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Merritte Weber Ireland Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS C 117
Merritte Weber Ireland Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS C 117
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.
- Restrictions
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Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.
- Dates
- Creation: 1911-1952
- Extent
- 1.26 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
- Related Names
- Ireland, Merritte Weber, 1867-1952
- Hays, S. B. (Silas Beach), 1902-1964
- United States. Surgeon-General's Office
- Language of Materials
- English
- Script
- Latn
Series 1: Diaries, Correspondence, Reports, 1911-1952
Series
Identifier: 2933117RY1
- Dates
- Creation: 1911-1952
War diary, 1917
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2933117RX2
- Dates
- Creation: 1917
Statement by Hays at Ireland funeral, 1952
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 2933117RX3
- Dates
- Creation: 1952
Index to addresses, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 2933117RX4
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Memorandum outlining some of the benefits to medical profession derived from World War, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: 2933117RX5
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Correspondence, 1911-1919
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5-8
Identifier: 2933117RX6
- Dates
- Creation: 1911-1919
Reports, 1912-1913
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 2933117RX7
- Dates
- Creation: 1912-1913
Series 2: Writings, 1916-1934
Series
Identifier: 2933117RY8
- Dates
- Creation: 1916-1934
By Others
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2933117RY9
"Europe's lesson in war relief," by Jefferson Randolph Kean, American Red Cross Magazine, 1916
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: 2933117RX10
- Dates
- Creation: 1916
"Recent contributions by medical men to surgical progress," by William J. Mayo, Journal of the American Medical Association, 1930
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: 2933117RX11
- Dates
- Creation: 1930
"Social measures in venereal disease control," by Valeria H. Parker, 1922
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: 2933117RX12
- Dates
- Creation: 1922
By Ireland
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2933117RY13
Foreword for History of the Base Hospital No. 77, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: 2933117RX14
- Dates
- Creation: undated
"Health of the army" - foreword for annual report of Surgeon General to Secretary of War, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: 2933117RX15
- Dates
- Creation: undated
"The progress of medicine in the twentieth century," Pennsylvania Medical Journal, 1919
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: 2933117RX16
- Dates
- Creation: 1919
"Health lessons of the World War," Health, 1922
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: 2933117RX17
- Dates
- Creation: 1922
"The Medical Department of the army," The Military Engineer, 1924
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: 2933117RX18
- Dates
- Creation: 1924
"The duties and responsibilities of the Medical Department in the formulation of mobilization plans," The Military Surgeon, 1924
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: 2933117RX19
- Dates
- Creation: 1924
"Hospitals as a factor in the medical program for national defense," The Modern Hospital, 1924
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: 2933117RX20
- Dates
- Creation: 1924
"Contributions of the Medical Department of the United States Army to American medicine," Annals of Clinical Medicine, 1925
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: 2933117RX21
- Dates
- Creation: 1925
"Aviation medicine," Army and Navy Courier, 1926
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: 2933117RX22
- Dates
- Creation: 1926
"Physical fitness; mental efficiency," National Republic, 1926
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: 2933117RX23
- Dates
- Creation: 1926
"Results obtained by the army in disease prevention and health conservation," Naval Surgery, 1926
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: 2933117RX24
- Dates
- Creation: 1926
"Historical aspects of aviation medicine," The Army and Navy Courier, 1930
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: 2933117RX25
- Dates
- Creation: 1930
"The medical reserve corps of the army," The Military Surgeon, 1934
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: 2933117RX26
- Dates
- Creation: 1934
Series 3: Speeches, 1919-1934
Series
Identifier: 2933117RY27
- Dates
- Creation: 1919-1934
By Others
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2933117RY28
"Contributions of the Medical Department of the U.S. Army to the advancement of knowledge..," by Col. W. P. Chamberlain - January, 1930
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: 2933117RX29
- Dates
- Creation: 1930
"The spirit of nursing," by Mary M. Roberts, to graduating class Army School of Nursing - June 5, 1925
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: 2933117RX30
- Dates
- Creation: 1925
"Work of the Medical Department during the war," by Col. Russell, to Southern Medical Association, Ashville, NC - November 12, 1919
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: 2933117RX31
- Dates
- Creation: 1919
By Ireland
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2933117RY32
"Achievement of the Army Medical Department in the World War in light of general medical progress," to College of Physicians of Philadelphia, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Identifier: 2933117RX33
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Address accepting portrait of General Gorgas from Southern Society of Washington at Surgeon General's Library, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: 2933117RX34
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Address before the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: 2933117RX35
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Address on promoting the establishment of a reserve corps, to Southern Medical Association, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: 2933117RX36
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Address prepared for Association of Military Surgeons (but was called off), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Identifier: 2933117RX37
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Address presenting distinguished service medals to Maj. Gen. Sir Anthony Bowlby and Maj. Gen. Sir Robert Jones of the British Army, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Identifier: 2933117RX38
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Address setting forth the advantages of a Medical Department career, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Identifier: 2933117RX39
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Citation
Cite Item
Ireland, Merritte Weber. Merritte Weber Ireland papers. 1911-1952. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 117.
Cite Item Description
Ireland, Merritte Weber. Merritte Weber Ireland papers. 1911-1952. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 117. https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/resources/909 Accessed August 01, 2025.