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Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942 Search this
Extent:
2 Linear feet (Boxes 15-17)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1902-1923
bulk 1915-1920
Scope and Contents note:
This series consists of files relating to some of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's philanthropic activities spanning from before to just after the First World War, including her donations to various charities (especially war relief organizations), her sponsorship of the American Ambulance Field Hospital in Juilly, France during the First World War, and her support of the Greenwich House Social Settlement. Files primarily consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, and printed material. Among the Juilly Hospital files can be found a book of patient stories and photographs presented to Whitney as memento or token of appreciation, photographs and snapshots (mostly unidentified), a photograph album, and a certificate of service.
See Appendix for a list of correspondents from Series 6.
Arrangement note:
Files are arranged alphabetically.
Appendix: Correspondents from Series 6:
A
Aerial League of America
Air Service Memorial Fund
Alliance Francais
Allied Theatrical and Motion Picture Team
Alsace-Lorraine Society of America
American Artists Mutual Aid Association
American Bible Society
American Committee for Relief for Devastated France in the Near East
American Defense Society, Inc.
American Flying Club
American Free Milk and Relief for Italy, Inc.
American Forestry Association
American Friends of Musicians in France
American Fund for French Wounded
American Hospital in Nice, France
American Institute of Social Science
America International College
American Legion
American National Committee for Relief of Refugees in Russia
American Poets' Ambulances in Italy
American Red Plus
American Red Star Animal Relief
American Women's Hospitals in Europe
American Women's Magazine
Americanization Committee; New York State Woman Suffrage Party
America's Tribute to Britain
Art War Relief
Association for the Alleviation for the Condition of Orphan Children
Association to Promote Proper Housing for Girls
B
Babies Hospital of the City of New York
Babies' Welfare Association
Belgian Military Committee
Belgian Scholarship Committee
Bide-A-Wee Home, Association Inc.
Big Sisters, Inc.
Bird Club of Long Island
Blind and Crippled Relief Fund for American Soldiers and Sailors
Blind Men's Improvement Club of New York
Boy Scouts of American
Brearly League
British American Relief Association
British Canadian Recruiting Mission
British Canadian Patriotic Fund
British Great War Veterans of America, Inc.
British Pictorial Service
British War Relief Association, Inc.
C
Camp Fire Girls
Camp Merritt Fund
Camp Upton Community Hall
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Catherine Breshkovsky Russian Relief Fund
Chalif Normal School of Dancing
Child Health Organization
Children on the Frontier (French-American)
Children's Hospitals of Luke
Citizens Union of the City of New York
City Club
City History Club
Civic Forum
Clear Pool Camp
Colony Club Ambulance Fund
Committee for Men Blinded in Battle
Committee for Relief in the Near East
Committee of Mercy
Committee on Colonial and National Art, Archaeological Institute of America
Committee on the Military Ball
Committee to Secure Rank for Nurses
Community Playhouse, Newport
Converence Committee on National Preparedness
Conference of Charities and Correction
Convalescent Relief Division, Bellvue Hospital
D
Diocoesan Missionary and Church Extension Society
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Dover Patrol Fund
Duryea War Relief
E
East Side House Settlement
Educational Dramatic League
Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania
F
Federal Board for Vocational Education
Federation of Associations for Cripples
Free Milk for France
Freedom, Inc.
French Bureau
French Heroes Fund, including Lafayette Memorial Fund, Inc.
French Institute in the United States
French Tuberculous War Victims Fund
French War Emergency Fund
Friends of France
Friends of National Bible Institute
French Sailors Relief Committee
Fund to Aid the Devastated Villages in France
G
Garnett Fresh Air Home
General Committee on Army and Navy Chaplains
General Wartime Commission of the Church
Girl Scouts, Manhattan Council
Greater New York Philanthropic Society
H
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America
Henry Street Settlement
Hero Land (Allied Bazaar), under the auspices of League of Allies
Historical Society of Nantucket, MA
Historical Society of Newport, RI
Home for Convalescent Babies
Home for the Aged
Hospital and House of Rest for Consumptives
Hospital Under the Three Flags
Humanitarian Duct and Magazine
I
Indian Rights Association
Institute of Applied Christianity
Italian War Relief Fund of America
Italy America Society
J
Joffre Tribute Committee
Junior American Guard
Junior Homeprojects Works
Junior League
Junior Patriots of America
K
Kings College Hospital
Knights of Columbus
Kowaiga School for Colored Youth
L
Ladies Kennel Association
Lady Beatty's War Relief Fund
Laying-in-a-Hospital
League for the Presentation for American Independence
League of the Allies
League of Catholics
League of Foreign Born Citizens
League of Nations
League to Enforce Peace
Le Salon
Liberty Film Committee
Liberty Loan Committee, 3rd, 4th, Fine Arts Liberty Loan Committee, Women's Liberty Loan Committee
M
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Manhattan Maternity and Dispensary
Maternity Center Association
Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defence
Militia of Mercy
Museum of French Art
Musicians Fund, Union Trust
Music School Settlement
N
Nassau County Association, Inc.
Nassau Hospital Association
National Aeronautic Committee
Natoinal Allied Relief Committee
National Arts Club
National Association of Audobon Society
National Bible Institute
National Child Welfare Association, Inc.
National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor
National Council of Women (National Liberty Sing)
National Emergency Relief Society
National Historical Society
National Institute of Social Services
National Kindergarten Association
National League of Women's Service
National Patriotic Song Committee
National Phonograph-Records Recruiting Corp.
Navy League of the United States
Navy Relief Society
Neighborhood Association
Neighborhood Playhouse
Neighbors League of America
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra of New York
New York Anti-Vivisection Society
New York Association for the Blind
New York Bible Society
New York Committee of After Care of Infantile Paralysis Cases
New York Committee of the American Committee for Devastated France
New York Dispensary
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
New York Kindergarten Association
New York Medical College and Hospital for Women
New York Nursery and Child's Hospital
New York Orthopaedic Dispensary and Hospital
New York Probation and Protective Association
New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled
New York Special Aid Society
New York Zoological Society
O
Orphan's Automobile Day Association of New York, Inc.
Open Stair Dwelling Co.
Our Dumb Friends League
Our Sacred Duty League
P
Park Fetes
Park Hospital and Training School
People's Institute
People's of America Society
People's University Extension Society of New York
Permanent Blind Relief War Fund for Soldiers and Sailors
Pilgrim Tercentenary Memorial Fund
Piper's Club
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Polish Victims Relief Fund
Presbyterian Hospital
Prison Assocation of New York
Professional Classes War Relief of America
Professional Women's League
Prospect Hill Day Nursery
Protestant Episcopal Church
R
Red Cross Christmas Seal Campaign
Red Cross Roll Call
Red Cross Shop
Refugees in Russia
Refugees Relief Fund
Relief Committee for Greeks of Asia Minor
Relief Fund for the Families of French Soldiers
Richmond Hill House
Riggs School, Inc.
Rocky Mountain Club of New York
Rose Sidgwick Memorial Fund
Ross Studios, Home Making and Motherhood Training
Roumanian Relief Committee of America
Russian Balalaika Orchestra
Russian Charity Society
S
Saint Ambrose Community Center
Saint Andrew's Convalescent Hospital
Saint Andrew's Hospital Coffee Stand Society
Saint Bartholomew's Church
Saint John's Guild
Saint Joseph's Convent and School
Saint Luke's Home for Aged Gentlewomen
Saint Luke's Hospital
Saint Mark's Hospital of New York City
Saint Mary's Free Hospital for Children
Salvation Army, War Work Campaign
School of Mothercraft War Service
Seamen's Church Institute
Secours Franco-American
Secours National
Serbian Aid Fund
Serbian Relief Commission of America
Seward Park Rehabilitation Center
Sheltering Arms
Sick Children's Transfer Society
Smith College Club
Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute
Society for Italian Women
Society for Relief of Destitute Blind
Society of American Singles
Society of Lying-in-a-Hospital
Society of the Friends of Music
Society of the New York Hospital
Stage Society
State Charities Aid Association
State Commission of Prisons in New York
Stony Wold Sanitarium Corp.
Sunshine Settlement, Inc.
Sun Tobacco Fund
T
Tank Corps League
Tenement House Committee
Traveler's Aid Society
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Trinity Church
U
Union des Arts
Union Settlement
United Building Fund Campaign
United Committee on Christian Service for Relief in France and Belgium
United Committee on War Temperance Activities in the Army and Navy
United Hospital Fund
United Neighborhood Houses of New York
United Settlement Committee of Association of Neighborhood Workers
United States Food Administration
United States Junior Naval Reserve
United States Naval Forces Operation in European Waters
United War Work Campaign
V
Vacation Association, Inc.
Valentine's Manual of Old New York
Vassar College
Visiting Nurse Service
Vocational Committee of the Kips Bay Neighborhood Association
Voluntary Parenthood League
Volunteer Hospital
Volunteers of American, Volunteer Fresh Air and Outing Work
W
Wadsworth-Upton Tobacco Fund
War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities
War Industries Board
War Savings Metal Market
West Side Day Nursery
Woman's American Supply League
Woman's Auxiliary for Navy Recruiting, Inc.
Woman's Auxiliary of the French Hospital
Woman's Land Army of American, Inc.
Woman's Municipal League of New York
Woman's Naval Service, Inc.
Woman's Practical Law Association
Woman's Prison Association
Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association
Woman's Section of the Navy League of the United States
Woman's League for Animals and Free Hospital
Women's National Committee
Woodcroft League of America
World's Talent Foundation
World's War Biographical Society
Worker's Bureau
Y
Yale University Glee, Banic and Mandolin Clubs
Yorkville Neighborhood Association
Yorkville Protective League Committee
YMCA, War Work Funds
YWCA, War Work Funds
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Edited film by the Peace Corps of the experiences of volunteers in India. Profiled participants discuss their motivations for joining the Peace Corps as well as their experiences in the field. Footage depicts the extreme difference between the American lifestyle to which the volunteers were accustomed and that which they encountered in India. Documentation includes scenes of their housing and routines. Footage captures the volunteers' daily schedules including scenes of a science classroom, health clinic, and a visit to a chicken farm. Additional footage depicts the volunteers' attempts to interact with their local community through the formation of student groups, establishment of night classes, and registration in a traditional dance class.
Legacy Keywords: Villages India ; Housing India ; Communities mutual aid within India ; Clinics medical India ; Health public India ; Customs inspections India ; Dancing traditional India ; Singing India ; Science agricultural biological India ; Activities extracurricular India ; Athletics India ; Railways transport routes India ; Education aids to attitudes about adult teachers in India ; School description of India ; Education teachers India ; Techniques educational India ; Education student-faculty relations India ; Instruction educational India ; Bazaars India ; Games ball India ; Bilingualism India ; Agriculture chickens India ; Hindi ; Indians ; Americans ; Lorentz, Pare, Jr filmmaker
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Local Number= HSFA 1994.20.13
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An interview with Margaret Honda conducted 2020 August 17, by Jacob Proctor, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project, at Honda's home in Los Angeles, California.
Biographical / Historical:
Margaret Honda (1961- ) is an Asian American experimental filmmaker in Los Angeles, California.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
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