Brown Scrapbook, 1932-1940

File — Box: 2, Folder: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Kameoka Tamada collection contains scrapbooks that document Ruby’s time at the Cook County School of Nursing and her employment at Cook County Hospital (CCH), the theatrical and social events that she attended, newspaper clippings related to CCH and medical procedures, hand-crafted gifts from patients, greeting cards to celebrate holidays, newsletters from Colorado, matchbooks, correspondence from friends stationed domestically and abroad during WWII, communications from the Illinois State Nurses association, ticket stubs and programs from a variety of Chicago events. The collection also includes the Chicago Japanese American Yearbook, which contains profiles of prominent Japanese Americans, advertisements for businesses and events, and a directory of all Japanese Americans residing in Chicago.

Dates

1932-1940

Extent

From the Collection: 3 boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Scrapbook has brown covers and content is in good condition; 57 pages of material; content is as follows: page 1. Reproduction of autographed photograph of John Barrymore and cast of My Dear Children, 1939; 13. Aragon Ballroom Dance Topics; 19. Article on Cook County Hospital (CCH); 22. Night Nurse series, 1939; 30. Directory of Japanese American Students in North America, 1936-1937; 34-35. Pueblo theater scene, ca. 1940; 41. 1936; 57. Receipt from the National Park Service for a visit to Carlsbad Caverns, ca. 1932