William H. Arthur papers, 1928-1943.

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William H. Arthur papers, 1928-1943.

Scope and contents: Includes correspondence related to Arthur, written by Harold Jones and others; three holograph versions of his personal memoirs; a typed biography of Arthur by Harold W. Jones; and an unfinished manuscript in Arthur's possession at the time of his death, "The hospital ship Missouri."

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7652110

National Library of Medicine

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Jones, Harold Wellington, 1877-1958

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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 ...

Arthur, William Hemple, 1856-1936.

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Biographical sketch: William Arthur was a physician in the U.S. Army Medical Department, advancing to become Brigadier General. He served in the western territories during the 1880s, then in Cuba and the Phillipines aboard the hospital ship "Missouri" during the Spanish-American War. He later became the first commanding office of Walter Reed General Hospital and medical director of Georgetown University Hospital. From the description of William H. Arthur papers, 1928-1943. (National ...