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Clara Lewandoske Hoke during World War I

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1914-1918
  • Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
  • Location of Service: France
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/31647

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"When he [President Wilson] went out of that ward, he was just white as a sheet and he couldn't continue." (Audio Interview, Part 2, 9:24)

Clara Lewandoske had been a nurse for four years when the U.S. entered World War I, and she wasted little time in enlisting in the war effort. As she recalled in a 1971 self-interview, she was assigned to both field hospitals and a huge facility in Paris, where both General Pershing and President Wilson visited. At the time of Wilson's visit, she was working in the Jaw Ward, whose facially disfigured patients were a grim reminder of the effects of the war's high-powered weaponry. (In 1922, Clara married Arnold Hoke, another veteran of WWI whose collection is also in this feature.)

Clara Wilhelmina Emily Hoke Collection
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About this Item

Title

  • Clara Wilhelmina Emily Hoke Collection

Names

  • Munson-Siter, Patricia
  • Hoke, Clara Wilhelmina Emily Lewandoske

State of Birth

  • WI

Home State

  • CA

Headings

  • -  Hoke, Clara Wilhelmina Emily
  • -  World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Nurse Corps.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Female

Race

  • White

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1914-1918

    • Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
    • Location of Service: France
    • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
    • Dates of Service: 1917-1919
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 04/1971)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 04/1971)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/31647

Cite as

  • Clara Wilhelmina Emily Hoke Collection (AFC/2001/001/31647), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • image

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Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

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Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Munson-Siter, Patricia, and Clara Wilhelmina Emily Lewandoske Hoke. Clara Wilhelmina Emily Hoke Collection. 1917. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.31647/.

APA citation style:

Munson-Siter, P. & Hoke, C. W. E. L. (1917) Clara Wilhelmina Emily Hoke Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.31647/.

MLA citation style:

Munson-Siter, Patricia, and Clara Wilhelmina Emily Lewandoske Hoke. Clara Wilhelmina Emily Hoke Collection. 1917. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.31647/>.