Guide to the Julia B. Norton papers

Finding aid prepared by Christopher Rockwell
California State University, Sacramento Special Collections & University Archives
University Library
2000 State University Drive
Sacramento, CA, 95819-6039
916-278-6144
scua@csus.edu
October 2015


Title: Julia B. Norton papers,
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 2013/34
Contributing Institution: California State University, Sacramento Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 0.25 Linear feet (1 small manuscript box)
Date: circa 1917
Language of Materials note: Collection is in English and French.
General Physical Description note: Some of the material in folders 1 and 2 appear partially chewed.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Collection was purchased by the Hellenic Foundation in 2014.

Conditions Governing Use note

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Scope and Contents note

Includes family correspondence, mementos of Julia Norton's transatlantic voyage, and her work in the American Red Cross. Norton graduated from Vassar College in 1916. In 1918 she traveled to France and worked with refugees in Paris.
Also included is an anonymous 13-page typescript in English of the refugee situation at Aigion, Greece (northern Peloponnese) describing the plight of the refugees and the daily activities of the local American Red Cross workers, among whom was Norton.

Preferred Citation note

[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 2013/34, Julia B. Norton papers, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, The Library, California State University, Sacramento.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Norton, Julia B.
Tsakopoulos Hellenic Foundation.
Aigion (Greece)
American Red Cross
Box 1, Folder 1

Letters, circa 1917

Box 1, Folder 2

Invitations, circa 1917

Box 1, Folder 3

Pamphlet. "La Marseillaise des Etats-Unis," 1917

Box 1, Folder 4

Typescript. "Refugees at Aigion," undated