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Finding Aid to the Harold Wellington Jones Papers, 1878-1958
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Series I: Biographical Material, 1878-1941 Series II: Correspondence, 1938-1958 |
Biographical/Historical NoteHarold Wellington Jones (1877-1958) was born in Cambridge, Mass. He attended M.I.T. and received his M.D. degree from Harvard in 1901. He graduated from Army Medical School in 1906. He served with Pershing in Mexico (1914-16), where he organized the army’s first motor ambulance company. During World War I Jones helped develop motor ambulances and commanded the Beau Desert base hospital in France. A surgeon, Jones served at Staten Island, Fort Stotsenburg in the Philippines, Fort Leavenworth and Fort Sam Houston during the 15 years after the war. He commanded Tripler General Hospital in Hawaii from 1933 until 1936, when he assumed charge of the Army Medical Library. During his nine-year tenure at the Library he helped pass legislation authorizing construction of a new Army Medical Library and Museum building (1938), presided over the 10th International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy (1939) and served as president of the Medical Library Association (1941-42). Return to the Table of Contents Collection SummaryArmy orders, photos, genealogical data, certificates, diplomas, documents, clippings, and some correspondence. Includes his scrapbook from the 10th International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy (for which he was Secretary-General), some information about the U.S. Army Medicine Library, letters and memoranda related to Edgar Erskine Hume, copies of articles published and unpublished, speeches delivered, and miscellaneous materials. Correspondents include Sir. Aldo Castellani, Harvey Cushing, Cordell Hull, Jefferson R. Kean, Warren Kelchner, Arnold C. Klebs, Archibald MacLeish, Charles R. Reynolds, Sir. Humphrey D. Rolleston, Henry R. Viets, and C.E.-A. Winslow. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsRestrictionsCollection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov. CopyrightCopyright was transferred to the public domain. Contact the Reference Staff for details regarding rights. For online customer service, please visit custserv@nlm.nih.gov. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationJones, Harold Wellington. Harold Wellington Jones Papers. 1878-1958. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 8. Return to the Table of Contents Series Descriptions
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Last reviewed: 02 November 2006
Last updated: 02 November 2006
First published: 23 June 2004
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