Repository: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center / Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Hospitals / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1947">1947</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Repository University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Hospitals Year 1947

Extent:: 4.75 cubic feet
Abstract:: Ann "Nancy" Ingersoll Townsend Simpson (1915-2012) worked for the American Red Cross Military Welfare Service during World War II where she served primarily as a secretary in the China Burma India (CBI) Theater with the 20th General Hospital in India and later the 95th Station Hospital in China. After the war she was a secretary at the American Embassy in Nanking, China. The Ann Ingersoll Townsend Simpson papers document Nancy Simpson's experiences with the American Red Cross Military Welfare Service during World War II in the China Burma India Theater, and later as a secretary for the United States Embassy in Nanking, China from 1946 to 1948.

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Extent:: 189 cubic feet
Abstract:: I. S. Ravdin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1918, and would spend the next fifty plus years of his career associated with Penn. During that period he rose to the posts of the John Rhea Barton Professor of Surgery, Director of the Harrison Department of Surgical Research, and Chief of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. During World War II Ravdin was Commander of the 20th General Hospital. The Papers of I. S. Ravdin reflect the entire range of his personal and professional interest, including his work as a surgeon, hospital administrator, military career, and private practice.

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Extent:: 0.5 cubic feet
Abstract:: In 1940 the United States Surgeon-General called upon the University of Pennsylvania to organize an overseas military hospital along the lines of the successful civilian Base Hospital No. 20 organized by the University in France during World War I. As a result, a Penn medical faculty committee organized the 20th General Hospital, a World War II medical facility which would operate in the Assam jungle region of northeast India on a scale and duration even greater than Penn's earlier wartime medical achievement in France. These records focus on the activities and medical research of the 20th General Hospital from the time of its deployment to Camp Claiborne in May of 1942 until the unit's disbandment at the end of World War II.

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Extent:: 41 cubic feet
Abstract:: Harold Scheie was a noted ophthalmologist at the University of Pennsylvania. The Harold Glendon Scheie Papers mainly document the professional contributions and achievements of Dr. Scheie in the field of Ophthalmology. There is a small group of personal papers, but these papers, in large part, still reflect in some way upon his devotion to his profession.

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Extent:: 24 cubic feet
Abstract:: Richard Bunker Singer graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1939, served as a United States Navy flight surgeon in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and in 1952 accepted a position in life insurance underwriting at New England Mutual Life Insurance Company in Boston, MA. The Richard Bunker Singer Papers document the family life and professional career of Dr. Singer. The collection has been organized into six series: Correspondence, Personal, Professional, Works By, Photographs, and Awards.

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