{"id":290,"date":"2022-12-13T11:58:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T01:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/resilient-humanitarianism\/?p=290"},"modified":"2022-12-13T12:07:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T01:37:35","slug":"adventuring-into-the-archive-nara-field-trip-and-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/resilient-humanitarianism\/2022\/12\/13\/adventuring-into-the-archive-nara-field-trip-and-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventuring into the archives &#8211; NARA field trip and research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In November and December, Dr Romain Fathi spent a few weeks in the USA at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at their College Park site to conduct research for the project.<\/p>\n<p>Romain gleefully dived into the American Red Cross\u2019s records pertaining to the League of Red Cross Societies that were deposited at NARA by the American Red Cross some years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Such records include general documentation and reports on the League\u2019s work that were communicated to national Red Cross societies but also communications between ARC leaders who were involved in the development of the League, chief among them Henry Pomeroy Davison.<\/p>\n<p>The Davison records are fascinating and show how much support Davison received from President Wilson himself to set up what would later become the League of Red Cross Societies.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;end&#8217; of the First World War and its immediate aftermath is a time period that fascinates Dr Fathi because it\u2019s a moment of great effervescence to redesign the world order and set up new organisations such as the League.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-292\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-292 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/resilient-humanitarianism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/20221114_103712-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/resilient-humanitarianism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/20221114_103712-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/resilient-humanitarianism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/20221114_103712-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/resilient-humanitarianism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/20221114_103712-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/resilient-humanitarianism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/20221114_103712-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/resilient-humanitarianism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/20221114_103712-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/resilient-humanitarianism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/20221114_103712-1068x1424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/resilient-humanitarianism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/20221114_103712-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/resilient-humanitarianism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/12\/20221114_103712-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romain Fathi, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This was not Romain\u2019s first time at NARA and he certainly enjoyed returning to Washington and benefiting from the staff\u2019s dedication in helping him in his quest to find League\u2019s records.<\/p>\n<p>This field trip will assist Romain in delivering several research articles and outputs in 2023, 2024 and beyond concerning the League\u2019s early activities, such as its involvement in the global fight against venereal diseases (VD). Romain will start by delivering a paper on the League and VD at our symposium in June next year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November and December, Dr Romain Fathi spent a few weeks in the USA at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at their College Park site to conduct research for the project. 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