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Abstract
Autobiographical and biographical information on the lives of 162 U.S. Army Medical Officers who served c.1870-1940.
Dates
- Creation: 1902-1952
Extent
0.84 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Creator
- United States. Surgeon-General's Office (Organization)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Restrictions
Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.
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Collection Summary
The Surgeon General of the Army's Office issued Circular Letter no. 20, War Department, on April 15, 1924. It was sent to all current and retired officers of the United States Army Medical Corps and required each of them, upon their retirement from the Army, to submit a brief account of their life history to the Librarian of the Army Medical Library. The sketches are of officers active between 1870-1940. Includes some medical officers from other branches of the military service and public health officers. Since the circular letter did not specify how detailed the accounts should be, sketch contents vary. Some contain extensive autobiographical narratives while others provide the equivalent of a resume. Information predating 1924 is the product of the Library's construction of certain notable medical officers' files and was not submitted by the officers themselves. Each file entry contains rank, birth and/or death dates, and sketch submission date(s).
Abstract
Autobiographical and biographical information on the lives of 162 U.S. Army Medical Officers who served c.1870-1940.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Unknown.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
- Re-Processing Completed
- 2004
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
Creator
- United States. Surgeon-General's Office (Organization)
Subject
- United States. Army (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the U.S. Army medical officers autobiographical sketch collection, 1902-1952
- 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
Revision Statements
- July 2004: PUBLIC "-//National Library of Medicine::History of Medicine Division//TEXT (US::DNLM::MS C 44::U.S. Army medical officers autobiographical sketch collection)//EN" "army044" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections Collecting Area
8600 Rockville Pike
Bldg 38/1E-21, MSC 3819
Bethesda MD 20894 US
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