Harold Wellington Jones Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS C 8

Abstract

Army orders, photos, genealogical data, certificates, diplomas, documents, clippings, and some correspondence.

Dates

Creation: 1878-1958

Extent

1 Linear Feet (3 boxes + oversize)

Creator

Jones, Harold Wellington, 1877-1958 (Person)

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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Biographical Note

Harold Wellington Jones (1877-1958) was born in Cambridge, Mass. He attended M.I.T. and received his M.D. degree from Harvard in 1901. He graduated from Army Medical School in 1906. He served with Pershing in Mexico (1914-16), where he organized the army's first motor ambulance company. During World War I Jones helped develop motor ambulances and commanded the Beau Desert base hospital in France. A surgeon, Jones served at Staten Island, Fort Stotsenburg in the Philippines, Fort Leavenworth and Fort Sam Houston during the 15 years after the war. He commanded Tripler General Hospital in Hawaii from 1933 until 1936, when he assumed charge of the Army Medical Library. During his nine-year tenure at the Library he helped pass legislation authorizing construction of a new Army Medical Library and Museum building (1938), presided over the 10th International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy (1939) and served as president of the Medical Library Association (1941-42).

Collection Summary

Army orders, photos, genealogical data, certificates, diplomas, documents, clippings, and some correspondence. Includes his scrapbook from the 10th International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy (for which he was Secretary-General), some information about the U.S. Army Medicine Library, letters and memoranda related to Edgar Erskine Hume, copies of articles published and unpublished, speeches delivered, and miscellaneous materials. Correspondents include Sir. Aldo Castellani, Harvey Cushing, Cordell Hull, Jefferson R. Kean, Warren Kelchner, Arnold C. Klebs, Archibald MacLeish, Charles R. Reynolds, Sir. Humphrey D. Rolleston, Henry R. Viets, and C.E.-A. Winslow.