Authors: Hobson, Grace V.
Year: 1918
Subjects: Hobson, Grace V.; United States.; Nurses France.; Nursing France.; Women in war; Women nurses; World War, 1914-1918 Hospitals France.; World War, 1914-1918 Participation, Female.; World War, 1914-1918 War work France.; World War, 1914-1918 Women.
Abstract: The collection consists of a scrapbook kept by Grace V. Hobson during her service in France with the Army Nurse Corps during World War I.  The scrapbook is titled, "A Scrap Book of the A.E.F" and has a dedication reading, "Dedicated - most lovingly to Mary F. Montgomery alias - 'Mont' my blackeyed ally who 'stood pat' by me through all the joys and glooms of a year with the American Expeditionary Forces in France - July 1918 - July 1919." The scrapbook documents Hobson's tour of duty and includes photographs (of Hobson with fellow nurses and with soldiers and patients, as well as images of the destruction caused by the war); postcards; fliers; military documents and identification cards; correspondence; and a report by Hobson critiquing the nurses who reported to her, one of whom she designated as "poor" due to "repeated disobedience."  Also included in the scrapbook is a letter authorizing Hobson and Montgomery to visit occupied territory in Belgium. Hobson annotated most of the pages in the scrapbook with diary-like entries.  The collection also includes a folder of loose correspondence removed from the front of the scrapbook.