Interview with Mrs. Francis Huckins

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Description:

Transcript of interview of Frances Huckins. In this transcript, she describes her early life, but most of the transcript is about her life during WWI in New York at Camp Mills as a hostess. She details her daily life at the camp. Of particular interest are her recollections of her experience with the 1918 flu epidemic and watching the men practice bayonet drills. She also details her travels around the world, including her six month job as a hostess at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii after World War I. After Hawaii, Mrs. Huckins returned to the U.S. and was hired at a tuberculosis hospital in Oteen, North Carolina. The interview concludes with her explaining her affiliation with the Women Overseas Service League.

Date Issued:

1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

New York (State), Long Island, New York (State), Long Island, Hawaii, Schofield Barracks, Camp Albert L. Mills (N.Y.), and Schofield Barracks (Hawaii)

Subject Topic:

History, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918, Participation, Female, Military training camps, Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919, Military training camps, History, and History

Subject Name:

Huckins, Frances, 1896-1981, and Women's Overseas Service League

Subject Genre:

Interviews and Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5td9n938