Melrose, E. Weed, Mrs.

Correspondence between Mrs. Melrose E. Weed, Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association, and Dr. Bland while he was serving in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in the India-Burma theater. Bland, a 1942 graduate of Jefferson Medical College, gives news about his military experiences.

Copies of letters written by Mrs. Melrose E. Weed, Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association, to Dr. Hume, then a Major in the U.S. Army attached to the 38th General Hospital during World War II, and Dr. Hume's responses, some of which accompanied snapshot photographs he sent to Mrs. Weed for The Clinic, the JMC yearbook. Two letters were sent by Dr. Hume as "V-Mail."

Holograph letter written by Dr. Taft, dated 17 Sept. 1945, Mindoro, P. I. to Dr. Walkling, describing conditions on the Pacific islands at the close of World War II and activities of other Jefferson alumni; carbon copy of letter by Mrs. Melrose E. Weed, Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association, in reply, 8 Oct. 1945. Dr. Taft was stationed with the 383rd Infantry, 3rd Battalion.