The 52nd General Hospital Collection, 1917-2009

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Summary

Creator:
Various and unknown
Abstract:
This collection contains the papers of the World War II 52nd General Hospital, which was affiliated with Syracuse University College of Medicine and stationed at Camp Livingston, Louisiana and Kidderminster, England. The collection has five series: Photographs, Audio-Visual Materials, Memorabilia, Printed Materials, and Subject Files.
Extent:
5.33 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials are in English .
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

The 52nd General Hospital Collection, Archives and Special Collections in the Health Sciences Library, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the papers of the World War II 52nd General Hospital, which was affiliated with Syracuse University College of Medicine and stationed at Camp Livingston, Louisiana and Kidderminster, England. There are five series in this collection.

Photographs: these materials include negatives and print photographs of the 52nd GH donated by various individuals. Almost every photograph has been digitized and can be viewed on the Archives and Special Collections METS database or on the New York Heritage and Digital Public Library of America websites.

Memorabilia: this series contains oversize certificate and poster memorabilia from the unit.

Printed Materials: these documents include printed materials about the unit, including newsletters, newspaper clippings, emails, transcriptions, and published maps and articles.

Subject Files: this series has various sub-series of individuals and events relating to the 52nd GH in a variety of formats, including photographs; writings, such as correspondence, notes, and diaries; ephemera that is loose and mounted in scrapbooks; audio-visual materials; and printed materials, such as publications, newsletters, photocopies of federal records, newspaper clippings, and extensive original documentation on the camp from Dr. Farr.

Audio-Visual Materials: these materials include various audio-visual materials from the 52nd GH, including CD, VHS, DVD, cassette, 78rpm vinyl, and 16mm film recordings.

Biographical / historical:

52nd GH

In 1922, the Syracuse University College of Medicine was authorized to organize and staff the 52nd General Hospital. It was organized in 1941 during World War II and called to active duty on September 1st, 1942 for basic training at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. The unit was then briefly transferred to Camp Kilmer near Brunswick, New Jersey before embarking on January 2nd, 1943 on the Queen Elizabeth with 18,000 troops. On January 8th, it disembarked at Grenoch and was taken by train to Taunton, England. It remained at Camp Norton until March 1st, when they were transferred to the permanent hospital at Wolverley, near Kidderminster, England. The unit treated casualties from the D-Day invasions and the Battle of the Bulge and was most active during its last year and a half before its dissolution on June 14th, 1945.

Acquisition information:
Various and unknown. Also see call numbers 1997.0003, 1997.0004, 2002.0003, 2008.0003, 2008.0004, 2009.0002, and 2011.0002.
Arrangement:

The 52nd General Hospital Collection has been arranged into five series.

Access and use

Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions on this material.

Terms of access:

Written permission must be obtained from the Archives and Special Collections of the SUNY Upstate Health Sciences Library and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

The 52nd General Hospital Collection, Archives and Special Collections in the Health Sciences Library, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Location of this collection:
766 Irving Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13210, United States
Link to repository site
Contact:
history@upstate.edu