Marie Adele Baldwin scrapbook of WWI YMCA service
Scope and Contents
The Marie Adele Baldwin scrapbook of WWI YMCA service, 1919-1932, is an extensive scrapbook and photo album containing a mix of items such as documents, silver gelatin photographs, flowers, paper clips, letters (personal and offical correspondence), movement orders, handkerchief, book of photo post cards, transport papers (sailing), cloth pins, metal pins, embroidered patches from military units Baldwin entertained, string dolls, published pamphlets, paintings, holiday cards, insurance documents, music programs, movie advertisement, event program from 1922, newspaper clippings covering Baldwin's performances and social events, and personal writing on the pages throughout.
After Baldwin's time in France she continued corresponding with those she met. There are a few letters/items dated in 1922 and 1925 that speak on Baldwin’s time in France in 1919 and a 1932 The Sun newspaper clipping to show the Baltimore side of war relief work at Perry Point Hospital.
Dates
- Creation: 1919-1932
Creator
- Baldwin, Marie Adele (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is located at the Loyola Notre Dame Library. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Marie Adele Baldwin scrapbook of WWI YMCA service is the physical property of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Notre Dame Library. Copyright, except in cases where material has passed into the public domain, belongs to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.
Biographical / Historical
Marie Adele Baldwin (born May 28, 1881) was a church organist living in Baltimore who was deployed to France as a civilian entertainment worker in 1919 with the YMCA’s Georgia Star unit for World War I-era service. Baldwin served under the National War Work Council and later held the role of Vice leadership in postwar women's veterans' networks.
As a middle-class white American woman, Baldwin engaged in morale-building labor in France with a focus on supporting blind soldiers. From this Baldwin experienced auxiliary war work in post-Armistice France, gaining a rich insight into gender, patriotism, and civilian service in the wake of World War I.
Historical information adapted from www.MaxRambod.com
Full Extent
.41 Cubic Feet (1 flat box, 1 half sized legal document box)
Language of Materials
English
French
Abstract
The Marie Adele Baldwin scrapbook of WWI YMCA service, 1919-1932, contains a mix of secured and foldered 240 items. Marie Adele Baldwin was a church organist living in Baltimore who was deployed to France as a civilian entertainment worker in 1919 with the YMCA’s Georgia Star unit for World War I-era service.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Max Rambod Rare Books, September 2025.
Physical Description
Condition Concerns: brittle pages, stiff spine, numerous elements affixed with pins or paperclips, mild staining and toning.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2026 by Stephanie Prem.
Source
- Max Rambod Rare Books (Bookseller, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Marie Adele Baldwin scrapbook of WWI YMCA service
- Author
- Stephanie Prem
- Date
- 2026
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Loyola Notre Dame Library Archives and Special Collections Repository