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Title: Crawford F. Sams papers
Date (inclusive): 1915-1978
Collection Number: 79066
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, Japanese, and German
Physical Description:
15 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 11 envelopes, 1 oversize folder
(8.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Crawford F. Sams papers contain correspondence, orders, speeches and writings, research data, printed matter, certificates,
and photographs relating to American military medical activities in the Middle East during World War II, American military
medical activities in the Korean War, Allied public health activities in occupied Japan, and scientific research on the effects
of radiation.
Creator:
Sams, Crawford F.
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 1979.
[Identification of item], Crawford F. Sams papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1902 April 1 | Born, East St. Louis, Illinois |
| 1924 December | Army Medical Postgraduate School, Walter Reed |
| 1925 | Graduated, Field Artillery School at Fort Sill |
| B.S. Psychology, University of California Berkeley | |
| 1927 | M.S. Neurology, Washington University of St. Louis |
| 1929 | Assistant radiologist, Letterman General Hospital |
| M.D., Washington University of St. Louis | |
| 1922 January | Enlisted as private in 159th Infantry, California National Guard |
| 1945 | Chief of Public Health and Welfare Section of the General Headquarters, Supreme Command Allied Powers, U.S. Army, Japan |
| 1932 | Instructor, Medical Field Service, Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
| 1946-1951 | Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Japan |
| 1951-1953 | Member, Army Medical Board |
| 1961-1963 | Medical director, Institute of Medical Physics, University of California Berkeley |
| 1955 | Research physician, University of California Berkeley Operations Research Center and University of California San Francisco Department of Neurology |
| Retired from military | |
| 1934 | Director of department, Medical Field Service, Carlisle |
| 1937 | Assistant department surgeon, Department of U.S. Army, Panama Canal |
| 1939 | Medical instructor, Infantry School, Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia |
| 1941 | Chief surgeon, United States Army Forces in the Middle East (USAFIME), Cairo, Egypt |
| 1944 | Chief of Research and Development, War Department General Staff, Washington D.C. |
| 1950 | Chief of Public Health and Welfare Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander Allied Power for Japan, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1954-1955 | Member, Special Board for the Army Surgeon General |
| 1962 | Research physician and professor, University of California Berkeley |
| 1994 December 2 | Died |
The Crawford F. Sams papers contain correspondence, orders, speeches and writings, research data, printed matter, certificates,
and photographs relating to American military medical activities in the Middle East during World War II, American military
medical activities in the Korean War, Allied public health activities in occupied Japan, and scientific research on the effects
of radiation.
Original folder titles and arrangement were maintained. Unless otherwise noted, Sams is the author of writings within the
collection. Materials in boxes 9 to 15 relate to Sams' radiation research.
Content from this collection has been digitized and is available via the
Hoover Institution Library & Archives Digital Collections portal .
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
World War, 1939-1945 -- Middle East
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Medical care
Medicine, Military -- United States
Public health -- Japan
Radiation
United States. Army
United States. Army Medical Service