Serrano Villard typescript : Red Cross driver in Italy : a memoir of the First World War
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Title: Henry Serrano Villard typescript : Red Cross driver in Italy : a memoir of the First World War
Date (inclusive): 1982
Collection Number: 85055
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Relates to the American Red Cross ambulance service in Italy during World War I and to Villard's acquaintanceship with the
writer Ernest Hemingway in the ambulance service. Appendices include rosters of Red Cross personnel in Italy and a copy of
a 1918 article by Hemingway in a Red Cross bulletin.
Creator:
Villard, Henry Serrano, 1900-1996
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1985.
[Identification of item], Henry Serrano Villard typescript : Red Cross driver in Italy : a memoir of the First World War,
[Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
1900 | Born, Manhattan, New York |
1918 | Served as volunteer ambulance driver for the Red Cross in Italy. Met Ernest Hemingway while both were recuperating in a Red Cross hospital |
1921 | Graduated from Harvard University |
1952 | Served as envoy to Libya |
1958 | Served as US representative to the European Office of the United Nations |
1960 | Served as ambassador to Mali, Senegal, and Mauritania |
1996 | Died, Los Angeles, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
Relates to the American Red Cross ambulance service in Italy during World War I and to Villard's acquaintanceship with the
writer Ernest Hemingway in the ambulance service. Appendices include rosters of Red Cross personnel in Italy and a copy of
a 1918 article by Hemingway in a Red Cross bulletin.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Italy
American National Red Cross
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
box 1, folder 1
Manuscript 1982
box 1, folder 2
Appendices undated