012/012.10. War service

Dr. Justina H. Hill was a bacteriology researcher who served during World War I with the American Red Cross and World War II as a Public Health Services Officer. This collection primarily includes photograph albums from Hill’s war relief work, Smith College alumnae memorabilia, and medical and science reference materials.

The Smith College Relief Unit was founded in 1917 to bring relief to those areas of France that were most devastated during the first World War. The records include letters, journals, photographs and albums, correspondence with the War Service Board and information about the reconstruction.

The collection contains materials relating to special events and people hosted by Smith College, including files on disasters, anniversaries, lectures and symposiums, and War Service in World War II.

These records contain correspondence, reports, news articles, publications, and photographs, related to the service of Smith College students in World War I and World War II.

Records of the WAVES, Smith College's unit of the women's Naval Reserve. These files contain books, broadcasts, correspondence, printed materials, press releases, newspaper clippings, memoranda, notes and photographs.