Red Cross and Red Crescent

Here are entered works on the humanitarian activities of Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations. Works on individual national organizations or local chapters of the Red Cross or Red Crescent are entered under the appropriate name heading.

See also what's at Wikipedia, your library, or elsewhere.

• Disaster relief
• War -- Relief of sick and wounded

• Red Cross and Red Crescent -- Juvenile fiction
• Red Cross and Red Crescent -- Periodicals

• Red Crescent and Red Cross
• Red Cross

• A Memory of Solferino, by Henry Dunant (HTML at icrc.org)
• The Red Cross: A History of This Remarkable International Movement in the Interest of Humanity (Washington: American National Red cross, c1898), by Clara Barton
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Red Cross, in Peace and War (Washington: American Historical Press, 1906), by Clara Barton (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Red Cross in War: Woman's Part in the Relief of Suffering (London et al: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914), by Mary Frances Billington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Red Cross of the Geneva Convention: What It Is (1878), by Clara Barton (HTML with commentary at NIH)

• Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross (written under "Edith Van Dyne" pseudonym), by L. Frank Baum (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross, or, Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause, by Gertrude W. Morrison (Gutenberg text)

• International Review of the Red Cross (partial serial archives)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Basics of International Humanitarian Missions (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Health and Coooperation, 2003), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• Public Health Guide for Emergencies (second edition, 2008), by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (PDF files at jhsph.edu)
• The Pulse of Humanitarian Assistance (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Humanitarian Coooperation, 2007), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• Technology for Humanitarian Action (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Health and Coooperation, in cooperation with Stevens Institute of Technology, 2005), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Health and Coooperation, 2003), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• Tragic Story of America's Greatest Disaster: Tornado, Flood and Fire in Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska and Mississippi Valley (Chicago: J. S. Ziegler, c1913), by Marshall Everett (illustrated HTML at usgennet.org)

• Disaster and Intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from Rwanda (1994), by Steven Metz (PDF with commentary at army.mil)

• The Earthquake of April 18, 1906, and the Great Fire in San Francisco on That and Succeeding Days: Personal Experiences, Inauguration of Red Cross and General Relief Work, by William W. Morrow (HTML at cdlib.org)
• A Father's Story of the Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco, April 18, 19, 20, 1906, by William F. Nichols (HTML at cdlib.org)

• Ethical and Legal Considerations in Mitigating Pandemic Disease: Workshop Summary (2007), contrib. by Stanley M. Lemon, Margaret A. Hamburg, P. Frederick Sparling, Eileen R. Choffnes, and Alison Mack (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)

• Dispensing Medical Countermeasures for Public Health Emergencies: Workshop Summary (2008), contrib. by Miriam Davis, Marnina S. Kammersell, and Bruce M. Altevogt (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)

• Food Aid Projections for the Decade of the 1990s (1989), by National Research Council Board on Science and Technology for International Development (page images at NAP)

• Liberty and Hard Cases, ed. by Tibor R. Machan (PDF files with commentary at Hoover Institution)
• Snow Avalanche Hazards and Mitigation in the United States, by National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (page images at NAP)

• Liberty and Hard Cases, ed. by Tibor R. Machan (PDF files with commentary at Hoover Institution)

• Individual and Organizational Response to the 1985 Earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico (1990), by Russell Rowe Dynes, E. L. Quarantelli, and Dennis E. Wenger (PDF at Delaware)

• Individual and Organizational Response to the 1985 Earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico (1990), by Russell Rowe Dynes, E. L. Quarantelli, and Dennis E. Wenger (PDF at Delaware)

• Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response, by Mary Ellen Condon-Rall (HTML at US Army CMH)

• Civic Engagement in the Wake of Katrina (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2009), ed. by Amy Koritz and George J. Sanchez (HTML at Michigan)

• Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States, by Dennis S. Mileti (page images at NAP)
• Mitigating Losses from Land Subsidence in the United States, by National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Are You Ready? An In-Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness, by United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (text. PDF, and Word files at fema.gov)

• Are You Ready? An In-Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness, by United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (text. PDF, and Word files at fema.gov)
• Hurricanes, Unleashing Nature's Fury: A Preparedness Guide (2003), by United States National Weather Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hurricanes, Unleashing Nature's Fury: A Preparedness Guide (2007), by United States National Weather Service (PDF at gpo.gov)
• National Response Framework (2008; with supplementary materials), by United States Department of Homeland Security (PDF files with commentary at fema.gov)

• America at Risk: Findings and Recommendations on the Role of the Fire Service in the Prevention and Control of Risks in America (2002), by America Burning Recommissioned (U.S.) (PDF at dhs.gov)

• Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States, by Dennis S. Mileti (page images at NAP)
• Federal Response to Domestic Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction-Training for First Responders: Hearing Before the Military Research and Development Subcommittee of the Committee on National Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held March 21, 1998 (Washington: GPO, 1998), by United States House Committee on National Security (page images at HathiTrust)
• National Response Plan (base plan and appendices, 2004), by United States Department of Homeland Security (PDF at iir.com)

• Hunger Among the Homeless: A Survey of 140 Shelters, Food Stamp Participation and Recommendations (Washington: GPO, 1987), by United States House Select Committee on Hunger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hunger in America 2001: National Report Prepared for America's Second Harvest (2001), by Myoung Kim, James C. Ohls, and Rhoda Cohen (PDF at mathematica-mpr.com)
• Hunger in America 2006: National Report Prepared for America's Second Harvest (2006), by Rhoda Cohen, Myoung Kim, and James C. Ohls (PDF with commentary at hungerinamerica.org)

• Managing Major Events: Best Practices From the Field (2011), by Police Executive Research Forum (PDF at policeforum.org)
• Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (c2012), by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (PDF at ipcc-wg2.gov)
• Public Health Guide for Emergencies (second edition, 2008), by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (PDF files at jhsph.edu)

• Human Security for All: A Tribute to Sergio Vieira de Mello (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Health and Coooperation, 2004), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.