Fires--Massachusetts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Dean Moorman letter describing his experience at Boston City Hospital following the Cocoanut Grove Fire
Item — Box Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c584Content Description:
Consists of a handwritten letter from Henry Dean "Hank" Moorman, Jr. to his parents describing his experience at the Boston City Hospital on the morning following the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in November of 1942. Moorman was a Harvard Medical School student at the time of the fire and was likely serving as an intern at the Boston City Hospital.
John H.T. McPherson, Jr. letter describing the treatment of Cocoanut Grove fire victims at Boston City Hospital
Item — Box Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c480Content Description:
Letter dated 30 November 1942 from John H.T. McPherson, Jr. to friends and family describing treatment of burn victims at Boston City Hospital in the aftermath of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire on November 28, 1942. 2 pages, typescript.