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RUTH BEERY'S UNIFORM, 1942-1945

 Item — Box: formerly 19, Folder: 000, now in Artifacts Collection

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: 1942-1945

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

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

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