Latter-day Saint Nurses at War Project
Dates
- Existence: 2002-
Biography
The Latter-day Saint Nurses at War project (2002- ) gathers and publishes wartime experiences of Latter-day Saint nurses. The project is led by Dr. Patricia Rushton of the College of Nursing at Brigham Young University.
Citation:
UPB files, April 20, 2020 (Latter-day Saint Nurses at War Project; gathered and published wartime experiences of LDS nurses; project director Patricia Rushton of the College of Nursing, BYU; began collecting narratives in 2002)Latter-day Saint nurses at war, [2001] : page 1 (LDS Nurses at War Project)
Latter-day Saint nurses at war, 2005 : conclusion (Nurses at War project is ongoing)
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Kent D. Blad interview
Typescript of an interview of Blad conducted on 19 Nov. 2001. Blad was stationed in Saudi Arabia in 1990 and 1991. He talked about his service during the Persian Gulf War and about the challenges working in a hospital at that time.
Beth Smith Edvalson interview
Typescript probably taken from an interview. Edvalson talked about her nursing education at the University of Utah starting in 1943. She married Frederick M. Edvalson on 4 July 1945 after she completed her training.
Lillie Jacobs Fitzsimons interviews
Typescript of an interview. Fitzsimons was sent to Australia and New Guinea in 1943. After 18 months, she went to a hospital in the Philippines. She talked about the challenges of nursing in a tropical area. She treated both American soldiers and Japanese captives.
Erma Louise Hirschi Gantenbein interview
Typed copy of an interview. Gantenbein was born in Idaho in 1921, graduated from the L.D.S. Hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in 1942, and served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. She served in hospitals in Great Britain and France. She married Earl Gantenbein in 1946.
Edith Maurine Edwards Garrard interview
Typed interview. Garrard was a cadet nurse starting in 1943. She graduated from the LDS Hospital 3 year diploma program in 1946. She never served as a nurse for the military during World War II. She talked about her training and education.
Ruth Lofthouse Bingham interview
Typed interview. "Sister Bingham did not remember many of the experiences she had while she served as a nurse at war. With the help of her son, Byron, and through asking her many questions, she was able to remember a small amount of her service. Her main memory was that 'I took care of patients.'" She was born in Brigham City, Utah, and married Fred Alvin Bingham in 1947.
Paul Blad interview and correspondence
Typescript of an interview conducted on 8 Oct. 2001 and typed copies of correspondence from 1991. Blad talks about his experiences in Saudi Arabia in a hospital in 1990 and 1991. The letters were sent to and from Blad in 1991.
Wartime experiences : Aug. 1943 to Sept. 1945
Typed copy of an interview. Fife was stationed at Fort George Wright in Spokane, Washington, and was later transferred to Fairmont Army Airforce Base near Fairmont, Nebraska. She talked about her association with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the war. She married Leland James Fife in 1944.