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Gen. Raymond Whitcomb Bliss Speeches
Collection
Identifier: MS C 29
Gen. Raymond Whitcomb Bliss Speeches
Collection
Identifier: MS C 29
Contains photostat copies of 85 speeches made by General Bliss while he was Surgeon General of the Army.
- Restrictions
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Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.
- Dates
- Creation: 1943-1951
- Extent
- 0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Related Names
- Bliss, Raymond Whitcomb, 1888-
- United States. Surgeon-General's Office
- Language of Materials
- English
- Language of Materials
- English
Alumni lecture, Tufts, "Plans & Operations of the Med. Dept." (Boston), November 1943
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: November 1943
International College of Surgeons "Transportation and care of sick and wounded from war zone" (New York), June 1943
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: June 1943
Commencement exercises at Tufts (Boston), 30 December 1943
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 30 December 1943
Address to nurses (Bowman Field, Ky), 21 January 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 21 January 1944
Address at Service Command Generals meeting (Dallas), 17 February 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 17 February 1944
Address to graduating class medical officers (Barkley, Texas), 19 February 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 19 February 1944
Dedication at Waltham Regional Hospital (Boston), 22 July 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 22 July 1944
Radio address given on "Army Hour" (Washington), 15 October 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 15 October 1944
Presentation of Lasker Award (New York, N.Y.), 9 November 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 9 November 1944
Radio address on "March of Time" (Washington), 23 November 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 23 November 1944
Dedication of McGuire General Hospital (Richmond, Va.), 23 January 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 23 January 1945
Address to Bataan Nurses at Corregidor (San Francisco), 24 February 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 24 February 1945
Notes used at Medical Consultants Conference held in Atlantic City, 2-4 August 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 2-4 August 1945
Notes on Convalescent Hospital Conference, Percy Jones General Hospital, 20-22 August 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 20-22 August 1945
Closing address at Convalescent Hospital Conference, 22 August 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 22 August 1945
Address at House Military Affairs Committee as Acting The Surgeon General, 8 October 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 8 October 1945
Address at Senate Military Affairs Committee, 17 October 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 17 October 1945
Address at American College of Surgeons (Boston), 18 March 19946
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 18 March 19946
Address at dedication of Murphy General Hospital (Waltham, Ma.), 15 June 1946
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 15 June 1946
Radio address on Warriors of Peace Program, 4 August 1946
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 4 August 1946
Address at Conference of the General Hospital Commanders (Washington), 22-23 August 1946
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 22-23 August 1946
Address to Honorary Consultants Army Medical Library (Washington), 4 October 1946
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 4 October 1946
Report of inspection ETO 21 December 1946 press conference (Pentagon), 23 January 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 23 January 1947
General observations and impressions of nutritional standards of German people given to General Noce (trip made in November-December 1946), 27 January 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 27 January 1947
Introductory remarks at Medical Field Equipment Conference, 28-29 January 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 28-29 January 1947
Address before House of Delegates, American Medical Association Convention (Atlantic City), 9 June 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 9 June 1947
Address to graduating class of Brooke Army Medical Center (Ft. Sam Houston), 8 August 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 8 August 1947
Address to 2nd annual meeting of the Society of United States Medical Consultants of World War II, 5 November 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 5 November 1947
Address to Association of Military Surgeons (Boston), 13 November 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 13 November 1947
Address to board of trustees and others connected with the Long Island College Hospital ( Brooklyn, N.Y.), 1 December 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1 December 1947
Address to Medical College of Virginia, 3 December 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 3 December 1947
Address welcoming the national meeting of the American Physiological Society, 4 December 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 4 December 1947
Address to advisory council to the Women's Interests Unit Department of the Army, 9 December 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 9 December 1947
Address to annual dinner of American Foundation of Tropical Medicine (New York City), 8 January 1948
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 8 January 1948
Address to Army Surgeons and Hospital Commanders ( Washington), 15 January 1948
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 15 January 1948
Address at Health Forum Harvard School of Public Health, 24 Jan. 1948
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 24 Jan. 1948
Address to Officers of Headquarters Army Ground Forces (Ft. Monroe, Va.), 12 February 1948
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 12 February 1948
Address at award dinner for General Hawley sponsored by the National Council on Rehabilitation, 19 March 1948
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 19 March 1948
Address at opening of the General Session of International Congress on Tropical Medicine and Mararia in Honor of Walter Reed, 12 May 1948
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 12 May 1948
Citation
Cite Item
Bliss, Raymond Whitcomb. Gen. Raymond Whitcomb Bliss Speeches. 1943-1951. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 29.
Cite Item Description
Bliss, Raymond Whitcomb. Gen. Raymond Whitcomb Bliss Speeches. 1943-1951. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 29. https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/resources/503 Accessed July 24, 2025.