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1. American Red Cross Military Welfare Service Jacket, World War II - Military jacket: Red Cross Welfare Service, WWII. Thick twill jacket with light blue button detail at collar. Patch at shoulder of left proper arm of a red cross, with 'American Red Cross Military Welfare Service' written around the cross in a circle. At the left proper cuff are four metallic silver-blue horizontal stripes on a light gray background, stitched hastily with a light pink/beige thread. Four plastic buttons molded to read 'American Red Cross' run down the center of the jacket, with two pockets at the waist and two pockets at the breast. Tag in the lower right of rayon lining reads 'Smith-Gray New York Established 1845' Along with the donation of the jacket were photocopies of Natalie Morse Quinney's original letter enlisting her for overseas service upon the successful completion of her medical exam, as well as photocopied portrait of Miss Quinney in service. She holds out a cup to a woman and an officer with his head turned away from the photograph.

   2019.31.19

   Record Type: Object

   
2. Booklet - circa 1966

   This booklet gives short and precise descriptions of the services and programs offered at Cherry Hill in the areas of community service, youth and adult education, exhibitions, and performing arts.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Link to the Past - January 8, 2004

   Article published in the Wytheville Enterprise just prior to the opening of the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke. The article discusses the background on the gift of a sponsorship of a Link print in the museum made to a Roanoke-area resident with ties to Wythe County.

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Program

   Program for the Dedication of a Bronze Tablet In Memory of Alice Peyton Jamison (1860 - 1921), Organizer and Director Roanoke County Chapter American Red Cross Commemorating The Christian Patriotism of Those Who Went Forth from this Parish Resolved to Preserve Our Heritage of Freedom 1917-1918. Rt. Rev. Robert Jett, D.D., Bishop of Southwestern Virginia and Rev. Karl Morgan Block, Rector St. John's Church were officiating. The dedication servic...

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. To Save A Life - Black and white photograph of two American Red Cross nurses practicing techniques: one nurse is laying on a stretcher, her right arm raised and her left hand pressing a piece of guaze to the crease, while the other looks down at a full blood bag. On the reverse is printed in purpley-blue: Roanoke, Virginia, March 1968 -- To Save a Life -- Hospital personnel know first-hand the benefits of blood in saving the lives of patients. Here a nurse has completed her donation durign the blood-mobile operation set up in the hospital medical library. (American Red Cross Photo by Rudolph Vetter)

   2021.15

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. WWI American Red Cross bag - Olive green cotton kit bag with a white muslin patch on the front. Patch has an American Red Cross insignia, along with the following written in black ink: Sgt. R.F. Johnson, Co. L. 318 Inf. Bag has a drawstring close side, but is missing the string.

   2019.22.118

   Record Type: Object