General Hospital 21 collections, 1917-1968.

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General Hospital 21 collections, 1917-1968.

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These collections document the distinguished service of Base Hospital 21 and the 21st General Hospital during the First and Second World Wars. The General Hospital 21 Collections consist of approximately 1,800 items from ten separate archival collections held by the Bernard Becker Medical Library. The items include photographic prints, negatives, lantern slides, sketches, documents, correspondence, reports, identification cards, badges, and memorabilia donated by members (or relatives of members) of Base Hospital 21 and the 21st General Hospital. Prominent members of Base Hospital 21 included commanding officers Fred T. Murphy and Borden S. Veeder, and chief nurse Julia C. Stimson. Lee D. Cady served as commanding officer of the 21st General Hospital; Lucille S. Spalding served as chief nurse of the unit throughout the war. Corresponding online exhibit features images of over 570 items from the collections and articles about the history of both Base Hospital 21 and the 21st General Hospital. Collections include: 1) Benjamin H. Charles Collection (VC003), 2) Lee D. Cady General Hospital 21 Collections (VC013, VC051), 3) S. Joseph Magidson Base Hospital 21 Visual Collection (VC025), 4) Lee D. Cady Meschoui Feast Collection (VC080), 5) Geo. J. L. Wulff, Jr., photographs (VC134), 6) John F. Patton General Hospital 21 Surgical Service (VC174), 7) Lucille S. Spalding photographs and certificates (VC208), 8) Eunice Harriet Sanders photographs (VC320), 9) Levi H. Fuson photographs & artifacts (VC325).

ca. 1,800 items (35 linear ft.)

Washington University in St. Louis, Bernard Becker Medical Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7677111

Washington University in St. Louis, Bernard Becker Medical Library

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Stimson, Julia C. (Julia Catherine), 1881-1948

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Nurse. Stimson was Superintendent of the Army Nurses Corps during World War I and Dean of the Army School of Nursing. She was a graduate of New York Hospital Training School for Nurses, 1908. From the description of Papers, 1875-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122343182 ...

Spalding, Lucille S., 1902-1989.

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Veeder, Borden S. (Borden Smith), 1883-1970

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Physician, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics in 1911. Served in the 21st. Base Hospital, France, during World War I. Editor, Journal of Pediatrics 1932-1960. From the description of Borden S. Veeder papers, 1889-1967. 1889-1967. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 10663816 ...

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. ...

Fuson, Levi H., 1888-

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Levi H. Fuson (b. 1888) was a 1915 graduate of the Washington University Medical School. He served as a medical officer with Base Hospital 21 from 1917-1919 in Rouen, France. From the description of Levi H. Fuson papers, 1913-1942. 1913-1942. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 61397410 ...

Holmes, Eunice (Eunice Harriet Sanders), 1887-1984,

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United States. Army. 21st General Hospital.

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Murphy, Fred T., 1872-1948.

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Patton, John F., 1903-

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Dr. John F. Patton, Jr. was born in Albany, Missouri on September 27, 1903. He graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in 1928 and completed his residency in urology at Barnes Hospital. Dr. Patton served on the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in the Department of Urology as a clinical assistant professor. During World War II, he served in the Army in Africa, Italy, and France as the chief of surgical services of the 21st General Hospital, a reserve unit of...

Magidson, S. Joseph (Sheperd Joseph), 1897-

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Physician and surgeon, born 1897. Magidson received his medical degree in 1925 from the Washington University School of Medicine. Until his retirement in 1953 Magidson was a general practitioner and surgeon on the staffs of Jewish, St. Mary's and Missouri Baptist Hospitals. From the description of Oral history interview with Sheperd Joseph Magidson, 1969. 1969 (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 63284132 ...

American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Medical School

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Wulff, George J. L., 1909-

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Cady, Lee D., 1896-1987

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Physician and hospital administrator, 1896-1987. 1922 Graduate of the WUSM and staff member from 1925-1942. President, St. Louis Medical Society, 1936. Commanding Officer, 21st General Hospital, 1941-1945 Branch Medical Director, Veterans Administration, Dallas, Texas, 1946-1949. Director, Veterans Hospital, Houston, Texas, 1949-1963. From the description of Lee D. Cady papers, 1921-1986. 1921-1986. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 59228304 From the ...

Charles, Benjamin H., 1907-

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United States. Army Nurse Corps

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The Army Nurse Corps was established on Feb 2, 1901. From the description of Records, 1951-1961 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007188 ...