An excerpt from a 1919 report of the New Orleans Chapter of the American Red Cross.

This publication records the history of the New Orleans Chapter of the American Red Cross (ARC) from its founding in 1917 to 1919. The report is extremely detailed, including copies of correspondence, lists of committee members, and financial accounting for each service branch of that chapter. This excerpt focuses on how the national headquarters in Washington, DC coordinated financial accounting across all the ARC chapters and how money flowed between the national ARC and state chapters.

Citation Information
American National Red Cross, New Orleans, Louisiana Chapter, excerpt from “Report of the New Orleans Chapter of the American Red Cross,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/909dce97401a7518b730b0a61a809346.
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Courtesy of Medical Heritage Library via Internet Archive.

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