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Nurses at War project

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Nurses at War project was sponsored by Brigham Young University to collect stories and records of Latter-day Saint nurses who had served in combat.

The Nurses at War project was sponsored by the Brigham Young University Department of Religion and the College of Nursing. It aimed to collect the stories, diaries, photographs, and other records of Latter-day Saint nurses who had served in combat. The project’s idea was formed by Patricia Rushton, who eventually co-authored the culminating publication, "Latter-day Saint Nurses at War: A Story of Caring and Sacrifice." Other co-authors included Lynn C. Callister, and Maile K. Wilson. It was published in 2005 by the Religious Studies Center of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

Citation:
Worldcat, October 19, 2022 (Publication of "Latter-day Saint Nurses at War: A Story of Caring and Sacrifice" by Patricia Rushton, Lynn C. Callister, and Maile K. Wilson. It was published by the Religious Studies Center of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, in 2005)

BYU Communications, via WWW, October 19, 2022 (The Nurses at War project was sponsored by the Brigham Young University Department of Religion and the College of Nursing. It aimed to collect the stories, diaries, photographs, and other records of Latter-day Saint nurses who had served in combat. The project's idea was formed by Patricia Rushton)

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Lola Prestwich Lamoreaux autobiography

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2685
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Lamoreaux attended the Dr. W. H. Grove Latter Day Saint Hospital School of Nursing in Salt Lake City, Utah, and joined the U.S. Army on 1 Dec. 1944. She writes about her training and various assignments in the army. She married Donald C. Lamaroeaux in 1948.

Dates: approximately 2000

Deanna Johnson Nielsen autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336932]
Identifier: MSS 2710
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography for the Nurses at War project. Neilsen joined the military in 1975. She served during operation Desert Storm. She married Jay Neilsen in 1978.

Dates: 2001

Excerpts from the diary by an anonymous author

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336981]
Identifier: MSS 2690
Scope and Contents

Typewritten excerpts from the diary of an unnamed cadet nurse from 4 Jan. 1943 to 15 Nov. 1945. She served in the military from June 1944 to Dec. 1946. She writes about her experiences being trained as a nurse, treating patients, and the celebration in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the end of the war. The author requested that her name not be used.

Dates: 1943-1945

Mary Jane Neville Johns autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340892]
Identifier: MSS 2681
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Johns writes about her experiences as a nurse in the United States Navy during World War II. She served in Long Beach, California; Norman, Oklahoma; and Bethesda, Maryland.

Dates: 2001

Evelyn Jorgensen autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336825]
Identifier: MSS 2688
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Jorgensen talks about growing up and about her association with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She also tells about her service at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, during World War II. She married Vernon F. Jorgensen in 1947.

Dates: 2000

Charlotta Leader autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336973]
Identifier: MSS 2692
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Leader talks about her deployment during Desert Storm at Nocton Hall, England; Operation Sea Signal at Giamtamo Bay, Cuba; and Operation Enuring Freedom at Spangdahlem, Germany.

Dates: 2000

Fern Maurine Lowery autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336866]
Identifier: MSS 2689
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Lowery joined the cadet nurse program during World War II. She talks about her classes and work shifts during the war. She later worked at the Utah Valley Hospital.

Dates: 2002

Barbara Jean Bowman Mace autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336858]
Identifier: MSS 2691
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Mace was born in Colonia Juarez in Mexico, and she always wanted to be a nurse. She served as a Cadet Nurse from Jan. 1945 to Jun. 1945. At that time, she was stationed in the Bushnell General Hospital in Brigham City, Utah. She married Ward Mace in 1946.

Dates: 2000

Nina Maughan Marsh autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337021]
Identifier: MSS 2693
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. She writes about her training as a nurse and about meeting her husband. She married Stanley P. Marsh in 1951. She died of a massive heart attack in 2002.

Dates: 2000

Elizabeth Anna Gleason Mayland history

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2694
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography as told through letters written by Mayland during World War II. Most of these items were written to family members. She was stationed in Missouri and Texas during the war. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Jun. 1943 and married Lawrence Mayland on 22 Sept. 1945.

Dates: 1996

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