American Red Cross Canteen Collection
The American Red Cross collection consists of a scrapbook and daily reports documenting the service of the American Red Cross Canteen at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Canteen’s service from 1917 to 1919. The collection of daily reports made by the American Red Cross Canteen staff, include the number of soldiers and sailors served each day as well as interesting stories they heard from the overseas soldiers. The A.R.C. Canteen helped serve thousands of soldiers passing through Union Station during World War I. The ladies of the Red Cross worked to make the soldiers as comfortable as possible when traveling to and from France.
