Margaret Murphy papers
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Overview
- Description
- Notebook bearing hand-inscribed titled "Dachau Concentration Camp/Nurse Lt. Margaret Murphy A.N.C./116 Evacuation Hospital/Jan-Feb-Mar-April and May 1945," notebook contains post-liberation images [some Signal Corps] labeled on reverse, as well as letter from survivor Jan Vladimir Mericka in the Czech Republic to Murphy in Kentucky, expressing his gratitude, dated 1946; also included is Murphy's Dachau Concentration Camp pass allowing her entry and exit at the camp, a magazine article describing her unit's work, circa 1945.
- Date
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inclusive:
1945-1946
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sara I. and W. Rodney Beard
- Collection Creator
- Margaret Murphy
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Mr. Rodney Beard
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Medical care. Nurses. Military nursing.
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by W. Rodney and Sara Beard.
- Funding Note
- The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
- Special Collection
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Save Their Stories
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-11 13:18:55
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn88285
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Also in Margaret Murphy collection
The collection consists of labels, a Red Cross patch, and an SS armband and patch, notebooks, and a pass relating to the experiences of Margaret Murphy as a nurse in the Army Nurse Corps, United States Army, during and after World War II, including service at the liberated Dachau concentration camp.
Date: 1945-1946
