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Summary
Frances Devens “Daisy” Parrish of Boston, Mass., moved to Nantucket, Mass., as a child. Later, she served as a Red Cross nurse in France and wrote a memoir about her service. This collection is comprised of the diary Frances Devens Parrish kept during her time as a Red Cross nurse in France during World War I.
Collection Details
- Collection Number:
- MS587
- Title:
- Frances Devens Parrish Diary
- Date(s):
- 1917-1919
- Creator:
- Parrish, Frances Devens (1885-1968).
- Repository:
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Language:
- Material is in English.
Information for Users
Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation: [identification of item], in the Frances Devens Parrish Diary, Nantucket Historical Association.
Acquisitions Information:
Found in collections in April 2022.
Sensitive Materials Statement:Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Nantucket Historical Association assumes no responsibility.
Related Collections
- Folder 567, MS335, Edouard A. Stackpole Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.
- Map of Zusammendruck Disy-le-Gros-La Malmaison, September 1918, MS335, Edouard A. Stackpole Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.
- NAN 920 P25, Poilu, Petit Chien de la Guerre: A Nantucketer's Memoirs of the Great War, Nantucket Historical Association.
Subject Headings
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Personal Name
- Parrish, Frances Devens, 1885-1968.
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Topical Term
- Women--Massachusetts--Nantucket--Diaries.
- WWI.
- Diaries.
Biographical Information
Frances Devens “Daisy” Parrish was born in Boston, Mass., and moved to Nantucket, Mass., as a child. During World War I, she served as a Red Cross nurse in France and was awarded a Croix de Guerre by the French government. During her time as a nurse, she kept a diary and wrote letters that were frequently published in the Inquirer & Mirror. Later in life, she wrote a memoir titled Poilu, Petit Chien De La Guerre A Nantucketer’s Memoirs of the Great War. She died in New York, N.Y., in 1968.
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of the diary Frances Devens Parrish kept during her time as a Red Cross nurse in France during World War I. It includes regular entries about her day; addresses for businesses, people, and organizations in France; and a list of French and American hospitals.
Contents
Folder 1 Diary, 1917-1919
Processing Information
Processed by Ashley Miller, April 2022.
Materials in this collection were digitized with support from Connie and Tom Cigarran.