Record Group Number 45

Nurse's Aide Volunteer Corps, Keene Chapter

Compiled by Alan F. Rumrill

December 1985

The Volunteer Nurse's Aide Corps was a division of the Red Cross. The Nurse's Aide Corps was formed during Would War II as one of a group of organizations "engaged in taking precautionary measures against air raids or other forms of attack and minimizing losses to persons and property resulting therefrom." (Manual on Administration, see folder #8.)

To become a nurse's aide one had to complete eighty hours of American Red Cross nurses aide training, complete a twenty hour first aid course and take the oath of the United States Citizen's Defense Corps. Upon completing the training, nurse's aides had to agree to serve at least 150 hours annually without pay and to serve in emergencies in local hospitals and casualty stations.

The Elliot Community Hospital on Main Street was the head quarters of the Nurse's Aide Corps in Keene. William A. Newton was the chairman of the Keene Chapter.

This record group contains the records of the Keene chapter of the Nurse's Aide Corps. The materials date from 1941 to 1953. The group contains one series, SUBJECT FILE, and is filed in one archive box. These records were placed at the HSCC Archive Center on permanent loan from the city of Keene in May of 1984. The materials are filed chronologically unless other wise stated.

Series I - SUBJECT FILE