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Scrapbooks:

Box 41:

1941-1975: Sources: Hillsboro Angus, The Oregon Journal, Tigard Times, News-Times, Oregonian. The first section was about the production of sewing and knitting. They were shipping Kits to boys in the service, garments for Great Britain and other things. Next it talked about the sewing rooms being opened in firemen’s workrooms; the time was during the war. It talked about the problems about supplies. There is an article about how they received certificates for their hard work, and then the book continues to 1971 where they help in the disaster relief. Another item is here was a service that was provided called voices from home where people sent their voices over to the men in the war. There were descriptions of a bloodmobile and of blood donors.

1967-1980: International Services Sources: Mostly all pictures very few official documents. This scrapbook has items pertaining to the trouble dealing with people not speaking English, a program is started to help learn to speak other languages, and to learn how to deal with international people. It also talks about how a Japanese doctor send 300,000 yen to America for relief fund in St Helens disaster.

Box 42:

1937-1941: This scrapbook is marked with a stamp from the Janet Chapman Memorial Library, Oregon Trail Chapter American Red Cross. Many of the news clippings come from unknown newspapers and contain no dates. Other clippings come from the Oswego Review, Clackamas County News, Molalla Pioneer, Oregon City Enterprise, Banner-Courier, Milwaukie Review, News Advertiser, Clippings detail: Hygiene awards, and hygiene classes, first aid schools, the organization of auxiliary organizations such as the Junior Red Cross, aid for China, appointments within the organization, fundraising drives, establishing emergency stations, benefits, European War Relief Fund activities, highlights the network of fraternal organizations, “Citizenship Training for Internal Defense” strategy, and the creation of “Defense units.’ Of note is the absence of blood drives.

1965-1968: Sources: The Oregonian, News Register, Carlton-Yamhill Review, Yamhill County Review, Capital Journal, [A couple of documents 2 on the monthly report of the Yamhill District events pertaining to the Red Cross, 2 more on a memo for blood needed for Vietnam]. There are clippings talking about the bloodmobile, and blood banks. More clippings are on the first aid course that is being offered on the television. There are some clippings about the record setting blood donation in 1966. Also some on the events the Red Cross helped put on. There are some clippings about disaster relief. Also found are some clippings on the Red Cross campaigns, swimming lessons. Also, there are articles about the goods being sent over to Vietnam for orphans, and other cargo. Lastly, there are some clippings about blood needed for heart surgery.

Box 43:

1957: Sources: Carlton-Yamhill Review, News Register, Sheridan Sun, Williamina Times, Dayton Tribune. Clippings relate to fundraising quotas, necessity of blood drive, naming of campaign head, 12 teams ready for residential fundraising drive, cartoon connecting the donations to the RC to the Ten Commandments, disaster relief services provided by RC, services provided to servicemen, and the lagging of the fundraising drive.

1958: Sources: Daily News Register, Newberg Graphic, Sheridan Sun, and Oregon Journal. Clippings related to the blood donations and blood drive that starts in March. Al Beeler was named to talk about the drive. Other clippings talked about the volunteers who helped with the teaching of first aid to over 500 people, the swimming water safety program, and loss of blood bank was talked about as well.

1959: Sources: News-Register, Carlton-Yamhill Review, Newberg Graphic, Oregon Journal, Portland Journal, Sheridan Sun, Williamina Times. Clippings related to success of blood donations and the lives they save, McMinnville mayor proclaiming March “Red Cross Month,” fundraising drive, exceeding blood quota, lack of funding for vital services, election of fundraising head L. C. Parsons, 700 Yamhill volunteers assist RC for 1958, first aid training with scout troops, “Blood Bank endangered,” funding and blood drive quotas, “Three Qualify As Instructors In First Aid,” Business women organizing alternative fundraising.

1960 (Black): Sources: News-Register, Carlton-Yamhill Review, Newberg Graphic, Amity Standard, and Sheridan Sun. Clipping related to RC budget, blood drive, fundraising, death notice of 11 year old girl, “dime drive” to supplement fund raising effort, potential loss of blood mobile, door to door fundraising, AB type blood needed, services performed by RC, local resident’s service in disaster zone in Morocco, selection of leaders for fund raising drive, threat of discontinued blood services, and advertisements for Dime Drive.

1960 (Red)*: Sources: News-Register, Carlton-Yamhill Register, “TR”(?). Clippings relate to blood drive, fundraising, RC campaign objectives, appointments, thirty graduates from first aid class, leader selection, official slogan for 1960, “Dime Drive,” swimming classes,

1960 (Red) contains many redundant articles that are also found in 1960 (black).

1962 & 1963:

1962: Sources: Yamhill-Carlton Review, Sheridan-Sun, News-Register, Amity Standard, Portland Journal, Newberg Graphic. Clipping related to fundraising, first aid instruction, Red Cross Month (March), financial problems for the Yamhill County Red Cross, election of RC campaign vice-chairman, selection of RC directors, exceeded quotas for blood drive, job listings, donations from war mothers, astronauts given survival swimming course, water safety courses, success of water safety program, and the election of RC Drive chairman.

1963: Sources: The News-Register, Linfield Review, and Sheridan Sun. Contains clippings related to fundraising campaigns and the budget for the American Red Cross, blood drives, announcements of Red Cross Month, disaster services, swimming programs, appointment of new chairmen for fundraising campaign, and a critical mid-summer blood shortage.

Box 45:

1951-1963: Sources: The Oregonian, Oregon Journal, Parkrose-East County Enterprise, Sellwood-Morland Bee, Oregon Journal, Portland Reporter, Gresham Outlook, Hillsboro Angus, Oregon Enterprise Courier, Albany Democrat Herald, PGE Bullseye, Beaverton News, Jantzen Yarns, Oregon Teamsters, The Trumpeter, Milk Line, Tri City News, FNB Statement, Alcoa Crucible, Dope Bucket, Portland Elk, Milwaukie Review, Sandy Post, Broadway Boosters News, McMinnville News Register, Tigard Times, Oregon Labor Press, Walnut Park News, VOCA, International Woodworker, Portals, Esco Ladle, Hollywood News, Oregon Legionnare, PP&L Co. Bulletin, The Beacon, Union Register, Central Shopping News, South Bend Journal, Valley News, Washington Co. Times-News, Camby Herald, St John’s Review, Mollalla Review, Buyers Bulletin, Cascade College Bulletin, North Clackamas Star, Nob Hill News, Astorian, The Junior League, Greater Eastside News, The Dallas Optimist, The Herald News, The Bulletin, Southeast News, The Oregon Churchman, Spotlight, Pioneer Log, Lewis & Clark, Catholic Sentinal. This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings as well as magazine clippings between 1951 and 1963. 99% of the clippings were pertaining to blood drives, Blood transfusions and people getting recognition for either giving blood, or for setting up events that allowed people to give blood. There was a lack of blood around and they were doing everything in there power to get more blood. A number of the clippings were talking about how people were recovering from surgery because they had enough blood for transfusions. There were clippings involving the events that the Red Cross put on to raise blood. There were also clippings about people getting recognition about there donations of blood.

1961-1963: Sources: Red Cross Press clippings, The Oregonian, Oregon Journal, Portland Reporter, Gresham News, Clackamas County News, Parkrose-East County, Enterprise, St Johns Review, Sandy Post, San Francisco Examiner, This Week Magizine, Army and Navy Register, Letter from the War Advertising Council, The Valley News, South East News, Forest Grove News Times, Daily Reporter, Enterprise Courier, Broadway Boosters News, Hillsboro Angus, The Beaverton News, Daily Reporter, The Greater East Side News, Willamina Times, Oregon Statesman, Democratic Herald, Eastern Oregon Review, Emerald, Oswego Review, Tri-City News, North Portland Shopper, Buyers Bulletin, Daily Journal of Commerce, The Winged-M, Molalla Pioneer, Register Guard, Hollywood News, Laurelhurst, South East News, Nob Hill News, Central Oregonian, Foster-Eastport News, FNB Statesman, Outdoor Council News, Redmond Spokesman, Gresham Outlook, Milwaukie Review, Canby Herald, Pioneer Log, Lewis and Clark, Nursing Home News, North Clackamas Star, News Review Roseburg, The Dallas Chronicle. This contains mostly newspaper clipping along with some clippings of magazines. This has the majority of all that happened to the Red Cross in 1961-1963. There is propaganda to get people mostly women to become a nurse. Many people in the state are in need of health services and this article included articles including these. There is a lot of talk about swimming and how the Red Cross helped teach swimming and first aid to those in need of help in the event of drowning. It has articles about Red Cross events, as well as articles on training. The events are usually there annual events that they lead to help raise money to keep the Red Cross going. The training articles include all types of first aid from water to child first aid.

Box 44:

1959-1965: Sources: The Oregon Journal, Oregonian, A couple of Pictures. There are newspaper clippings about home nursing videos that are offered on the television. There are articles about the Red Cross in a century of serving internationally and also 50 years in the Portland chapter. More articles include retiring GEN.A.M.GRUEHTHER. Also there are articles on Red Cross aid to disaster relief. There is an article on the invention of ingenuity by Red Cross members. Lastly, there are articles involving vital blood donations.

1946-1953: Sources: Red Cross Pamphlet, Oregon Journal, The Oregonian, The Gresham, Park Rose Enterprise, Sellwood Morland Bee, Los Angeles Times, Sunday Journal, Valley Advertiser, Toronto Daily Star, First Church Spire, Vanport Tribune, Red Cross Home Nursing Programs, Letter from Doctors, Red Cross Papers. This scrapbook has clippings of magazine and newspaper about home nursing classes, It details men and women learning how to deal with injuries. The training involves child’s health, and adult health. There are articles that involve mock atomic bomb drops and how to deal with various injures. There also are articles involving the consolidation into two branches of the Red Cross in Oregon. More of the articles talk about the administrator of the Polio vaccine. A long time worker retires; some people thank Red Cross for the training they received. Articles on how they received x-ray machines. There are articles on Civil defense, how to feed infants/Teachers were teaching first aid then stopped.

Yamhill County American Red Cross 1964: This scrapbook contains only newspaper clippings from 1963-1964. The clippings are from the Sheridan Sun, The News Register, Newberg Graphic, The Portland Journal, and the Oregon Journal. The clippings reflect the activities of the Red Cross including blood drives, conducting “social history surveys” for the VA hospital for individuals in the community receiving Veterans Administration benefits, fund drives, water safety classes, lists of “One-gallon club” donors.

1961: Sources: News-Register, Sheridan Sun, Carlton-Yamhill Review, Oregon Journal, Amity Standard, and Newberg Graphic. Clippings related to blood drive, fundraising, swimming lessons, obituary of James Osborne (chairman of the Yamhill County RC 1939-1947), blood drive quotas, requests for blood donations to assist youth who underwent open heart surgery, budget deficit, first aid classes, phone drive, notices of locals using RC blood, cancellation of blood unit due to budget deficit, water safety courses,

1954-1962: (Black) Sources: Pacific Northwest Regional Blood Program, L.A. Times, Oregonian, Oregon Journal, Ladies Home Journal, Parkrose-East County Enterprise, East Broadway News, Toronto Daily Star, Walnut Park News, The Cardinal, Sellwood-Morland Bee, The Washingtonian, The American Weekly, Colliers, McCall’s. This scrap book goes from 1954-1962; this book is rich with information pertaining to the Nursing services. Many articles deal with the home nursing program. Next there are articles regarding about the classes that are being set up to help people with awareness and preparation about injuries (First Aid). Next they have some news clippings about 1959 they’re 50^th anniversary. They also have a couple articles about the dad’s raising kids with the guidelines of the Red Cross.

Red Scrapbook 1968-1978: Initially a scrapbook composed by the McMinnville Red Cross office. A note on the inside cover indicates that the materials collected represent only a small portion of the publicity the agency received. All of the materials contained in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings with the exception of a photo and a couple of blood-drive announcements. The clippings are from the Carlton-Yamhill Review and The News Register (McMinnville), The date range of the initial clippings are from 2/68- to 7/75. There are a few random clippings from 1977 and 1978. The scope of the scrapbook encompasses all activities the McMinnville Red Cross engaged in: Blood drives, lifeguard training, volunteer projects etc. The book also contains death notices and other news items pertaining to long time volunteers.

OTC Red Cross Archive: Scrapbook Finding Aid, continued

1941-1975: Sources: Hillsboro Angus, The Oregon Journal, Tigard Times, News-Times, Oregonion. The first section was about the production of sewing and knitting. They were shipping Kits to boys in the service, garments for Great Britain and other things. Next it talked about the sewing rooms being opened in firemen's workrooms; the time was during the war. It talked about the problems about supplies. There is an article about how they received certificates for their hard work, and then the book continues to 1971 where they help in the disaster relief. Another item is here was a service that was provided called voices from home where people sent their voices over to the men in the war. There were descriptions of a bloodmobile and of blood donors.

1954-1962: (Black) Sources: Pacific Northwest Regional Blood Program, L.A. Times, Oregonian, Oregon Journal, Ladies Home Journal, Parkrose East County Enterprise, East Broadway News, Toronto Daily Star, Walnut Park News, The Cardinal, SellwoodMorland Bee, The Washingtonian, The American Weekley, Colliers, McCall 's. This scrap book goes from 1954-1962, this book is rich with information pertaining to the Nursing services. Many articles deal with the home nursing program. Next there are articles regarding about the classes that are being set up to help people with awareness and preparation about injuries. Next they have some news clippings about 1959 they're 50^h anniversary. They also have a couple articles about the dad's raising kids.

1961-1963: Sources: Red Cross Press clippings, The Oregonian, Oregon Journal, Portland Reporter, Gresham News, Clackamas County News, Parkrose-East County, Enterprise, St Johns Review, Sandy Post, San Francisco Examiner, This Week Mag., Army and Navy Register, Letter from the War Advertising Council, The Valley News, South East News, Forest Grove News Times, Daily Reporter, Enterprise Courier, Broadway Boosters News, Hillsboro Angus, The Beaverton News, Daily Reporter, The Greater East Side News, Willamina Times, Oregon Statesman, Democratic Herald, Eastern Oregon Review, Emerald, Oswego Review, Tri-City News, North Portland Shopper, Buyers Bulletin, Daily Journal of Commerce, The Winged-M, Molalla Pioneer, Register Guard, Hollywood News, Laurelhurst, South East News, Nob Hill News, Central Oregonian, Foster-Eastport News, FNB Statesman, Outdoor Council News, Redmond Spokesman, Gresham Outlook, Milwaukee Review, Canby Herald, Pioneer Log, Lewis and Clark, Nursing Home News, North Clackamas Star, News Review Roseburg, The Dallas Chronicle. This has the majority of all that happened to the Red Cross in 19611963. There is propaganda to get people mostly women to become a nurse. Many people in the state are in need of health services and this article included articles including these. There is a lot of talk about swimming. It has articles about Red Cross events, as well as articles on training.