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Title: Polish Grey Samaritans records
Date (inclusive): 1918-1965
Collection Number: 57026
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(4.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, reports, correspondence, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to relief activities carried out
in Poland at the end of World War I, and to conditions in Poland at that time. Includes memoirs by Martha Gedgowd and Amy
Pryor Tapping, members of the Polish Grey Samaritans.
Creator:
Gedgowd, Martha
Creator:
Tapping, Amy Pryor
Creator:
Polish Grey Samaritans
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1957.
[Identification of item], Polish Grey Samaritans records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Organization of Polish-American women relief workers.
Scope and Content of Collection
Memoirs, reports, correspondence, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to relief activities carried out
in Poland at the end of World War I, and to conditions in Poland at that time. Includes memoirs by Martha Gedgowd and Amy
Pryor Tapping, members of the Polish Grey Samaritans.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Polish Americans
World War, 1914-1918 -- Poland
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
International relief
Poland -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
Poland -- Social conditions