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        <eadid mainagencycode="OhCoMHC" url="https://library.osu.edu/collections/SPEC.201605.CLARK/"
            >2025-01-13</eadid>
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            <titlestmt>
                <titleproper>Finding aid for the Laura Clark Papers</titleproper>
                <author>Finding aid prepared by Kristin Rodgers and Bryce Hammerberg</author>
            </titlestmt>
            <publicationstmt>
                <publisher>Medical Heritage Center</publisher>
                <address>
                    <addressline>376 West 10th Ave, 5th floor</addressline>
                    <addressline>Columbus, Ohio 43210</addressline>
                </address>
                <date type="publication">October 24-29, 2012</date>
            </publicationstmt>
        </filedesc>
        <profiledesc>
            <creation>Finding aid encoded by Lisa Wood in <date>2025</date></creation>
            <langusage>Finding aid written in <language langcode="eng"
                >English</language></langusage>
        </profiledesc>
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        <did>
            <head>Overview of the Collection</head>
            <repository label="Repository:" encodinganalog="852$a">
                <corpname>Medical Heritage Center</corpname>
            </repository>
            <origination label="Creator:">
                <persname encodinganalog="100">Clark, Laura</persname>
            </origination>
            <unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245$a">Laura Clark Papers</unittitle>
            <physdesc label="Extent" encodinganalog="300$a">1.0 linear feet</physdesc>
            <abstract label="Abstract" encodinganalog="520$a">The Laura Clark Papers (approximately 1 linear foot) is comprised mostly of reports, photos and letters associated with Clark during World War II.</abstract>
            <unitid encodinganalog="035" label="Collection Code" repositorycode="OhCoMHC">SPEC.201205.CLARK</unitid>
            <langmaterial encodinganalog="546" label="Language">The records are in English
                    <language>English</language>
            </langmaterial>
            <unitdate normal="1942/1946" type="inclusive">1942-1946</unitdate>
        </did>
        <bioghist encodinganalog="545">
            <head>Biography</head>
            <p>Laura Clark was born in 1909. She graduated with a History Degree from Wells College in 1929 and soon after joined the John Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing. She received her Certificate in Public Health Nursing in 1937. Afterwards she held different positions as a staff nurse. She started attending Fort Benjamin Harrison, Station Hospital in 1942.</p>
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            <head>Scope and Content</head>
            <p>The Laura Clark Papers (approximately 1 linear foot) is comprised mostly of reports, photos and letters associated with Clark during World War II. Most of the documents are directly related to nursing in Germany at the time.</p>
        </scopecontent>
        <arrangement encodinganalog="351$b">
            <head>Statement of Arrangement</head>
            <p>The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by folder title.</p>
        </arrangement>
        <accessrestrict encodinganalog="506">
            <head>Restrictions on Access</head>
            <p>The collection is open to the public and is available for viewing in the Medical
                Heritage Center. Materials do not circulate and must be used in the supervised
                reading room. Restrictions, including copyright, may exist and some materials may be
                too fragile to photocopy or digitize. The MHC charges for duplication services,
                which must be performed by staff.
             </p>
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            <head>Preferred Citation</head>
            <p>[Identification of item], Laura Clark Papers,
                SPEC.201205.CLARK, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library,
                The Ohio State University.</p>
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            <head>Detailed Description of The Collection</head>
            <p/>
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                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">1</container>
                    <unittitle>Bibliographic Notes</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">2</container>
                    <unittitle>Christmas Dinner: Post Hospital; Officer Personnel, Camp Breckinridge, KY</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1943</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">3</container>
                    <unittitle>Christmas Dinner: Station Hospital of Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1942</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">4</container>
                    <unittitle>Daily Journal and Notes</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1945</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">5</container>
                    <unittitle>Essay/Speech on Herbert Von Behlau</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">6</container>
                    <unittitle>Invitation: Farewell Party</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">7</container>
                    <unittitle>Letters Sent Home to Mrs. C.R. Clark</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>1944-1945</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">8</container>
                    <unittitle>Mailing List</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">9</container>
                    <unittitle>Map: "Displaced Persons"</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">10</container>
                    <unittitle>Medical Notes</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">11</container>
                    <unittitle>News Article: "Duke of Kent at Grand Prix"</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">12</container>
                    <unittitle>News Article: Sea Perch News, Illustrations</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>March 19, 1946</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">13</container>
                    <unittitle>Office of the Military Government: Laura R. Clark Historical Records, Biographical</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>January 31, 1946</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">14</container>
                    <unittitle>Personal Information Cards</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">15</container>
                    <unittitle>Photographs: Military, Hubert Von Behlau</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">16</container>
                    <unittitle>Photographs: Personal</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">17</container>
                    <unittitle>Postcard: Postcard: Village-Run St. Moritz</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">18</container>
                    <unittitle>Program: Opera, “Eugen Onegin”</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>November 13, 1945</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">19</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: An Di Stationsleiterinnen</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">20</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: Aux Filles de Service</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">21</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: German Schools of Nursing</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>September 8, 1945</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">22</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: League of Red Cross Societies, "Nursing in Germany"</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>September 8, 1945</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">23</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: Month of June 1945</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>June 1945</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">24</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: Monthly Narrative Report</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>October 1945</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">25</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: Nursing Conference, U.S. Forces, European Theater</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>October 26, 1945</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">26</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: Nursing in Germany, Hierarchy and Terms</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">27</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: Nursing Survey</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">28</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: On the Activities of the Pestalozzi-Froebel-Haus I.</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">29</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: Plan for Re-opening German Schools of Nursing</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">30</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: Propositions Pour L’amelioration du Service des Repas Aux Malades</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">31</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: Public Meeting</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>February 18, 1946</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">32</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: Suggestions for Improving Service of Food to Patients</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">33</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: Three Day Survey of D.P. Camps in North Baden MG Area</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">34</container>
                    <unittitle>Report: Weekly Reports</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>May 28, 1945 – August 5, 1945</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
            <c01 level="file">
                <did>
                    <container type="Box">1</container>
                    <container type="Folder">35</container>
                    <unittitle>S.S. Seap Perch Thank You Poem</unittitle>
                    <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
                </did>
            </c01>
        </dsc>
    </archdesc>
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