Texas Tech University

Janet Olson Fortune Collection (1100) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 11000000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
4.0
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 07 February 2003
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of diaries, printed material, programs, cards, photographs, clothing and uniforms, artifacts, newspapers, official documents, slides, and a scrapbook documenting Janet Olson Fortune's service as a Red Cross Donut Dolly (Recreation Aide) in Vietnam from July 1967-1968. Diaries consist of three stenographer notebooks. Examples of unit programs, invitations to programs and coffees, birthday and get well cards. Also includes collection of Hiroshige's Tokaido in Prints and Poetry and The Japanese Fortune Calendar by Reiko Chiba.
Biographical / Historical
Janet Olsen Fortune was a Red Cross Donut Dolly in Vietnam from July 1967 to July 1968.
1
Scrapbooks
1100scrapbook1761 - Scrapbook
Click to view all Scrapbooks
3
Books
Reunion '93: From Saigon to DC The American Red Cross Women Who Served
A Time Remembered: American Women in the Vietnam War by Olga Gruihzit-Hoyt
Vietnamese Legends
6
Newsletters
The Oversea'r (Volume 52, number 4
Volume 53, number 2
Volume 53,number 3
Volume 54, number 1
Volume 54, number 2
Volume 54, number 3)
Click to view all Newsletters
8
Newspapers
Ivy Leaf: 1967: November 19, December 17; 1968: January 28, March 10

Pacific Stars and Stripes: 1967: August 18; 1968: January 26, June 7

The Saigon Post: 1967: July 6
Click to view all Newspapers
11
Museum Objects
Vietnamese outfit (pants and overtunic)
Red Cross Dress Uniform with patches and pins
Red Cross everyday uniform
LRRP hat with mosquitonetting and pins
pillowcase
Medal for Civilian Service in Vietnam
An Khe plaque
Engraved shell
casing from 4th Infantry Division
Seashells from Cam Ranh Bay beaches
Dogtags
Click to view all Museum Objects
62
Photographs
VA030452 - VA030509

4 photographs - Janet Olson (talking with soldiers; taking cigarette break; reading at An Khe office; visiting Bien Khe with fellow Donut Dollies); b&w, color; 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Click to view all Photographs
373
Slides
VAS016515 - VAS016887
Click to view all Slides
  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D075.7]]
  • 2: [Barcode: 2] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D066.7]]
  • Award of the Medal of Civilian Service in Vietnam to Janet Marie Olsen, July 1968
  • Birthday Cards, Get Well Cards, and Activity Books
  • Books from Japan written in English, 1965-1967
  • Hiroshige's Tokaido in Prints and Poetry, edited by Reiko Chiba, 1965
  • The Japanese Fortune Calendar, by Reiko Chiba, 1967
  • Clubmobile Program Exchange Formats, 1967-1968
  • Correspondence, 1967-1968
  • Journal, 18 June - 11 August 1967
  • Journal, 16 August 1967 - 2 March 1968
  • Journal, 5 March - 9 July 1968
  • Financial Statements for Janet Marie Olsen, 1967-1968
  • Newspaper Photocopies, 1967-1968
  • Passport and International Vaccination Certificates, 1967-1968
  • Loose materials found at the end of scrapbook: memos and correspondence, greeting cards, travel documents, images, a short timer calendar, flyers/pamphlets, meeting minutes, certificates, briefing information, and ephemera (1967-1969, 2000)
  • Oversize
  • Certificates (2) from the 4th Infantry Division, March 13, 1968: Certificate of Achievement; Honorary Membership
  • 4th Infantry Division certificate sleeves (ca. 1968)
  • Sayonara book (No Date)

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=11000000000

Citation
Janet Olson Fortune Collection (1100) Finding Aid, Janet Olson Fortune Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=11000000000, Accessed 08 May 2026.

Pub Credit Line
11000000000, Janet Olson Fortune Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 06 Feb 2003 [Updated: 26 Feb 2025]