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[1944-1945 Record of Service with UNRAA]

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              Record of Service with UNRRA
Aug.17,1944—Received telegram giving appointment as
Ghief Nurse Eastern European country mission*
-Sept.14—Left Vancouver for Washington, D.C.
Sept.18—Arrived Wash*—told that my destination would
in all probability be Poland* Met Dr. Holle the
Medical Ghief of this mission. Also Miss Stephanie
Szloch who was appointed as Hospital Nursing Consultant. |
Very pleased with the appointment as it is starting out
on something right from the beginning.
The first week in Wash, was spent in getting all
the necessary details in preparation for transportation
completed.
Sept.24—Went to New York—Stephanie on to Boston.
Had a visit with the Standers and^ot Clark—came in to
New York on Tues. the 26th. Appointment had been made
with Miss Tennant for 11 A.M. SiSCUssed nursing in
Poland previous to 1939. Very well advanced there.
Threte good schools in toarsaw and a University school
)at Cracov. P.H. intergrated into the basic curriculum.
Went to N.Y. Hospital to meet Miss Lobowska who was
formerly the Difcector of the City of Warsaw School of
Nursing(Jewish).  In 1938 there were planning to add
to their school and Miss Lobowska was on her way to
America fur a two months observation trip when war
broke out.  Is planning to return as soon as possible.
(A question of T.B. lesion and therefore not able to
come with UNRRA—learned this later from Miss Johnston)
Visited I.C.N, office—Miss Schwarienberg suffering
from concussion sustained in a taxi accident.j Her
secretary gave us names of people to contact in
England and in the European countries.  We expected *fea
th&t we would soon be on our way to London but when we
ta;ked with the transportation department it seems that
it will be a little time yet. Waiting here is very
irksome.
Oct. 1 I Did some sight seeing to-day afterchurch.
)Went to New York Avenue Presbyterian—cornerstone laid
in 1859—thechurch Lincoln attended. Went with Ruth
Johnson (Georgia) to theCapitol—Art Gallery—
Jefferson Memorial—Lincoln Memorial—Pentagon Building.
Latter covers 128 acres--one and one quarter miles aroun
outside—five corridors—outside is one mile—three

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Title	[1944-1945 Record of Service with UNRAA]
Creator	Creelman, Lyle, 1908-2007
Date Created	1944-1945
Sort Date	1945
Extent	95 pages
Subject	Nursing
Genre	Diaries
Type	Text
Format	application/pdf
Language	English
Access Identifier	ARC-Creelman-2-2
Digital Identifier	creelman_02_02_01
Is Part Of	History of Nursing in Pacific Canada
Source	Original format: University of British Columbia. Archives. Lyle Creelman fonds. Diaries and logbooks. ARC-Creelman-2-2
Date Available	2015-03-17
Publisher - Digital	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Digital copies are provided for research and personal use only. For permission to publish or otherwise use this material contact the UBC Archives at lib-ubcarchives@lists.ubc.ca
Catalogue Record	http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_arch/creelman.pdf
DOI	1.0214441

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Title	creelman_02_02_01_001
Sort Date	1945
Transcript	Record of Service with UNRRA Aug.17,1944—Received telegram giving appointment as Ghief Nurse Eastern European country mission* -Sept.14—Left Vancouver for Washington, D.C. Sept.18—Arrived Wash—told that my destination would in all probability be Poland Met Dr. Holle the Medical Ghief of this mission. Also Miss Stephanie Szloch who was appointed as Hospital Nursing Consultant. \| Very pleased with the appointment as it is starting out on something right from the beginning. The first week in Wash, was spent in getting all the necessary details in preparation for transportation completed. Sept.24—Went to New York—Stephanie on to Boston. Had a visit with the Standers and^ot Clark—came in to New York on Tues. the 26th. Appointment had been made with Miss Tennant for 11 A.M. SiSCUssed nursing in Poland previous to 1939. Very well advanced there. Threte good schools in toarsaw and a University school )at Cracov. P.H. intergrated into the basic curriculum. Went to N.Y. Hospital to meet Miss Lobowska who was formerly the Difcector of the City of Warsaw School of Nursing(Jewish). In 1938 there were planning to add to their school and Miss Lobowska was on her way to America fur a two months observation trip when war broke out. Is planning to return as soon as possible. (A question of T.B. lesion and therefore not able to come with UNRRA—learned this later from Miss Johnston) Visited I.C.N, office—Miss Schwarienberg suffering from concussion sustained in a taxi accident.j Her secretary gave us names of people to contact in England and in the European countries. We expected *fea th&t we would soon be on our way to London but when we ta;ked with the transportation department it seems that it will be a little time yet. Waiting here is very irksome. Oct. 1 I Did some sight seeing to-day afterchurch. )Went to New York Avenue Presbyterian—cornerstone laid in 1859—thechurch Lincoln attended. Went with Ruth Johnson (Georgia) to theCapitol—Art Gallery— Jefferson Memorial—Lincoln Memorial—Pentagon Building. Latter covers 128 acres--one and one quarter miles aroun outside—five corridors—outside is one mile—three

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