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This subseries contains 13 videotapes. Ten tapes in 14 in 3/4-inch, 20 min. format, with reels in CROLYN-II boxes (except for one tape, numbered #6, in a JVC box). The tapes are labeled, "Dr. Brown/4-13." Nine of the tapes are interviews conducted by Ivan Brown with veterans of the 65th General Hospital. Only short portions of these interviews were included in the final video documentary of the 65th General Hospital. Housed with Audiovisual Materials Collection. Materials date from 1981 to 2002.

This subseries includes correspondence, unit reports, hospital regulations, and newsletters. Also contains a separate historical report of the Nursing Service and a summary by chief surgical officer Clarence Gardner of his work. Materials date from 1942 to 1953.

During the Nuremberg Trials, Nazi party members were tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The prosecutors and judges were comprised of individuals from the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. The chief prosecutors were Robert H. Jackson (United States), Francois de Menthon (France), Roman A. Rudenko (Soviet Union), and Sir Hartley Shawcross (Great Britain). During the trial of Nazi doctors, referred to as the Doctors Trial, Brigadier General Telford Taylor from the United States acted as the Chief of Counsel for the prosecutors. Alexander served as a researcher and consultant during the trials of German doctors accused of performing medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners. This subseries contains memorandum between Alexander and the prosecutors, notes on witnesses and defendants, notes from the interrogation of Nazi party members, statements drafted to rebut defense arguments, and documents from the medical war crimes trials at Nuremberg. Materials date from 1946 to 1947.

This subseries contains materials on personnel, procedures, innovations, and numbers of patients. Materials date from 1944 to 1945.

Veterans of the 65th assembled at reunions, often annually, from 1947 to 2002 with special celebrations upon the unit's 40th, 50th, and 60th anniversaries. In 2002, Duke University honored the 65th with a sculptural monument at the Medical Center. "8th AF News 1(3), September 2001" includes the article "Hospitals that Served the Eighth Air Force," written by Ivan Brown. "Items on Memorial Dedication, 2002" includes an invitation, program, photographs, news clippings, and 8th AF News 2(4), 2002, featuring an article on the memorial dedication with many color photographs. See also Series 1.8. Videos, and Series 5. Final Reunion Photographs, October 26 2002. Materials range in date from 1947 to 2002.

This subseries contains copies of articles and publications about infamous doctors, neurology, the Nuremberg trials, and psychology. Included are copies of Michael Shevell's articles on Alexander's contributions to the Nuremberg Code, a set of research ethics for human experimentation and medical research. Materials date from 1926 to 1998.

This subseries contains photographs of the units work and leisure activities, as well as some graphic pictures of severe wounds. There are additional photographs in the Norman Ross Papers Series and the O. Norris Smith Papers Series. Materials range in date from circa 1942 to 1946.

This subseries contains pages from Ross' 89-page scrapbook, "Active Army Years of Norman F. Ross, July 1942 - February 1946," as well as correspondence. The first page features a proof of his military ID photo, his journey home from Europe, and the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. Materials date from 1942 to 1946.

This subseries contains orders and travel documents, a ledger of activities, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a curriculum vita. Materials date from 1943 to 1985.