Guide to the Lenna E. Brown Baird Papers 1917-1943
Cage 99

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Baird, Lenna E. Brown
Title
Lenna E. Brown Baird Papers
ID
Cage 99
Date [inclusive]
1917-1943
Extent
2 containers., .5 linear feet of shelf space.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, photos, and other papers re: soldier's relief.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 99, Guide to the Lenna E. Brown Baird Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Lenna E. Brown Baird was born in Shanghi, Illinois, Nov. 21, 1868, the child of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brown. She died at Spokane, Washington, Dec. 22, 1945. She married Thomas Wiley Baird, born Biggsville, Illinois, June 24, 1896, at Alexis, Illinois. In 1910, she moved to Spokane, Washington, where, among other activities, she was active in several civic groups, including the Red Cross Canteen during and after World War I.

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Scope and Content

The papers of Lenna Baird include office files from the Spokane, Washington, Red Cross Canteen, correspondence from servicemen, and photographs taken in both the United States and in Europe.

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Arrangement

The papers are arranged with related materials drawn together in several sequences such as office files, personal correspondence, photographs, and so forth.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 1989

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The personal papers of Lenna E. Brown Baird were donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1958 by Lenna A. Deutsch, a daughter of Mrs. Baird. The papers were arranged and described in January 1989 by Bruce C. Harding, son-in-law of the donor and archival consultant at the Libraries.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Additional records of the Spokane Red Cross Canteen are deposited at the Eastern Washington State Historical Society in Spokane, placed there by Edith Smith, another Red Cross staff member.

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Digital Archival Object

Lenna Baird ca. 1918

Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • American National Red Cross. Spokane Chapter

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Baird, Lenna E. Brown--Archives

Subject(s)

  • World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives
  • World War, 1914-1918--War work--Red Cross
  • Military
  • Photographs
  • Washington (State)
  • Medicine and Health

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Spokane Red Cross Canteen files  
box-folder

 1917 

 1 / 1

 January-June, 1918 

 1 / 2

 July-December, 1918 

 1 / 3

 1919 

 1 / 4

 1920-1943 

 1 / 5

Undated letters, memoranda, map, and exhibit items  

 1 / 6

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Soldier mail  
box-folder

 January-June, 1918 

 1 / 7

 July-December, 1918 

 1 / 8

 1919 

 1 / 9

 1919-1921 

 1 / 10

Undated 

 1 / 11

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box-folder

Red Cross overseas employees' letters,  1918-1919  

 1 / 12

The War Mothers League of America,  August, 1917  

 1 / 13

Mrs. T.W. (Lenna) Baird's "adopted" son, Martin J. Broswick,  1917-1918 

 1 / 14

Photographs by Martin J. Broswick, Germany,  1919 

 1 / 15

Spokane, Washington, Red Cross Canteen, troop train data,  1918 

 2 / 1

Spokane, Washington, Red Cross Canteen, troop train data,  1919 

 2 / 2

Spokane, Washington, Red Cross Canteen, photographs,  1918-1921 

 2 / 3

Spokane, Washington, Red Cross Canteen, photographs of workers,  1918-1919 

 2 / 4

Spokane, Washington, Red Cross Canteen, photographs of train service,  1918-1919 

 2 / 5

Photographs sent of Lenna Baird by her "boys",  1918-1919 

 2 / 6

Picture post cards, U.S.A.,  1918-1919 

 2 / 7

Picture post cards, Europe,  1918-1919 

 2 / 8

Photographs of naval troopship USS Sebrony 

 2 / 9