Newspaper clippings, 1893-1895

Collection Name:

Anna D. Berry Scrapbook of Harriet Dame

Title:

Newspaper clippings, 1893-1895

Creator:

Boston Journal (Firm)
Washington Post

Creator Role:

Publisher

Accession / Call Number:

2019.030

Object ID:

2019.030.23

Date:

1893-1895

Type of Material:

textual record

Physical Description:

5 newspaper articles

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Newspaper articles dated between 1893 and 1895 on Harriet Dame from the Boston Journal and the Washington Post. Includes a biography of her time in the Civil War, a reception for her in Washington, and a report on her broken hip. Titles include "MISS DAME. / Reception Given to Her at Washington. / One of the Noble Heroines of the War. / How She Was Once a Prisoner, but Released.", "THE WOMEN'S CORNER. / A Florence Nightingale of the Civil War.", "NURSED THE SOLDIERS / Miss Harriet P. Dame's Heroic Record in the War. / LAID UP WITH A BROKEN HIP", and "TO MISS HARRIET DAME, / On Her Seventy-Eighth Birthday." A note on the front by Anna Berry states the likeness of Dame in the Boston Journal is "a very poor picture."

Subjects:

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) , Biography , United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 , Prisoners of war , Nurses

Locations:

Boston, MA
Washington, DC
Concord, NH

People:

Dame, Harriet Patience, 1815-1900 , Berry, Anna D., 1845-1917 , Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887

Organizations:

Boston Journal (Firm)
Washington Post
United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865)

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society purchase.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Component

Box Number:

1