"History of the Medical Service", an essay about 46th General Hospital, United States Army in Besançon, France and related correspondence, 1945

This collection consists of Burns's historical writings and medical research, as well as correspondence and essays from colleagues. There is a copy of his work "History of the Medical Service" with related materials and an academic paper by Vinton D. Sneeden, M.D., entitled "Pancreatic Islet Changes in Human Malnutrition".

Burns's writing chronicles the preparation, logistics, training, and treatment of patients within the Army medical service. His work follows the 46th General Hospital from Portland, Oregon to Fort Riley in Kansas to Oran, Algeria and finally Besançon, France. It includes descriptions of the ailments they encountered, like trench foot, malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid, gonorrhea, and syphilis. He also writes about the mental health of soldiers.

The second work by Dr. Burns in this collection is entitled "History of the Oregon Neuropsychiatric Society". He wrote part 1, and part 2 was written by Robert S. Dow, M.D., Ph.D. The paper is an overview of the creation of the organization with descriptions of their early meetings beginning in 1938 and is a record of the topics that were discussed.