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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.

  2. 65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002

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.

  2. Ivan W. Brown Papers, 1949-1996

Unit Reports, Orders, Newsletters, Rosters, Commendations, 1942-1953

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.

  2. 65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002
  3. General Collected Materials of the 65th Base Hospital and the 65th General Hospital, 1917-2002

Field Hospital Data, 1944-1945

Materials include a complete record of patient admissions, dispositions, deaths, and clinical abstracts of severely wounded men. One is for George Buske, a case later publicized by Ivan Brown. Also contains extensive clinical study data on the early use of penicillin in treating syphilis. Materials date from 1944 to 1945.

  2. 65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002
  3. General Collected Materials of the 65th Base Hospital and the 65th General Hospital, 1917-2002

Photographs, circa 1942-1946

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.

  2. 65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002
  3. General Collected Materials of the 65th Base Hospital and the 65th General Hospital, 1917-2002

Art Reproductions, circa 1944-1959

This series includes postcards, a map, and sketches. Also contains work by British artist Frank A. Beresford. Beresford, a soldier, was treated by members of the 65th General Hospital. He later created several paintings and prints of their activities. Materials range in date from circa 1944 to 1959.

  2. 65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002
  3. General Collected Materials of the 65th Base Hospital and the 65th General Hospital, 1917-2002

Reunion and Anniversary Materials, 1947-2002

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.

  2. 65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002
  3. General Collected Materials of the 65th Base Hospital and the 65th General Hospital, 1917-2002

Videotapes, 1981-2002

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.

  2. 65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002
  3. General Collected Materials of the 65th Base Hospital and the 65th General Hospital, 1917-2002

Tape 11. Interview with former Chief of Neurosurgery William Bridgers and his wife, former neurosurgical and O.R. nurse Josephine Johnson, Columbia, South Carolina; interview with former nurse Kathleen Eagles, and with former chief nurse-anesthetist Eliza Goodman, Duke University Medical Center, September 1981, December 1981 Box 3.0054

  2. 65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002
  3. General Collected Materials of the 65th Base Hospital and the 65th General Hospital, 1917-2002
  4. Videotapes, 1981-2002