McKiever, Katharine
Person
Biography
Katharine McKiever was President of the Washington Unit of the Women’s Overseas League in the 1930s. She was attached to base and evacuation hospitals at Nantes and Savenay during World War I and was director of the American Red Cross photographic section tasked with identifying graves of missing service members.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Letter from Katharine McKiever to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, June 10, 1937 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box E, Folder: 4, item: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:1937.06.10
Scope and Contents:
Signed handwritten letter from Katharine McKiever, Acting Secretary of the Washington Unit of the Women's Overseas League writing on behalf of the organization, to Mildred Bliss thanks her for the garden party and the privilege of the garden experience, and for being such as gracious hostess.