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Elizabeth Fitch (1899-1986) oral history

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Transcription: TRACK 15 EF: It was sponsored by the University of Ohio and this Joy Moulton was one of our assistant -- one of our guides and Dr. James Bell of.... RA: New England Historical and Geneological Society. EF: And, say, that's a wonderful place, too. RA: Yes, it is. EF: I have been there many times. RA: Yes. EF: And when we were all gathering in Boston to take off to go to London, Dr. Bell came over and he said, "Say, I know you, Elizabeth Fitch." And then - he's a very interesting man. Elizabeth Fitch, cont. 42 RA: Yes, I have met Dr. Bell. He's talked down at - well, you heard him at Newberry, didn't you or did you? EF: No, I missed it. RA: Oh. EF: I don't know where I was and I didn't collect - anyhow, say, he stayed at the Cambridge and Oxford House in London. It's a very exclusive place. RA: Oh. EF: The rest of us stayed at a hotel - just a -- it was a very good hotel, but - oh, this Mary Martin and I - Mary Martin Engel and I had.... RA: You know Mary Martin Engel? I've been trying to tape her. EF: She's not here right now. She'll be back in about two weeks. RA: I see. EF: She's in California. RA: Well, you tell her that you did a tape for us and then maybe we can.... EF: Yes. All right. Well, we went down to pay the bill and Mary and I used to get some ice and a pitcher of water and some ice cubes..
Creators: Fitch, Elizabeth, 1899-1986, Interviewer; Adler, Rhea Saul, 1906-1900
, Interviewer
Media Type: Audio; Image; Text
Item Type: Audiocassettes
Description: Interview with Elizabeth Fitch by Rhea Adler in Wilmette, Illinois, in 1984.

ABSTRACT:

Early history of both parental backgrounds prior to
Wilmette in 1906

Childhood and schooling in Wilmette, New Trier, Wellesley and nursing degree at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C.

Summer spent in Labrador and Newfoundland with Grenfell Expedition at the same time Drs. Frederick and Katherine Brooks Merrifield were there (before their marriage)

Years spent in D.C. until sent to Austria in 1955 as Chief of Hospitals in various European areas

Return to U.S.A. and D.C. until retirement from Army Nurses Corps and Wilmette

Has continued to travel widely
Place of Publication: Wilmette, Illinois
Date of Original: 1984
Subject(s): Oral histories
Wilmette (Ill.) -- Residents
Personal Name(s): Fitch, Elizabeth
Local identifier: R 977.31 FI
Language of Item: English
Copyright Statement: Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Copyright Holder: Wilmette Public Library
Copyright Holder Contact Information: 1242 Wilmette Ave.
Wilmette, Il 60091
U.S.A.
Recommended Citation: Fitch, Elizabeth, and Rhea Saul Adler. Elizabeth Fitch. Wilmette, Ill: Wilmette Public Library District, 1984.
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