Pauline Pierce Corn papers, 1879-1970.

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Pauline Pierce Corn papers, 1879-1970.

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The collection consists of the papers of Pauline Pierce Corn from 1878-1966. Much of the collection relates to Ernest Corn's medical service during World War I. Included are his letters from France to his future wife, Pauline Pierce, and clippings and other material relating to World War I. The certificate is Ernest Corn's appointment to the United States Public Health Service Reserves in 1943. Also included are late nineteenth and early twentieth century family letters; two letters of her brother, Lovick Wilson Pierce; writings of Pauline Pierce Corn; family historical and genealogical information; and a printed tribute to Bishop George Foster Pierce (1884).

2 linear ft. : (4 boxes and 1 OP)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Pierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884

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Pierce was a physician, educated at Harvard, and also an amateur botanist. From the description of Notebook of George Pierce, 1840? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499191 George Foster Pierce, Methodist bishop and president of Emory College, was born 3 February 1811, in Greene County, Georgia, and died 4 September 1884, in Sparta, Georgia. Pierce was a son of Lovick Pierce (1785-1879), a Methodist clergyman and physician. He was admitted into the Georgia Conference of the ...

Pierce, Lovick Wilson, 1901-1970

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Corn, Pauline Pierce, 1896-1987

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Pauline Pierce Corn was a descendant of Methodist bishop George Foster Pierce and Lovick Pierce, president of Emory College (1848-1854). She married Ernest Corn (b. 1887), a physician and graduate of the Emory University School of Medicine, who served as a doctor with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I (Base Hospitals No. 43, "The Emory Unit", and No. 69). From the description of Pauline Pierce Corn papers, 1879-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123373633 ...

Corn, Ernest, b. 1887.

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United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 43

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United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 30

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Base Hospital 19 began in 1916, when 11 Rochester area physicians formed a unit of the Medical Corps Reserve. By 1917, when the unit was mobilized, 134 doctors, nurses and enlisted men from the Rochester area were ready. The unit reached Vichy, France, in June 1918, and established Base Hospital No. 19, a 2,000 bed facility. The hospital served over 11,000 patients during the 6 months it operated. Base Hospital 19 was closed in February of 1919, and its members discharged in early May. ...

United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

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Historical Note American Expeditionary Force The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was the U.S. military force in Europe during World War I. Although a division commanded by General John J. Pershing was sent to France in June 1917, most of the AEF was manned as a result of passage of the Selective Service Act (40 Stat. 76) by the U.S. Congress on 18 May 1917, creating the Selective Service System. The Act gave the president the p...