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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Angels on Horseback"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and stars Myrna Loy. Narrated by John McIntire and features Kenny Delmar, William Johnstone,and Karl Swenson. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of Dr. Mary Breckinridge and her creating and developing Frontier Nursing Service.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.;; Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965
Local Identifier: program_no:271
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101753
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Junior Angel"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon and co-stars Virignia Weidler and Jane Darwell. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by DonVoorhees. Roland Winters, Bud Collyer, announcers. The story of work done by Student Aides in hospitals on the home front. Interview with Margaret Collette, a student hospital aide.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Nurse' aides.
Local Identifier: program_no:372
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101806
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Nurses Under Sealed Orders"
Description: Written by Arthur Arent and stars Geraldine Fitzgerald. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, announcer. A story about Army nurses on Bataan.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bataan (Philippines); Nurse--Army
Local Identifier: program_no:331
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101827
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Jane McCarthy Interview, October 9, 2020
Date: October 9, 2020
Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Jane McCarthy; Connor Mitchell
Description: Dr. Jane McCarthy served in Vietnam as a nurse in the 95th Evacuation Hospital in Da Nang. Prior to her deployment to Vietnam, Dr. McCarthy worked as a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit’s recovery staff at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC. Prior to enlisting in the Army as a nurse, Dr. McCarthy grew up in Cohasset, Massachusetts. The interview spans the story of Dr. McCarthy’s life immediately before the war in Vietnam, during her time in Vietnam, and immediately after her return home from the war. Interview conducted virtually via TheirStory
Subject: Walter Reed Army Medical Center; Vietnam; Vietnam War; Saigon; Da Nang; hospital; 95th Evacuation Hospital; army; surgery; helicopter; nursing; nurse; military medicine; protest; anti-war; enlistment; corpsman; doctor
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2552
Rights statement: Rights belong to the Humanities Truck at American University’s Library.

Title: Letters from Nurses in the Peace Corps
Date: 1967
Subject: Nursing; Nursing services; Volunteer workers in medical care
Local Identifier: PCCA_FOC_Roll_0001
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2311
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Nurse at the infirmary wearing his finest boubou
Date: 1970-1973
Creator: Jessop, Penny Patricia
Description: This is one of the nurses at the infirmary dressed up in his finest boubou.
Subject: Male nurses -- Niger
Country: Niger
Subject -- Personal Name: Jessop, Penny Patricia
Local Identifier: PCCA_Jessop_0249
Type: color photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3083
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Peace Corps Volunteer Gaye Gilbert talks with a local man, near Quepe, Chile
Date: 1965/1967
Creator: Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
Description: Peace Corps Volunteer Gaye Gilbert 1965-1967 worked in rural community development in reducciones near Quepe, Chile. During her time in Chile Gilbert helped to build a 50 meter suspension bridge and was able to help the community with health problems because she spoke the Mapuche language.
Subject: Nursing; Public health; Rural health services; Volunteer workers in community health services -- Chile; Volunteer workers in medical care -- Chile
Country: Chile
Subject -- Personal Name: Gilbert, Gaye
Local Identifier: PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0037
Type: black-and-white photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2287
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Peace Corps Volunteer nurse Diane Myers takes the blood pressure of a pediatric patient at John F. Kennedy Hospital in Valdivia, Chile
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
Description: Peace Corps Volunteer nurse Diane Myers worked at the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Valdivia, Chile. Myers served alongside Chilean colleagues in pediatric, burn, medical and surgical units. The program focused on helping prepare practical nurses and nursing student at University Austral.
Subject: Hospitals -- Chile; Nursing; Public health; Volunteer workers in hospitals -- Chile; Volunteer workers in medical care -- Chile
Country: Chile
Subject -- Personal Name: Myers, Diane
Local Identifier: PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0030
Type: black-and-white photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2285
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Title: Peace Corps Volunteer nurse Kate Lorig consults a mother regarding her child at the Consultorio Gil de Castro, Valdivia, Chile
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
Description: Peace Corps Volunteer nurse Kate Lorig worked in the well-child clinic at the Consultorio Gil de Castro in Valdivia, Chile.
Subject: Hospitals -- Chile; Nursing; Public health; Volunteer workers in hospitals -- Chile; Volunteer workers in medical care -- Chile
Country: Chile
Subject -- Personal Name: Lorig, Kate
Local Identifier: PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0031
Type: black-and-white photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2266
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Title: Peace Corps Volunteer nurse Susan Blake and Dr. Jorge Hausmann inspecting an x-ray at the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Valdivia, Chile
Date: 1966
Creator: Muldoon-Ibrahim, Kay
Description: Peace Corps Volunteer nurse Susan Blake worked at the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Valdivia, Chile. Blake served alongside Chilean colleagues in pediatric, burn, medical and surgical units. The program focused on helping prepare practical nurses and nursing students at University Austral.
Subject: Hospitals -- Chile; Nursing; Public health; Volunteer workers in hospitals -- Chile; Volunteer workers in medical care -- Chile
Country: Chile
Subject -- Personal Name: Blake, Susan; Hausmann, Jorge
Local Identifier: PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0032
Type: black-and-white photographs
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2267
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.