Interview with Marianne Harper, April 9, 1979

Project: Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project

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Marianne Harper became a courier for the FNS in the summer of 1933, following her graduation from the University of Chicago. She believes that the use of horses at the FNS held great attraction for volunteers. She became chairman of the Chicago Committee and later served as chairman of the Courier Selection Committee. According to Harper, Mary Breckinridge utilized personal friendships to a great extent in raising funds for the FNS. Harper also comments upon fund raising activities of the Chicago Committee and suggests reasons for the decline of interest in the Chicago area.

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1979oh185_fns084

Interviewee Name

Marianne Harper

Interviewer Name

Linda Green

Interview Date

1979-04-09

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Harper, Marianne Interview by Linda Green. 09 Apr. 1979. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Harper, M. (1979, April 09). Interview by L. Green. Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Harper, Marianne, interview by Linda Green. April 09, 1979, Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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