Cage 99 Guide to the Lenna E. Brown Baird Papers 1917-1943 Baird (Lenna E.) Papers Finding aid prepared by Bruce C. Harding Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 1989
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Finding aid encoded by Mark O'English 2003 Finding aid written in English. Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA (509) 335-6691 http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/ mascref@wsu.edu
Cage 99 Baird, Lenna E. Brown Lenna E. Brown Baird Papers 1917-1943 2 containers. .5 linear feet of shelf space. Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, photos, and other papers re: soldier's relief. Collection materials are in English

Lenna Baird ca. 1918

Lenna E. Brown Baird was born in Shanghi, Illinois, Nov. 21, 1868, the child of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brown. She died at Spokane, Washington, Dec. 22, 1945. She married Thomas Wiley Baird, born Biggsville, Illinois, June 24, 1896, at Alexis, Illinois. In 1910, she moved to Spokane, Washington, where, among other activities, she was active in several civic groups, including the Red Cross Canteen during and after World War I.

The papers of Lenna Baird include office files from the Spokane, Washington, Red Cross Canteen, correspondence from servicemen, and photographs taken in both the United States and in Europe.

The papers are arranged with related materials drawn together in several sequences such as office files, personal correspondence, photographs, and so forth.

This collection is open for research use.

[Item Description]. Cage 99, Guide to the Lenna E. Brown Baird Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The personal papers of Lenna E. Brown Baird were donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1958 by Lenna A. Deutsch, a daughter of Mrs. Baird. The papers were arranged and described in January 1989 by Bruce C. Harding, son-in-law of the donor and archival consultant at the Libraries.

Additional records of the Spokane Red Cross Canteen are deposited at the Eastern Washington State Historical Society in Spokane, placed there by Edith Smith, another Red Cross staff member.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Baird, Lenna E. Brown--Archives American National Red Cross. Spokane Chapter World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives World War, 1914-1918--War work--Red Cross Military Photographs Washington (State) Medicine and Health

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Spokane Red Cross Canteen files 1 / 1 1917 1 / 2 January-June, 1918 1 / 3 July-December, 1918 1 / 4 1919 1 / 5 1920-1943 1 / 6 Undated letters, memoranda, map, and exhibit items Soldier mail 1 / 7 January-June, 1918 1 / 8 July-December, 1918 1 / 9 1919 1 / 10 1919-1921 1 / 11 Undated 1 / 12 Red Cross overseas employees' letters, 1918-1919 1 / 13 The War Mothers League of America, August, 1917 1 / 14 Mrs. T.W. (Lenna) Baird's "adopted" son, Martin J. Broswick, 1917-1918 1 / 15 Photographs by Martin J. Broswick, Germany, 1919 2 / 1 Spokane, Washington, Red Cross Canteen, troop train data, 1918 2 / 2 Spokane, Washington, Red Cross Canteen, troop train data, 1919 2 / 3 Spokane, Washington, Red Cross Canteen, photographs, 1918-1921 2 / 4 Spokane, Washington, Red Cross Canteen, photographs of workers, 1918-1919 2 / 5 Spokane, Washington, Red Cross Canteen, photographs of train service, 1918-1919 2 / 6 Photographs sent of Lenna Baird by her "boys", 1918-1919 2 / 7 Picture post cards, U.S.A., 1918-1919 2 / 8 Picture post cards, Europe, 1918-1919 2 / 9 Photographs of naval troopship USS Sebrony