Latter-day Saint Nurses at War Project
Organization
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 2 Collections and/or Records:
Paul Blad interview and correspondence
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341361]
Identifier: MSS 2627
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1991-2001
Memories of an Army nurse in World War II, 1944-1945
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341189]
Identifier: MSS 2609
Scope and Contents
Typed autobiography. Ora Mae Sorensen was born in 1922 in Taylor, Texas and married Edmond Preston Hyatt in 1945. Many letters addressed to family memers have been typed into the autobiography which largely describes her military service as a nurse. She served mainly in the Pacific area.
Dates:
2002