Oral History Interview with Janet Blair, June 25, 2001 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Janet Blair, June 25, 2001

Creator

  • Interviewer: Marcello, Ronald E.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Interviewee: Blair, Janet
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2001-06-25

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Interview with homemaker Janet Blair. The interview includes Blair's personal experiences about being a Red Cross volunteer in the European Theater during World War II, education in Europe, working with "Bundles for Britain," various assignments, rationing and air raids in England, D-Day, and serving troops during the Battle of the Bulge. Additionally, Blair talks about her patriotic motivation, her decision to join the Red Cross, her selection as a clubmobiler, the formation of a lifelong friendship with Diana Marvin and Peggy Bell, the use of Greenliners, relationships between Red Cross women and U.S. military personnel, leave time in Paris, living conditions of France, looting, and the end of the war and her return to the States.
  • Physical Description: 120 p. ; 28 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • Keyword: oral histories
  • Keyword: biographies
  • Keyword: interviews
  • Named Person: Blair, Janet
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Medicine - Red Cross
  • Keyword: European Theater
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas
  • Start Date: 1918
  • End Date: 2001-06
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Time Period: new-sou
  • Place Name: France - Île-de-France Region - Département de Ville de Paris - Paris
  • Place Name: Europe
  • Place Name: United States - New York - New York City
  • Place Name: United States - Washington D.C.
  • Place Name: United States - North Carolina
  • Place Name: United States - Virginia

Collection

  • Name: UNT Oral Histories
    Code: UNTOH
  • Name: Texas Oral History Collection
    Code: TOHC

Institution

  • Name: UNT Oral History Program
    Code: UNTOHP

Rights

  • Rights Access: unt
  • Rights Statement: All rights reserved. To request a copy, contact the Oral History Program.

Resource Type

  • Book

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: Number 1417
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc306800
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