Search

This folder contains letters to Bowman's parents from January 2, 1945-March 28, 1945. Letters cover her time working for the Red Cross in India, her observations and experiences in India, news from home, and interactions and letters with friends. In her letter from January 16, 1945, she includes a sketch of the Red Cross Club that she announces they will be moving from into a better space. She also included several editions of Saf Salaam, which announced Red Cross events to be published in The News of the ARC in China, India and Burma. Beginning with her letter on March 2, 1945, Bowman was moved to North Burma; in this first letter she included a sketch of the set-up of the Red Cross station. She also includes a pre-written letter, which has a blank for addressing to any recipient, which describes the social and entertainment activities of the Red Cross in March of 1945. She also included a map titled "A.G.I View of American Red Cross, China, India and Burma" which shows cartoon GIs and Red Cross workers across Asia.

This folder contains letters to Bowman's parents from January 2, 1945-March 28, 1945. Letters cover her time working for the Red Cross in North Burma and Calcutta, her observations and experiences, news from home, and interactions and letters with friends. She also included an addition of Saf Salaam, which announced Red Cross events to be published in The News of the ARC in China, India and Burma. In her letter on May 22, 1945, from Calcutta, she included a page of cartoons, which she noted in her letter included information about Bill Fountaine and a patch, which she said was worm by the men who built or drove on the Ledo-Burma Road.

This folder contains letters to Bowman's parents from June 3, 1945-August 24, 1945. Letters cover her time working for the Red Cross in Calcutta, her observations and experiences in India, news from home, and interactions and letters with friends. She also included several additions of Saf Salaam, which announced Red Cross events to be published in The News of the ARC in China, India and Burma. In her June 18, 1945, letter, there is a newspaper clipping her parents initially sent her about elephants not wanting to work, in which a Colonel Morris Suhre, who she says was her friend in Assam, is quoted. In her letter from June 20, 1945, there is a clipping of two soldiers that created a boat out of an airplane gas tank. On July 1, 1945, she included newspaper clippings from The Statesman; one covered the allocation of cloth for funeral shrouds and mourners, allocated by religion, and a clipping with advertisements, birth and marriage announcements, and the beginning of an article on the United Nations Conference. She also included newspaper clippings concerning the integration of the Navy, prisoner evacuations from Japan, and Japan's surrender, including several pages of the The Statesman (published in Calcutta and Delhi) following the surrender. She also sent home a pamphlet with history and images of the Bandel Church in Bengal.

This folder contains letters to Bowman's parents from September 4, 1945-December 2, 1945. Letters cover her time working for the Red Cross in Calcutta, her observations and experiences in India, news from home, and interactions and letters with friends. She included several newspaper clippings, stating in her letter on September 24, 1945, that she would be sending articles that had not been able to be sent due to censorship beforehand, often due to their political nature. In her letter on October 7, 1945, she sent a letter with leaves from a sacred banyan tree from the botanical gardens. Her last letter from December 2, 1945, was sent from the USS General Hase, which was at sea in the Bay of Bengal. Bowman mentions their leaving being delayed due to riots in Calcutta.