World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Blank clinical chart and World War II materials
File
Identifier: MM-266
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a packet of 50 blank clinical charts designed for hospital and private practice, 1913, by James C. Wilson, M.D., physician and member of the faculty at Jefferson Medical College. Also in the collection but unrelated to these materials are two newspaper clippings related to the arrival of Jefferson staff in Cairo, Egypt, in Oct. 1942 to set up the 38th General Hospital, where Dr. Garver served as a dentist, and an Arabic-language edition of Reader's Digest, [1937?].
Dates:
1913 - 1942
Certificate and related papers
File
Identifier: MM-038
Scope and Contents
Certificates related to Judson's schooling and medical career, including service in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II.
Dates:
1922 - 1988
Certificates and sign
File
Identifier: MM-008
Scope and Contents
9 certificates, including World War II military commission and certificate of service; membership certificates from the Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, American Academy of General Practice, and American Geriatrics Society; and certificate for completion of a course in Psychosomatic Medicine at Hahnemann Medical College, 1961. Also, a sign, "Eyes Examined by Dr. Lavell", n.d.
Dates:
1930 - 1961
Correspondence with C. Brinley Bland
File
Identifier: MM-313
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1945
Correspondence with Dr. Evan B. Hume
File
Identifier: MM-151
Scope and Contents
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."
Dates:
1943 - 1944
Correspondence with Dr. George H. Taft
File
Identifier: MM-193
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1945-09-17 - 1945-10-08
Jefferson Bookstore Records
Collection
Identifier: UA-008
Scope and Contents
This collection contains information about US Army and US Navy book sales for enlisted Jefferson Medical College students during World War II. Included are textbooks lists, bills and receipts, and enlisted student names.
Dates:
1944 - 1946
Military papers and letters
File
Identifier: MM-183
Scope and Contents
Order and announcement concerning awarding of the Silver Star to Capt. Seligman for gallantry in action at Leyte, 1944; letter (ALS), Okinawa, 3 July 1945, to Dr. Adolph Walkling of Jefferson Medical College Hospital; and two Japanese occupation currency notes.
Dates:
1944 - 1945
Reminiscences of student life at Jefferson Medical College and of World War II
File
Identifier: MM-276
Scope and Contents
Typed manuscript entitled "Adventures of a Front Line Purple Heart Infantry Doctor," Dr. Levin's memoir of his military experiences as a battalion surgeon in Sicily and Italy during World War II; attached is a three-page handwritten letter describing his memories of Jefferson Medical College ca. 1939.
Dates:
1993 - 1994