MUD, MOUNTAINS, AND MEDICINE: THE 8TH EVACUATION HOSPITAL IN WORLD WAR II BY BYRD STUART LEAVELL. CHAPTER 5, SICILY AND ALGIERS, 1969
Scope and Contents
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 Library, Historical Collections, University of Virginia. A web exhibit on the 8th Evacuation Hospital, featuring content and images from the collection is available here: http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/8thevacuation/
Dates
- Creation: 1969
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions.
Extent
From the Collection: 25 Linear Feet
Physical Description
XEROX TMs, copy 2
Repository Details
Part of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Repository
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
1300 Jefferson Park Avenue
P.O. Box 800722
Charlottesville Virginia 22908-0722 United States
mailto:hsl-historical@virginia.edu