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Frances Potts papers

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.67.1

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Description: The Frances Potts papers consists of a two page letter with an addressed envelope written by Frances G. Potts (later Frances M. Grubbs Etherington) of the American Red Cross. The letter is addressed to Captain and Mrs. O L. Grubbs, Jr. in Walla Walla, Washington and is written in English and dated May 3, 1945. The letter congratulates the couple on their pregnancy and describes her visits to the Ohrdruf concentration camp and the atrocities committed by the Nazis. The papers also includes a photograph of Frances Potts, a member of the American Red Cross, stationed in Europe in 1944 and 1945.
Date: creation: 1945 May 03
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Laurie Etherington
Collection Creator: Frances M. Potts
Biography: Frances G. Potts served with the American Red Cross in Europe in 1944 and 1945. In May 1945, she visited the Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany, witnessing the atrocities committed by the Nazis. She later married and became Frances M. Grubbs Etherington.

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Correspondence. Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Frances Potts papers are arranged in a single series.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Copyright Holder: Ms. Laurie Etherington

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Concentration camp inmates. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. World War, 1939-1945--Liberation--Germany.
Geographic Name: Ohrdruf (Germany) Germany.
Personal Name: Potts, Frances M. Grubbs. Grubbs, O. L. Grubbs, Letha.
Corporate Name: Ohrdruf (Concentration camp) Red Cross and Red Crescent

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Laurie Etherington, daughter of Frances Potts.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Record last modified:: 2023-08-25 13:00:29
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