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Rose Anna Tram papers

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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]Claire Fagin Hall, 418 Curie Boulevard, Floor 2U, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-4217

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Rose Anna Tram had her nursing training at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, New York, and graduated in 1926. She spent the next sixteen years at St. Mary's and in private duty. In 1942, Tram volunteered to serve in the Army Nurse Corps, where she directed the Nursing Service of the 235th General Hospital in France during World War II. She had the rank of major when she left the army after the war.

The collection consists of Tram's official Department of War records, reports and correspondence to commanding officers, certificates and commendations, and many photographs of her service in the United States and Europe. Materials documenting her pre-military career include state registration certificates, yearbooks, and other documents from her training days and early career in Rochester.

Gift of Rose Anna Tram via Joan Lynaugh, 1990.

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University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Center staff, updated by Bethany Myers
Sponsor
This collection was processed with funds provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission as part of the Nursing History Processing and Cataloging Project.
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This collection is unrestricted.

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Collection Inventory

Army documents (Certificates of Service, Commission, etc.), 1945-1947.
Box 1 Folder 1
Certificates and Awards, 1926-1970.
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1915-1958.
Box 1 Folder 3
Name list of those who worked with Tram in the army (?), undated.
Box 1 Folder 4
News Clippings, 1943-1976.
Box 1 Folder 5
Postcards, datebook, and Christmas greeting card, 1940s and 1950s.
Box 1 Folder 6
Soldier's Guides, 1946.
Box 1 Folder 7
St. Mary's Hospital, Diamond Jubilee program, 1932.
Box 1 Folder 8

Hospital - Fort Ontario, N.Y., Ward unit showing patients, nurse and corpsmen, 1940s.
Box 2 Photo 1
Hospital - Fort Ontario, N.Y., Ward unit showing patients, nurse and corpsmen, 1940s.
Box 2 Photo 1a
Group of Army personnel - Paris, WWII, 1940s.
Box 2 Photo 2
Group of Army personnel - Paris, WWII, 1940s.
Box 2 Photo 2a
Group of Army nurses standing in front of building, WWII, 1940s.
Box 2 Photo 3
Group of four Army officers - two male medical staff and two female nurses, WWII, 1940s.
Box 2 Photo 4
Three Army personnel with two Swiss guards and clergy - Vatican City, Rome, WWII, 1940s.
Box 2 Photo 5
Bishop Kearney, Sister Martina, Lt. Francis H. Dolan, and Lt. Rose A. Tram, 1943.
Box 2 Photo 6
Group of Army nurses marching in parade on Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., 1940s.
Box 2 Photo 7
Group of Army nurses standing in front of float, "England General Hospital", 1940s.
Box 2 Photo 8
Float, "England General Hospital" - Atlantic City Boardwalk parade, 1940s.
Box 2 Photo 9
Float, "England General Hospital" with marching Army band in background - Atlantic City Boardwalk, 1940s.
Box 2 Photo 10
Second District New York State Nurses Association, Picnic, September, 1939.
Box 2 Photo 11
235th General Hospital, France.
Box 2 Folder 1
Group of Army nurses standing in front of building, France.
Box 2 Folder 2
V.J. Day, Marseille, France, 1945.
Box 2 Folder 3
Liberation of Germany - Interior prison camp, prisoners aboard train, Army staff personnel.
Box 2 Folder 4
Army ceremony - Officer Kelly getting silver metal.
Box 2 Folder 5
Army nurses ceremony - recognition for service, and reception.
Box 2 Folder 6
Group pictures of Army nurses and male officers.
Box 2 Folder 7
Individual and group pictures of Army nurses.
Box 2 Folder 8
Individual and group pictures of male Army personnel.
Box 2 Folder 9
Wedding of Mac and Tommy.
Box 2 Folder 10
Jim and Grace Hile - stationed in Germany.
Box 2 Folder 11
Lourdes and Paris, Francis.
Box 2 Folder 1
Rome and Pompeii, Italy.
Box 2 Folder 2
Germany - two Army nurses with Tyrone Powers.
Box 2 Folder 3
Germany - countryside, individuals, and cemetery.
Box 2 Folder 4
Individual and group of Army personnel - Location ?.
Box 2 Folder 5
Army personnel in Paris, France.
Box 2 Folder 6
Army Dress parade.
Box 2 Folder 1
Nurses, physicians, and Red Cross staff.
Box 2 Folder 2
Army Chief Nurse, portrait.
Box 2 Folder 3
Army nurse in dress uniform, portrait.
Box 2 Folder 4
Friend and their grandchildren, undated.
Box 2 Folder 1
Friends, undated.
Box 2 Folder 2
Rose A. Tram and "Brownie", January 1956.
Box 2 Folder 3
Reception and dinner social (Occasion?).
Box 2 Folder 4
Wedding pictures, 1964.
Box 2 Folder 5
Living room (Location?).
Box 2 Folder 6
Wedding - bridal couple, no date.
Box 2 Folder 7
Photo album: WWII Army camp in Alaska.
Box 3
Photo album/scrapbook: WWII.
Box 3
Copy prints.
Box 3 Folder 1

Army nurse uniform insignias (in a glass container).
Box 3
Unit insignia.
Box 3
Medal, Campaign & Service--Victory--World War II (in a small box), 1945.
Box 3

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