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Charles J. O'Connor, 1915-1919.
MANUSCRIPT4165-4166
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Title:
Charles J. O'Connor, 1915-1919O'Connor
Creator/Contributor:
O'Connor, James.Creator/Contributor:
Gerard, Katheryn.Creator/Contributor:
Haines, Mabel.Creator/Contributor:
Skeele, Elizabeth.Abstract:
Letters, reports, journals, photos & photo negatives.
Date:
1915 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caO'Connor, Charles J. (Charles James) -- 1870-
American Red Cross. -- Health and Safety Services.
American Red Cross. -- History -- 20th century
Disaster relief -- California
Disaster relief -- Mexico
Civilian relief
Note:
See Box 4166 Folder 40 (numbered file #68) for Charles O'Connor's appeal of his dismissal and a record of his experiences
in the Red Cross. He asked for back pay, in part, due to his acquiring an "intestinal illness" in Mexico in 1915. The file
numbers (numbered by date in pencil) were retained in organizing this collection, but it is unknown if these numbers were
originally affixed by Charles O'Connor.
Charles J. O'Connor worked as a Red Cross volunteer and paid employee from 1906 to 1919. He started off volunteering after
the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906 and later was active during the ARC relief efforts in Mexico in 1915. In 1915, O'Connor
was sent to Mexico City to take charge of Red Cross relief efforts to feed a starving population, during which time the city
was attacked and occupied by four rival revolutionary factions. In 1917, during WWI, he was appointed Director of Civilian
Relief in the ARC's Pacific Division, but was dismissed in June 1919, when the ARC began to scale back its civilian relief
efforts. Mr. O'Connor fought to retain his salaried job and to extend services beyond families of soldiers and sailors, but
was ultimately not successful. The creation of this collection was part of his effort to retain his job.
O'Connor.
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Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
California State Library, California History Section; 900 N Street, Sacramento, California 95814 cau
Physical Description:
print
2 manuscript boxes; 15 x 11 3/4 x 3 in.
Language:
English
Identifier:
MANUSCRIPT4165-4166
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.