Michael Erwin McClary Collection

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Michael Erwin McClary found items associated with the Tarrant County Nurse's Aide Corps at a flea market in Missouri and donated digital copies of the materials to the Tarrant County Archives. The Nurse's Aide Corps was established by the Tarrant County Chapter of the American Red Cross during World War II. The Nurse's Aides were volunteers who helped fill the need of nursing staff in local hospitals during and immediately after the war. 

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The Michael Erwin McClary Collection contains digital copies of materials that belonged to Mrs. Langford Carlton who served as the secretary of the Tarrant County Nurse's Aide Corps. The materials include bulletins, documents, and buttons from the Nurse's Aide Corps and the National Tuberculosis Association. The materials are dated from 1920 to 1946.

Materials in this collection consist of digital copies of the following: 

Correspondence

• Valentine's Day greeting card to Ida from Bessie Garrison, 1940s

Documents

• Final Examination for the Volunteer Nurse's Aides, 1940s
• Invitation to the National Hospital Day Celebration honoring Red Cross Nurse's Aides, hosted by The Fort Worth Hospital Council, Fort Worth, Texas, May 13, 1945

Ephemera

• Modern Health Crusader for the National Tuberculosis Association buttons, manufactured by American Art Works, Coshocton, Ohio, 1920

Publications

• Corps Capers, bulletins published by the Nurse's Aide Corps, Tarrant County Chapter of the American Red Cross, Fort Worth, Texas, March and April 1946