» McDonald (Ruth Ann) papers, 1941-2000

Correspondence, photographs, military records, clippings, and textiles of Ruth Ann McDonald. Materials document her service in the U.S. Army during World War II as a nurse stationed at the Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, Fort Bliss, Texas, the 67th General Hospital in England, and the 30th Field Hospital, which traveled through Luxembourg, France, and Germany. Also includes transcripts pertaining to Ruth’s nursing education, certificates relating to her army service, and issues of army periodicalsThe Yank, The Army Weekly, and The Army Nurse. A small portion of the collection pertains to liberated concentration camps and displaced persons, Ruth’s travels directly following her Army service, her fiancé Lyle Simpkins, and two reunions of the 67th General Hospital.