Abstract
Articles and speeches by Surgeon General of the Army Merritte Weber Ireland.
Dates
- Creation: 1911-1952
Extent
1.26 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Creator
- Ireland, Merritte Weber, 1867-1952 (Person)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Restrictions
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Biographical Note
Merritte W. Ireland was born in Columbia City, Indiana. He received an M.D. degree from both Detroit College of Medicine (1890) and Jefferson Medical College (1891). Shortly thereafter, Ireland joined the Medical Department of the Army. He served in various posts throughout the U.S., had duty in Cuba during Spanish-American War and was for 10 years head of the Hospital Corps Division of the Surgeon General's office. He became Chief Surgeon of American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I and succeeded General Gorgas as Surgeon General of the Army in 1918. He held this position until his mandatory retirement age in 1931.
Collection Summary
Contains correspondence, war diary (1917), and addresses delivered as surgeon general. Letters relate to sanitation and health in Army units stationed in Texas. Correspondents include H.P. Birmingham, J.H. Ford, E.B. Frick, Jefferson R. Kean, C.J. Manly, and J.E. Robins. Also contains index to addresses, and memorial statement by General Silas B. Hays delivered at the funeral of Ireland.
Abstract
Articles and speeches by Surgeon General of the Army Merritte Weber Ireland.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Unknown provenance.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff
- Processing Completed
- 2004
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
Creator
- Ireland, Merritte Weber, 1867-1952 (Person)
Subject
- Hays, S. B. (Silas Beach), 1902-1964 (Person)
- United States. Surgeon-General's Office (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Merritte Weber Ireland Papers, 1911-1952
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
- Date
- 2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latn
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
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