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Title: Harry L. Gilchrist papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1973
Collection Number: 2020C15
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box
(1.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Includes biographical material, including correspondence and photographs, relating to the career of U.S. Army surgeon Harry
L. Gilchrist.
Creator:
Gilchrist, H. L. (Harry Lorenzo), 1870-1943
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
[Identification of item], Harry L. Gilchrist papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Harry Lorenzo Gilchrist (1870-1943) was a United States Army officer and surgeon. His military career began in 1898 as a U.S.
Army contract surgeon. While in the Army Medical Corps, he served during epidemics in the Philippines, Central America, and
Cuba. During World War I, Gilchrist was promoted to lieutenant colonel and served in Europe. After the war, Gilchrist did
significant anti-typhus work in Poland. At his retirement in 1934, he was chief of the Army's Chemical Warfare Service.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes biographical material, including correspondence and photographs, relating to the career of Harry L. Gilchrist. Topics
of the materials also include chemical warfare during World War I and conditions in Poland and Russia after the war.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care
World War, 1914-1918 -- Chemical warfare
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Poland
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union
Epidemics
Poland
Philippines
Central America
Cuba
Personal correspondence
Photographs
United States. Army. Chemical Warfare Service
United States. Army. Medical Corps