Letter from Past President, Southern Society of Washington, Washington, D. C., to General Peyton C. March, Chief-of-Staff, Washington, D. C., July 12, 1920
The William Crawford Gorgas Papers include material created by and written about Gorgas, as well as material created by Gorgas' family members. His diaries and journals illuminate his life and work for the U.S. Army as a surgeon and span the years he worked in Cuba and Panama. The collection in...
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Documents Letter from Past President, Southern Society of Washington, Washington, D. C., to General Peyton C. March, Chief-of-Staff, Washington, D. C., July 12, 1920 Past President, Southern Society of Washington (Correspondent) |
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Documents Past President, Southern Society of Washington--Correspondence; March, Peyton Conway, 1864-1955--Correspondence; Condolence notes |
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The William Crawford Gorgas Papers include material created by and written about Gorgas, as well as material created by Gorgas' family members. His diaries and journals illuminate his life and work for the U.S. Army as a surgeon and span the years he worked in Cuba and Panama. The collection includes official reports and other documents Gorgas wrote and collected, as well as articles and other publications written about Gorgas and his work in sanitation and disease prevention, particularly yellow fever. Correspondence, articles, and other items document the numerous awards and tributes Gorgas received during his life and memorials after his death in 1920. In addition to William Crawford Gorgas material, the collection includes other material belonging to Gorgas family members including Marie Gorgas and their daughter, Aileen Gorgas Wrightson. In 1924, his widow Marie Gorgas published William Crawford Gorgas: His Life and Work. This collection includes manuscripts, galley proofs, and published versions of her work.Gift of Aileen Gorgas Wrightson, 1947 and 1952; Thomas W. Martin, 1952; Jessie Palfrey Leake, Minna Palfrey Tait, Aileen Gorgas Wrightson, Gene Palfrey Ellis, and William Gorgas Palfrey, 1958; Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and National Library of Medicine, 1991; and Dr. William G. Palfrey and Gene Marie Palfrey Ellis, 1993The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries. |
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Letter from Past President, Southern Society of Washington, Washington, D. C., to General Peyton C. March, Chief-of-Staff, Washington, D. C., July 12, 1920Past President, Southern Society of Washington (Correspondent)March, Peyton Conway, 1864-1955 (Addressee)Text1920-07-12engelectronic; image/jpeg; 1 p.The William Crawford Gorgas Papers include material created by and written about Gorgas, as well as material created by Gorgas' family members. His diaries and journals illuminate his life and work for the U.S. Army as a surgeon and span the years he worked in Cuba and Panama. The collection includes official reports and other documents Gorgas wrote and collected, as well as articles and other publications written about Gorgas and his work in sanitation and disease prevention, particularly yellow fever. Correspondence, articles, and other items document the numerous awards and tributes Gorgas received during his life and memorials after his death in 1920. In addition to William Crawford Gorgas material, the collection includes other material belonging to Gorgas family members including Marie Gorgas and their daughter, Aileen Gorgas Wrightson. In 1924, his widow Marie Gorgas published William Crawford Gorgas: His Life and Work. This collection includes manuscripts, galley proofs, and published versions of her work.Gift of Aileen Gorgas Wrightson, 1947 and 1952; Thomas W. Martin, 1952; Jessie Palfrey Leake, Minna Palfrey Tait, Aileen Gorgas Wrightson, Gene Palfrey Ellis, and William Gorgas Palfrey, 1958; Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and National Library of Medicine, 1991; and Dr. William G. Palfrey and Gene Marie Palfrey Ellis, 1993The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.Past President, Southern Society of Washington--Correspondence; March, Peyton Conway, 1864-1955--Correspondence; Condolence notesUnited States--District of Columbia--WashingtonThe University of Alabama Libraries Special CollectionsWilliam Crawford Gorgas papersBox 700, Folder 2u0003_0000581_0003029http://purl.lib.ua.edu/88079https://archives.lib.ua.edu/repositories/3/resources/951Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections.http://cdm17336.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/u0003_0000581/id/32334 |
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Letter from Past President, Southern Society of Washington, Washington, D. C., to General Peyton C. March, Chief-of-Staff, Washington, D. C., July 12, 1920 |
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Letter from Past President, Southern Society of Washington, Washington, D. C., to General Peyton C. March, Chief-of-Staff, Washington, D. C., July 12, 1920 |
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