United States Army, 73rd Evacuation Hospital papers
Finding aid prepared by Go Oyagi, March 2, 2011. Updated by Laura R. Rips,
January 14, 2016.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: United States Army, 73rd Evacuation
Hospital papers
Dates: 1943-1985
Collection Number: mssEvacuationhospitalpapers
Creator:
United States. Army. Evacuation
Hospital 73rd
Extent:
2,713 items in 12 boxes + 1 oversize folder
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Fax: (626) 449-3477
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The collection contains
correspondence, memoirs, documents and photographs related to the activities of the
73rd Evacuation Unit of the United States Army in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War
II. It also includes material related to reunions of former unit members, donation
of items to the Los Angeles County Medical Association Library, and the Library's
exhibition on the unit.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. United States Army, 73rd Evacuation Hospital Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Historical Note
The 73rd Evacuation Hospital Unit was formed in 1940 in Los Angeles, California, and
activated in 1942. In January 1943, the unit left the United States for the
China-Burma-India theater during World War II. The unit arrived in Bombay in March
1943, and was transferred to Margherita, near Ledo in Assam, India, to provide
services to the engineering units building the Ledo Road and Chinese soldiers.
In March 1944, the unit moved to Shingbwiyang in northern Burma and was stationed
there until it was inactivated in July 1945. All medical officers were on the
Attending Staff of the LAC/USC Medical Center and a majority of these were on the
Staff of Good Samaritan Hospital.
Unit members identified in the collection include: Clarence M. Agress, Frank M.
Anderson, Clarence J. Berne, Joseph H. Boyes, Thomas H. Brem, Reuben Chier, Mildred
Clemson (Mildred Franks), Harold A. Cole, Herbert G. Crockett, Wallace N. Davison,
Dorothea M. Dent, Arthur R. Dewey, Florence Edgington, Claire Enders, Edward R.
Evans, Mary C. Graham, Colby Hall, Vernon Hauser, Coleman Hendricks, Dora M.
Henning, Erle Henriksen, Mrs. Deron Hovsepian (Agnes Spies), Thomas Kidd, Kathryn L.
Kurka, Mildred F. Lageson, Hazel Langdon, Irma Ludberg, Albert McEvers, James
Nelson, Martha Pollock, Herman Riddell, John M. Salyer, Ralph L. Schroeder, Ella
Albeck Schueler, Elizabeth F. Scott, William H. Snyder, Charles Montgomery Stewart,
L.J. Tragerman, Marjorie Tubbs, Ewing Turner, E. Richmond Ware and Ethel H.
Weber
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence, documents, manuscripts, photographs,
slides and ephemera. It primarily contains items donated to the Los Angeles County
Medical Association (LACMA) Library by former members of the 73rd Evacuation
Hospital Unit.
The majority of correspondence is from the 1980s, and consists of letters between former
members of the unit with Dr. Lewis T. Bullock, founder and president of the Friends
of the LACMA Library, and Elizabeth Crahan, Director of Library Services. These
letters center around the acquisition of items related to the 73rd Evacuation
Hospital Unit and reunion dinners.
Manuscripts include former unit members' essays, diaries and memoirs. These items
document the unit's activities, and describe the experiences of individual members
during World War II. There are also copies of official military memorandums, and a
report of a military action. The manuscripts include duplicates of photographs found
elsewhere in the collection.
Writings by former unit members include:
- "Clinical Survey of Eight-Six Cases of Scrub Typhus" by Clarence M. Agress
and Edward R. Evans
- "Contribution of Hospital in Time of War" by L.J. Tragerman
- "Memoirs" by John M. Salyer
- "My Diary of Experiences in India" by Ethel H. Weber
Photographs make up the bulk of the collection, and primarily represent the unit's
activities and views of India and Burma during World War II. The collection also
contains a large number of slides, many of which are duplicates of the
photographs.
The collection also contains ephemera from the LACMA Library exhibition about the
unit, including wall panels and transparent sheets.
Arrangement
The collection is organized in the following manner:
Box 1: Correspondence, arranged in chronological order.
Box 2: Manuscripts, arranged in chronological order.
Boxes 2-11: Photographs, divided into subsections according to subject. This
organization is based on the arrangement and categories created by the LACMA
Library. Please note that a photograph placed in one category might also depict
scenes related to other categories. Photographs of identified doctors and nurses
are placed under their name.
Boxes 11-12: Slides. Located in two volumes of binders, as arranged at the LACMA
Library.
Box 12: Ephemera.
Related Material
The Joseph H. Boyes papers, located at the Hoover Institution Archives, provide
additional information about the 73rd Evacuation Hospital's activities in the
China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. The collection includes a memoir,
slides, and miscellany related to Boyes, a Lieutenant colonel in the United States
Army Medical Corps, and surgeon in the 73rd Evacuation Hospital.
Indexing Terms
Corporate Names
United States. Army Medical
Service
United States. Army. Evacuation
Hospital 73rd
Subjects
Medicine, Military - Burma - World War,
1939-1945
Medicine, Military - China - World War,
1939-1945
Medicine, Military - India - World War,
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 - Medical
care
Genre
Letters (correspondence) - 20th
century
Manuscripts - 20th century
Photographs - 20th century
Slides (photographs) - 20th
century
Box 1
Correspondence and Manuscripts - Diaries and Memoirs, File
1
Folder 1
Brem, Thomas H. 1 memorandum to "Dear John."
(1978, January 11)
Physical Description: 3 items
Notes
With a list of remaining members of the unit, and a copy of each
item.
Folder 2
Bullock, Lewis T. 1 letter to L.J. Tragerman.
(1980, December 4)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 3
Crahan, Elizabeth. 1 letter to Clarence J. Berne.
(1981, July 14)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 4
Clymer, Geneva A. 1 letter to Elizabeth Crahan.
(1981, July 23)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 5
Ethel H. Weber. 4 letters to Lewis T. Bullock.
(1981, August 1)
(1981, August 16)
(1982, June 25)
(1982, October 20)
Physical Description: 5 items
Notes
With a copy of the June 25, 1982 letter.
Folder 6
Crahan, Elizabeth. 1 letter to Geneva A. Clymer.
(1981, August 5)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 7
Crahan, Elizabeth. 2 letters to Ethel H. Weber.
(1981, August 19)
(1983, December 16)
Physical Description: 2 items
Folder 8
Weber, Ethel H. 3 letters to Elizabeth Crahan.
(1981, August 26)
(1983, December 14)
(1984, January 18)
Physical Description: 5 items
Notes
With 2 copies of the August 26, 1981 letter and an envelope.
Folder 9
Bullock, Lewis T. 1 letter to members of the unit.
(1981, August)
Physical Description: 3 items
Folder 10
Crahan, Elizabeth. 1 letter to John M. Salyer.
(1981, October 26)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 11
Bullock, Lewis T. 1 letter to John M. Salyer.
(1981, October 27)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 12
Salyer, John M. 1 letter to "Dear Dr. Pollock."
([1981, October])
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 13
Henriksen, Erle. 1 letter to Lewis T. Bullock.
(1981, November 11)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 14
Dewey, Arthur R. 1 letter to Frank M. Anderson.
(1983, August 1)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 15
Evans, Edward R. 1 letter to Frances Morrison.
(1983, August)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 16
Anderson, Frank M. 1 letter to "Members of the 73rd Evacuation
Hospital Unit."
(1983, August)
Physical Description: 6 items
Notes
With 5 copies.
Folder 17
Cole, Harold A. 2 letters to Frank M. Anderson.
(1983, September 12)
(1983, October 15)
Physical Description: 2 items
Folder 18
Boyes, Joseph H. 1 letter to Frank M. Anderson.
(1983, October 4)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 19
Sommer, M.L. 1 memorandum to 'Whom It May Concern."
(1983, October 5)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 20
[Loven, Anna?]. 1 memorandum to an unknown addressee.
(1983, October 6)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 21
Hovsepian, Agnes Spies. 1 letter to Elizabeth Crahan.
(1983, October 31)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 22
Farrell, Lois. 1 memorandum [to the attendees of the dinner].
([1983, October])
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 23
Scott, Elizabeth F. 1 letter to Los Angeles County Medical
Association.
([1983, October])
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 24
Tragerman, Mary Grace. 1 letter to Elizabeth Crahan.
([1983, October])
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 25
Kidd, Thomas. 1 letter to Elizabeth Crahan.
(1983, November 1)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 26
Graham, Mary C. 1 letter to "Dear Library 'Friends.'"
(1983, November 4)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 27
Scott, Elizabeth F. 1 letter to Frances Morrison.
(1983, November 11)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 28
Schueler, Ella Albech. 1 letter to Frances Morrison.
(1983, November 12)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 29
Edgington, Florence. 1 letter to Frances Morrison.
(1983, November 13)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 30
Farrell, Lois. 1 letter to Frances Morrison.
(1983, November 15)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 31
Graham, Mary C. 1 letter to Frank M. Anderson
(1983, November 15)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 32
Henning, Dora M. 1 letter to Frank M. Anderson
(1983, November 15)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 33
Lageson, Mildred F. 1 letter to Frances Morrison
(1983, November 15)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 34
Salyer, John M. 1 letter to Frances Morrison.
(1983, November 15)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 35
Buck, Francis C. 1 letter to Frances Morrison.
(1983, November 21)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 36
Michaels, Florence. 1 letter to [Elizabeth Crahan].
(1983, November 21)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 37
Graham, Mary C. 2 letters to Elizabeth Crahan.
(1983, November 28)
(1984, April 2)
Physical Description: 2 items
Folder 38
Crahan, Elizabeth. 2 letters to Mary C. Graham.
(1983, November 30)
(1983, December 6)
Physical Description: 2 items
Folder 39
Anderson, Frank M. 1 letter to "Dear Friends."
([approximately 1983, November])
Physical Description: 9 items
Notes
With 8 copies.
Folder 40
Ender, Claire. 1 letter to "Dear Friends of the
Library."
(1983, December 2)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 41
Kurka, Kathryn L. 1 letter to "Friends of the LACMA
Library."
(1983, December 2)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 42
Salyer, John M. 1 letter to Elizabeth Crahan.
(1983, December 15)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 43
Crahan, Elizabeth. 1 letter to Doctor and Mrs.
Hovsepian.
(1983, December 18)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 44
Crahan, Elizabeth. 1 letter to "Dear Friends."
(1984, March 12)
Physical Description: 2 items
Notes
With the "Roster of March 1, 1984."
Folder 45
Crahan, Elizabeth. 1 letter to "Dear Friends."
(1984, March 12)
Physical Description: 2 items
Notes
With a revised version of the "Roster of March 1, 1984."
Folder 46
Graham, Mary C. 1 letter to "Dear Sir."
(1984, March 13)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 47
Fredrickson, Betty. 1 letter to Elizabeth Crahan.
(1984, March 16)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 48
Henning, Dora M. 1 letter to Elizabeth Crahan.
(1984, March 20)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 49
Crahan, Elizabeth. 1 letter to Betty Fredrickson.
(1984, March 26)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 50
Crahan, Elizabeth. 1 letter to Dora M. Henning.
(1984, March 26)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 51
Crahan, Elizabeth. 1 letter to Dorothea M. Dent.
(1984, April 4)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 52
Crahan, Elizabeth. 1 letter to "Dear Friends & Members of the
73rd Evacuation Hospital."
(1984, April 17)
Physical Description: 7 items
Notes
With 6 copies of the Roster of April 1984.
Folder 53
Morrison, Frances. 1 letter to Ralph Graham.
(1984, April 17)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 54
Evans, Edward R. 1 letter to Elizabeth Crahan.
(1984, April 19)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 55
Favole, Bernadine. 1 letter to Elizabeth Crahan.
(1984, April 23)
Physical Description: 2 items
Notes
With an envelope.
Folder 56
Crahan, Elizabeth. 1 letter to Edward R. Evans.
(1984, April 26)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 57
Morrison, Frances. 1 letter to Joseph H. Boyes.
(1984, May 24)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 58
Crahan, Elizabeth. 1 letter to Kathy Bufford.
(1984, May 25)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 59
Ender, Claire. 1 letter to Elizabeth Crahan.
(1984, June 2)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 60
Morrison, Frances. 1 letter to Claire Ender.
(1984, June 12)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 61
Thompson, Barbara. 1 letter to Elizabeth Crahan.
(1985, November 25)
Physical Description: 1 item
Notes
With a memorandum.
Folder 62
Boyes, Joseph H. 1 letter to Elizabeth Crahan.
([undated])
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 63
Photographs and Documents from the file called "U.S. Army 73rd
Evacuation Hospital, China, Burma, India, World War II, Accounts by C.J.
Berne, A.R. Dewey, E. Henriksen, J.M. Salyer, L.J. Tragerman, E.H.
Weber, File I."
(1942-[approximately 1980s])
Physical Description: 45 items
Folder 64
Photographs and Documents from the file called "U.S. Army 73rd Evacuation Hospital,
China, Burma, India, World War II, Accounts by C.J. Berne, A.R. Dewey,
E. Henriksen, J.M. Salyer, L.J. Tragerman, E.H. Weber, File
II."
(1942-[approximately 1980s])
Physical Description: 13 items
Folder 65
Diaries and Memoirs, File I.
(1942-[approximately 1980s])
Physical Description: 37 items
Box 2
Manuscripts, Diaries and Memoirs, File II - Photographs:
Thomas Kidd
Folder 1
Diaries and Memoirs, File II.
(1942-[approximately 1980s])
Physical Description: 4 items
Folder 2
Documents related to Claire Ender.
(1942-1945)
Physical Description: 7 items
Folder 3
Documents related to the Reunion Dinner of November
1978.
(1978-1979)
Physical Description: 3 items
Folder 4
Documents regarding the Dinner of October 1983.
(1983)
Physical Description: 4 items
Folder 5
Roster of the Unit Members.
([approximately 1984])
Physical Description: 5 items
Folder 6
Photographs from Harold A. Cole.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 16 items
Folder 7
Photographs from John M. Salyer.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 9 items
Folder 8
Clarence M. Agress
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 9
Frank M. Anderson.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 3 items
Folder 10
C.J. Berne.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 12 items
Folder 11
Joseph H. Boyes.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 3 items
Folder 12
Thomas H. Brem.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 13
Harold A. Cole.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 2 items
Folder 14
Herbert G. Crockett.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 5 items
Folder 15
Daves.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 3 items
Folder 16
Wallace Davidson.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 2 items
Folder 17
[Capt.] Davidson.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 3 items
Folder 18
Arthur R. Dewey.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 5 items
Folder 19
[Edward R.] Evans.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 2 items
Folder 20
Colby Hall. Part 1.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 40 items
Folder 21
Colby Hall. Part 2.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 30 items
Folder 22
Vernon Hauser.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 23
Coleman Hendricks.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 24
Erle Henriksen.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 5 items
Folder 25
Thomas Kidd.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Box 3
Photographs: Albert McEvers - Unidentified
Folder 1
Albert McEvers.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 2
James Nelson.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 3
Herman Riddell.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 4 items
Folder 4
Ralph L. Schroeder.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 5 items
Folder 5
William H. Snyder.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 20 items
Folder 6
Charles Montgomery Stewart.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 7 items
Folder 7
L.J. Tragerman.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 18 items
Folder 8
Ewing Turner.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 29 items
Folder 9
E. Richmond Ware.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 10
Velma Beatty.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 2 items
Folder 11
Claire Ender.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 12
Mildred Franks.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 13
Dorothy Hanson.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 2 items
Folder 14
Marjorie Hawks.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 2 items
Folder 15
Dora M. Henning.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 3 items
Folder 16
Hazel Langdon.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 6 items
Folder 17
Irma Ludberg.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 4 items
Folder 18
Anna Loven.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 19
Martha Pollock.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 3 items
Folder 20
Marjorie Tubbs.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 21
Charlotte Walker.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 22
Ethel H. Weber.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 3 items
Folder 23
Reunion Dinner of 1978.
(1978)
Physical Description: 4 items
Folder 24
Reunion of [1982?].
([approximately 1982])
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 25
Unidentified and/or Grouped Doctors and Nurses. Part
1.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 40 items
Folder 26
Unidentified and/or Grouped Doctors and Nurses. Part
2.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 39 items
Box 4
Photographs: Before Leaving the U.S. - Shingbwiyang Part
2.
Folder 1
Before Leaving the U.S.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 19 items
Folder 2
Animals.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 43 items
Folder 3
Shingbwiyang Part 1.
(1944-1945)
Physical Description: 60 items
Folder 4
Shingbwiyang Part 2.
(1944-1945)
Physical Description: 60 items
Box 5
Photographs: Shingbwiyang, Part 3 - Roads, Bridges, Railroads
Part 1
Folder 1
Shingbwiyang Part 3.
(1944-1945)
Physical Description: 60 items
Folder 2
Shingbwiyang Part 4.
(1944-1945)
Physical Description: 60 items
Folder 3
Shingbwiyang Part 5.
(1944-1945)
Physical Description: 13 items
Folder 4
Roads, Bridges, Railroads Part 1.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 40 items
Box 6
Photographs: Roads, Bridges, Railroads Part 2 -
Rivers
Folder 1
Roads, Bridges, Railroads, Part 2.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 55 items
Folder 2
Wards, Labs, Pharmacy Part 1.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 40 items
Folder 3
Wards, Labs, Pharmacy Part 2.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 37 items
Folder 4
Rivers.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 59 items
Box 7
Photographs: Ledo - Aircrafts Part 1
Folder 1
Ledo Part 1.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 60 items
Folder 2
Ledo Part 2.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 57 items
Folder 3
Tea Plantations.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 10 items
Folder 4
Aircrafts Part 1.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 40 items
Box 8
Photographs: Aircrafts Part 2 - Natives Part 2
Folder 1
Aircrafts Part 2.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 50 items
Folder 2
Natives Part 1.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 60 items
Folder 3
Natives Part 2.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 60 items
Box 9
Photographs: Natives Part 3 - Scenery-Jungle-Buildings Part
1
Folder 1
Natives Part 3.
(1940s)
Physical Description: X items
Folder 2
Natives Part 4.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 31 items
Folder 3
Scenery-Jungle-Buildings Part 1.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 60 items
Box 10
Photographs: Scenery-Jungle-Buildings, Parts 2-4
Folder 1
Scenery-Jungle-Buildings Part 2.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 60 items
Folder 2
Scenery-Jungle-Buildings Part 3.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 60 items
Folder 3
Scenery-Jungle-Buildings Part 4.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 54 items
Box 11
Photographs: En Route Home - Slides Part 1
Folder 1
En Route Home.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 47 items
Folder 2
Miscellaneous Photographs.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 3 items
Folder 3
Slides. With the List of Slides Part 1.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 419 items
Folder 1
Slides. With the List of Slides Part 2.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 329 items
Folder 2
Miscellaneous Slides.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 5 items
Folder 3
Miscellaneous Negatives.
(1940s)
Physical Description: 57 items
Folder 4
Transparent Sheets.
([approximately 1983])
Physical Description: 28 items
Folder 5
Panels of Photographs from the Exhibit.
([approximately 1983])
Physical Description: 7 items (including 4 oversized items located in a folder
outside the box).
Folder 6
Panels of Explanation from the Exhibit.
([approximately 1983])
Physical Description: 3 items
Folder 7
Labels and Miscellaneous Materials from the Exhibit.
([approximately 1983])
Physical Description: 3 items
Folder 8
List of Objects for the Exhibit.
([approximately 1983])
Physical Description: 1 item
Folder 9
Copies of Articles.
([approximately 1984])
Physical Description: 2 items
Folder 10
An envelope from the LACMA Library to Marian Shirley
Lee.
([undated])
Physical Description: 1 item