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Personal comments of John Guerrant's experience with the 8th Evac hospital, 2000 June 25

 Item — Box: 27, Folder: 067

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 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: 2000 June 25

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 25 Linear Feet

Physical Description

TD 2 pp.

Repository Details

Part of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Repository

Contact:
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
1300 Jefferson Park Avenue
P.O. Box 800722
Charlottesville Virginia 22908-0722 United States