Library of the Surgeon General's Office correspondence, 1896-1903.

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Library of the Surgeon General's Office correspondence, 1896-1903.

Official papers of the Library for the years David L. Huntington (1896-97), James C. Merrill (1898-1902), Walter Reed (1902), and Calvin DeWitt (1903) served as librarians. Content is of daily office activities, often regarding supply and equipment requisitions, collection acquisitions, and routine correspondence.

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National Library of Medicine

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Library of the Surgeon General's Office (U.S.)

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Walter Drew McCaw, 1863-1939, was a career Army medical officer. After training at the Medical School of Virginia and Columbia University Medical School, he joined the Army Medical Department in 1884. He served in various posts in the west and south, in Cuba during the Spanish American war, and in the Philippines afterward. He was appointed director of the Library on October 3, 1903. McCaw left his position in 1913 to resume active duty in the Philippines. From the description of Lib...

Merrill, James Cushing, 1853-1902

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American poet. From the description of The summer people : typescript copy : [n.p.], n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875083 From the description of Tithonus : typescript copy : [New York], [19]54 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875100 From the description of The greenhouse : autograph manuscript drafts (20) : Rome, 1952 July. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870173 ...

Reed, Walter, 1851-1902

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Born in Gloucester County, Va., Walter Reed received an M.D. from the University of Virginia in 1869 and another M.D. from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1871. He joined the Army Medical Corps in 1876. Reed served in many areas throughout the country, including Fort Lowell, Az., and Baltimore, before becoming professor of bacteriology at the Army Medical School in 1893. During the Spanish-American War he sought a cure for typhoid fever in Cuba. After the war, he remained in Cuba with the Y...

DeWitt, Calvin.

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Huntington, D. L. (David Lowe), 1834-1899

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