Madeline Riva Baxter World War I Scrapbook
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook compiled by a French woman named Madeline Riva Baxter while working as a volunteer at the ‘Cantines Des Dames Anglaises’ in Vitry-le-François for the British Committee of the French Red Cross during World War I. Includes personal documents, travel certificates, numerous photographs of nursing staff and soldiers, pencil sketches, watercolor paintings, signatures, postcards, manuscript notes, and loosely inserted newspaper clippings, and other items.
Dates
- Creation: 1918 - 1919
Creator
- Baxter, Madeline Riva, 1890-1975 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
French
Metadata Rights Declarations
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Deborah Coltham Rare Books with the Miles P. DuVal, Jr. Endowment Fund, 2025.
Processing Information
The scrapbook has been rehoused in an acid-free box.
Topical
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John Zarrillo
- Date
- 2026-04
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu
