Box 09
Container
Contains 36 Results:
Military orders regarding troop movement of the 8th Evac from Desenzano, Italy, to Leghorn, Italy, 1945 September 13
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 021
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The 8th Evacuation Hospital collection includes photographs, personal and official correspondence, reports, notebooks, purchase orders, citations, certificates, scrapbooks, newsclippings, insignia, and a manuscript of Byrd Stuart Leavell's book: The 8th Evac.: a History of the University of Virginia Hospital Unit in World War II (1970). Additional artifacts, including uniforms, plaques, and a replica set of Roman instruments, are in the artifact collection at the Claude Moore Health Sciences...
Dates:
1945 September 13
Surgical procedures from the Headquarter Fifth army, 1943 August 21
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 022
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The 8th Evacuation Hospital collection includes photographs, personal and official correspondence, reports, notebooks, purchase orders, citations, certificates, scrapbooks, newsclippings, insignia, and a manuscript of Byrd Stuart Leavell's book: The 8th Evac.: a History of the University of Virginia Hospital Unit in World War II (1970). Additional artifacts, including uniforms, plaques, and a replica set of Roman instruments, are in the artifact collection at the Claude Moore Health Sciences...
Dates:
1943 August 21
Directory of Personnel of the 8th Evacuation Hospital, ND
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 023
Scope and Contents
personnel are listed within states by enlisted men, officers, and nurses
Dates:
ND
Documents relate to Ruth Beery's Legion of Merit award, 1945 July
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 024
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The 8th Evacuation Hospital collection includes photographs, personal and official correspondence, reports, notebooks, purchase orders, citations, certificates, scrapbooks, newsclippings, insignia, and a manuscript of Byrd Stuart Leavell's book: The 8th Evac.: a History of the University of Virginia Hospital Unit in World War II (1970). Additional artifacts, including uniforms, plaques, and a replica set of Roman instruments, are in the artifact collection at the Claude Moore Health Sciences...
Dates:
1945 July
"Richmond Times-Dispatch", 1942 May 24
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 025
Scope and Contents
photo and names of the members of 8th Evac Hospital staff and list of nurses
Dates:
1942 May 24
"Richmond News Leader", 1944 June 12
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 026
Scope and Contents
shows Drash being interviewed at Anzio, Italy
Dates:
1944 June 12
Description of the nurses' life at the 8th Evac in 1945, ND
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 027
Scope and Contents
Includes how tents were decorated and heated, recreation, clothing, also description of indoor ward latrines, medical cases, war campaign, nurse staffing, nurse illness, and military occupational specialties of nurses by name.
Dates:
ND
War Department voucher for officer's pay for Ruth Beery, 1945 November
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 028
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The 8th Evacuation Hospital collection includes photographs, personal and official correspondence, reports, notebooks, purchase orders, citations, certificates, scrapbooks, newsclippings, insignia, and a manuscript of Byrd Stuart Leavell's book: The 8th Evac.: a History of the University of Virginia Hospital Unit in World War II (1970). Additional artifacts, including uniforms, plaques, and a replica set of Roman instruments, are in the artifact collection at the Claude Moore Health Sciences...
Dates:
1945 November
"The 8th Evacuation Hospital: A Brief Historical Sketch Highlighted with Personal Comments by Byrd S. Leavell and Ruth Beery authored by Clay S. Palazzo, 1979 May 8
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 029
Scope and Contents
Palazzo uses material from Leavell's book "The 8th Evac" but adds new information based on his interview with Leavell and Beery. In particular he adds the experiences of the nurses.
Dates:
1979 May 8
Drawing of contents of ward packing box and description of items, ND
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 030
Scope and Contents
The drawing shows exactly where various supplies such as bed pans, buckets, pitchers, stool, table, narcotic lock box, and cups were packed.
Dates:
ND
Hospital plan and guide, ND
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 031
Scope and Contents
The hospital layout includes quarters for the officers, nurses, enlisted men and civilian labor. Also included are the various wards, latrines, dining areas, labs, etc.
Dates:
ND
Medical History and Annual Report of the Eighth Evacuation Hospital 1944 by the hospital commander [Lewis W. Kirkman?], ND
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 032
Scope and Contents
This report is a history of the activities of the 8th Evac for 1944 and includes patients, types of injuries, housing, recreation, distinguished visitors and moves.
Dates:
ND
Roster 8th Evac. Nurses, 1945 September 1
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 033
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The 8th Evacuation Hospital collection includes photographs, personal and official correspondence, reports, notebooks, purchase orders, citations, certificates, scrapbooks, newsclippings, insignia, and a manuscript of Byrd Stuart Leavell's book: The 8th Evac.: a History of the University of Virginia Hospital Unit in World War II (1970). Additional artifacts, including uniforms, plaques, and a replica set of Roman instruments, are in the artifact collection at the Claude Moore Health Sciences...
Dates:
1945 September 1
Authorization for allotment of pay for Ruth Beery, 1942 July 21
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 034
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The 8th Evacuation Hospital collection includes photographs, personal and official correspondence, reports, notebooks, purchase orders, citations, certificates, scrapbooks, newsclippings, insignia, and a manuscript of Byrd Stuart Leavell's book: The 8th Evac.: a History of the University of Virginia Hospital Unit in World War II (1970). Additional artifacts, including uniforms, plaques, and a replica set of Roman instruments, are in the artifact collection at the Claude Moore Health Sciences...
Dates:
1942 July 21
Ruth Beery's Military Record and Report of Separation, Certificate of Service, 1946 February 25
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 035
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The 8th Evacuation Hospital collection includes photographs, personal and official correspondence, reports, notebooks, purchase orders, citations, certificates, scrapbooks, newsclippings, insignia, and a manuscript of Byrd Stuart Leavell's book: The 8th Evac.: a History of the University of Virginia Hospital Unit in World War II (1970). Additional artifacts, including uniforms, plaques, and a replica set of Roman instruments, are in the artifact collection at the Claude Moore Health Sciences...
Dates:
1946 February 25
Special orders 307, 1945 November 3
Item — Box: 09, Folder: 035
Scope and Contents
These orders list military personnel and their arm of service and address of record.
Dates:
1945 November 3