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Military hospitals.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Alice Welford WWI photograph album and military nursing lecture journal, 1911-1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-064
Scope and Contents A personal archive of a WWI military nurse stationed in Gibraltar and Malta during the Great War between 1913 - 1918. Captures a unique view of the fighting in the Mediterranean during such battles as the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 from the perspective of various nursing hospitals in Spain and Malta, but also includes images of soldiers in trenches. 2/3 of the photographs are accompanied by captions including locations, dates, and first or last names of individuals. Included is an image...
Dates: 1911 - 1918

Ben Byrnes collection of Denton E. Brome, Jr. WWI diary, 1917-1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-035
Scope and Contents World War I diary, written by Denton E. Brome Jr., beginning on approximately September 14, 1917 and ending on August 17, 1918. The diary chronicles Brome's duties as a Navy Corpsman stationed in France. Subject matter includes the daily duties of hospital maintenance, wound clean-up, and patient care, as well as excursions from the hospital to tourist sites, restaurants, and other hospitals. The diary is 200 pages in length with 20 pages containing full diary entries and numerous other...
Dates: 1917 November 27 - 1918 July 14