Search

Start Over Creator Brown, Ivan W.

65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002

Contains personal papers, records, and memorabilia of the United States Army 65th General Hospital, a United States Army Medical Corps unit staffed by Duke University Medical Center alumni in England during World War II. The unit distinguished itself as a center for both specialized treatment and the immediate care of combat casualties. Following the war, physician of the 65th, Leo Alexander, acted as a consultant to prosecutors in the Nuremberg Trials. Types of materials include official reports, newsletters, patient records, memorabilia, oral histories, photographs, artifacts, audiovisual materials, investigative notes, and short writings. Major subjects include Duke University Medical Center, United States Army, the 65th General Hospital, World War I, World War II, war crimes, neurosurgery, Ivan Brown, Leo Alexander, Norman Ross, and O. Norris Smith. Materials range in date from 1917 to 2002.
Top 3 results in this collection — view all 234

General Collected Materials of the 65th Base Hospital and the 65th General Hospital, 1917-2002

Contains materials related to the 65th unit's base hospital in England and reunions following WWII. Materials include administrative records, unit reports, newsletters, hospital data, photographs, artifacts, memorabilia, and videotapes. The videotape subseries includes interviews with former soldiers, a history of the unit, footage from a sculpture dedication, and a master copy of a documentary history of the unit. Materials date from 1917 to 2002.

    Ivan Brown Oral History Interviews, 1975-2007

    Top 3 results in this collection — view all 18

    Interview, October 8-9, 1992

    History of Ivan Brown, Department of Surgery, and Duke University Medical Center.

      Ivan W. Brown Papers, 1949-1996

      Ivan W. Brown (1915-2009) graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1940 and is a former James B. Duke Professor of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center. This collection consists of correspondence between Ivan W. Brown and Elmer L. DeGowin regarding Duke University Medical Center's Central Supply and Blood Bank, a retirement speech given by Clarence Ellsworth Gardner, and reprints of three of Ivan W. Brown's articles. One of these articles details the adventures of Wilburt C. Davison, Wilder G. Penfield, and Emile F. Holman. Materials range in date from 1949 to 1996.
      Top 3 results in this collection — view all 5

      Records, 1949-1996

      This collection consists of information about Duke University Medical Center's Central Supply and Blood Bank, a retirement speech given by Clarence Ellsworth Gardner, and reprints of three of Ivan W. Brown's articles. The materials regarding the Central Supply and Blood Bank include correspondence between Brown and Elmer L. DeGowin, a member of the Department of Internal Medicine at University Hospitals at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. This correspondence, dated June to August 1949, includes photographs of the Duke's Central Supply and Blood Bank, as well as a print of the general floor plan of Central Supply. Types of materials include correspondence, photographs, a floorplan, a speech, and reprinted articles. Materials range in date from 1949 to 1996.