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Image Not Available for Letter from the Red Cross to Rosa Ann Brown Hart, wife of Tempe's first mayor Dr. Fenn J Hart, praising his aid to invalid soldiers in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from the Red Cross to Rosa Ann Brown Hart, wife of Tempe's first mayor Dr. Fenn J Hart, praising his aid to invalid soldiers in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Image Not Available for Letter from the Red Cross to Rosa Ann Brown Hart, wife of Tempe's first mayor Dr. Fenn J Hart, praising his aid to invalid soldiers in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars

Letter from the Red Cross to Rosa Ann Brown Hart, wife of Tempe's first mayor Dr. Fenn J Hart, praising his aid to invalid soldiers in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars

Date1898
MediumPaper
Dimensions10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2023.3.77
DescriptionLetter dated 9/3/1898 from the California Red Cross State Association in San Francisco, CA to Mrs. Rosa Ann Brown Hart in Tempe, AZ, wife of Tempe's first mayor Dr. Fenn J Hart. The hand-written letter advises Mrs. Hart that a $35 check is enclosed for the August monthly salary of Dr. Fenn J Hart for his ongoing work in Manila with the Red Cross. The letter thanks Mrs. Hart for her husband's invaluable service for the Red Cross and the soldiers, as well as for Dr. Hart's assistance in erecting a Convalescent House for the invalid soldiers in Manila. The letter was written during Dr. Hart's time as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - c. 1900.
Status
Not on view
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart describing his work as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon to soldiers under attack by Filipino insurgents during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart describing his work as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon to soldiers under attack by Filipino insurgents during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1899
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his sea voyage from Hong Kong to Honolulu, en route to Manila to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his sea voyage from Hong Kong to Honolulu, en route to Manila to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart describing the work he is doing providing medical aid to small pox patients in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart describing the work he is doing providing medical aid to small pox patients in Manila as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart in Honolulu, Hawaii, written on his personal Red Cross physician stationary, to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart in Tempe, Arizona
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart in Honolulu, Hawaii, written on his personal Red Cross physician stationary, to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart in Tempe, Arizona
1898
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his ocean voyage from Honolulu to Manila, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart during his ocean voyage from Honolulu to Manila, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart upon his arrival to Manila, Philippine Islands, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart to his wife Rosa Ann Brown Hart upon his arrival to Manila, Philippine Islands, to serve as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1898
Image Not Available for Journal entry of Dr. Fenn J Hart during his ocean voyage from the Philippines to Hong Kong, upon his return from serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
Journal entry of Dr. Fenn J Hart during his ocean voyage from the Philippines to Hong Kong, upon his return from serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
1899
California Red Cross armbands worn by Dr. Fenn J Hart, Tempe's first mayor, during his time serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon in Manila during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - 1900
California Red Cross armbands worn by Dr. Fenn J Hart, Tempe's first mayor, during his time serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon in Manila during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - 1900
c. 1898
Wooden cross carried by Dr. Fenn J Hart during his time serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon in Manila during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - 1900
Wooden cross carried by Dr. Fenn J Hart during his time serving as a Red Cross physician and combat surgeon in Manila during the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from 1898 - 1900
c. 1898
Professional portrait of Dr. Fenn J Hart standing in his Red Cross regalia in Jerome, Arizona
Professional portrait of Dr. Fenn J Hart standing in his Red Cross regalia in Jerome, Arizona
c. 1901
Image Not Available for Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart from his private practice in Jerome, AZ to his daughter Mildred Muriel Hart in Tempe, AZ
Letter from Dr. Fenn J Hart from his private practice in Jerome, AZ to his daughter Mildred Muriel Hart in Tempe, AZ
1900
Exterior photo of Dr. Fenn J Hart's Tempe home with Earl Brown on porch
Exterior photo of Dr. Fenn J Hart's Tempe home with Earl Brown on porch
c. 1898
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