Elizabeth Fisher Adams was born on June 23, 1906 to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Adams.   She attended the Lincoln School in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated in 1925.  She attended Skidmore College and graduated with the class of 1929.   Adams spent one year as a graduate student at Yale, then moved on to teach Elementary school in Brookline, Mass.

In 1940 Adams began training for a position as an ambulance driver for Anne Morgan’s war aid organization in France.  Adams worked on the Belgian front and was awarded the Croix de Geurre for her services.  In 1942 Adams joined the Woman’s Army Auxiliary Corps. (W.A.A.C.).  She was appointed third officer and worked in the public relations office in Ft. Des Moines, Ohio.  In 1945 Adams returned to France to work with American Aid To France (A.A.T.F.).  She was stationed in St. Die and Corcieux in the Vosges mountains. Here she was occupied with organization of the relief effort for six towns in the area.  In 1946 Adams began a fund to finance a new church bell for the town of Corcieux.  The bell was financed through money raised by the school children of Providence R.I., and in 1948 the bell was dedicated Elizabeth Providence. 
After 1949 Adams resided in the United States, and died on October 14, 1990. 

The Bulk of this collection focuses on Elizabeth Adams’ involvement in the WWII relief effort, as well as documenting her years at Skidmore College.  The papers have been divided into four series: Personal Files and Correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous items. 

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