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Bess A. Phifer Collection

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Bess A. Phifer (b. 1917), of Grover, North Carolina, served as a recreation director with the American Red Cross from 1943-1945. Bess Phifer was born on 13 October 1917 in Grover, North Carolina. Phifer graduated from Blacksburg High School in 1935 and then enrolled at Asheville Normal and Teachers College where she majored in Education and graduated in 1939. After college, Phifer taught sixth graders and coached a girls' basketball team in Waco, North Carolina. Phifer joined the American Red Cross SRAO in the summer of 1943 and did her training at American University in Washington, D.C. Her first assignment was at Kilauea, Hawaii where she worked with the Rest and Recuperation camp. Her duties included organizing recreational activities like volleyball, horseback riding [...] Read more

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1.	Oral history interview with Bess A. Phifer Bess Phifer primarily documents her time in the American Red Cross during World War II. Phifer talks about the process of locating to Hawaii and recounts meeting the wife[...] 2021-06-12 \| Video \| Bess A. Phifer Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
2.	Bess Hambright Phifer leaning against a tree Bess Hambright Phifer leans against a tree. 1941 \| Image \| Bess A. Phifer Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
3.	Red Cross workers and Admiral Chester Nimitz Red Cross workers pose with Admiral Chester Nimitz in Guam. 1941 \| Image \| Bess A. Phifer Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
4.	Snack bar A snack bar in Guam. 1941 \| Image \| Bess A. Phifer Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
5.	Bess Hambright Phifer outside the Service Club Bess Hambright Phifer outside the Service Club in Guam. 1941 \| Image \| Bess A. Phifer Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
6.	Bess Hambright Phifer outside a Red Cross quonset hut Bess Hambright Phifer outside a Red Cross quonset hut in Guam. 1941 \| Image \| Bess A. Phifer Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
7.	First headquarters in Guam First headquarters structures in Guam. 1941 \| Image \| Bess A. Phifer Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
8.	A hut in Guam Photograph of a hut in Guam. 1941 \| Image \| Bess A. Phifer Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
9.	Bess Hambright Phifer with Marriott in front of a statue Bess Hambright Phifer and Marriott in front of statue in Hawaii. 1941 \| Image \| Bess A. Phifer Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
10.	Bess Hambright Phifer with Marriott at Hawaii National Park Bess Hambright Phifer and Marriott at Hawaii National Park in front of a residence hall. 1941 \| Image \| Bess A. Phifer Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records

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