RUTH BEERY'S UNIFORM, 1942-1945
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: 1942-1945
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions.
Extent
From the Collection: 25 Linear Feet
Physical Description
ARTIFACTS: black cloth cap; olive green cloth cap in navy blue cloth pouch; olive green cloth cap; khaki cloth cap; olive green cloth jacket with metal buttons, and 2 Army Nurse Branch Cadesus pins with eagle, the letter "N," and clutch back post attachments, European - African - Middle Eastern campaign medal with 4 stars, Fifth Army patch, 2 U. S. pins, arm patch with five rectangular bars, 2 silver-colored metal bars, and green patch with golden-colored wreath; 2 olive green cloth skirts each with a plastic button and metal zipper; khaki cloth shirt with plastic buttons; olive green cloth pants with metal zipper; olive green cloth shirt with plastic buttons; 3 khaki cloth ties, green cloth pouch with metal zipper; ; 6 clutch back post attachments; 63 gold-colored metal, detached enlisted men buttons of varying sizes: twenty-one 5/8 inch, six 3/4 inch, twenty-six 7/8 inch, ten 1 and 1/8 inch; and one officer service cap insignia of gold-colored metal. Enclosed note indicates more of Ruth Beery's uniform in vault (oversize).
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