Merritte Weber Ireland papers, 1911-1952 (bulk 1917-1934).

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Merritte Weber Ireland papers, 1911-1952 (bulk 1917-1934).

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Contains correspondence, war diary (1917), and some writings. The bulk of the collection consists of addresses and speeches 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.

1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)

National Library of Medicine

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National Library of Medicine

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Ireland, M. W. (Merritte Weber), 1867-1952

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Merritte W. Ireland was born in Columbia City, Indiana. He received an M.D. degree from both Detroit College of Medicine (1890) and Jefferson Medical College (1891). Shortly thereafter, Ireland joined the Medical Department of the Army. He served in various posts throughout the U.S., had duty in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, and was for 10 years head of the Hospital Corps Division of the Surgeon General's office. He became Chief Surgeon of American Expeditionary Force in France during Wo...

Hays, S. B. (Silas Beach), 1902-1964

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United States. Surgeon-General's Office

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Born in Charleston, Massachusetts, David L. Huntington, 1834-1899, studied medicine at Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the army as an Assistant Surgeon in 1862. Huntington was Acting Medical Director Army of the Tennessee during Sherman's march to the sea in 1864. A career medical officer, Lt. Colonel Huntington at times served as acting Surgeon General. He also was director of the U.S. Army Medical Museum for many years before his retirement in 1898. From the desc...