Medicine and Health

In March of 1940 the Surgeon General of the United States Army requested the reactivation of the 46th General Hospital. The unit was actived on July 15. The papers consist of memoranda, correspondance, reports, rosters and documents covering the years 1940-1942.

Dr. J. Guy Strohm was an early organizer of the 46th General Hospital and served in North Africa (Oran) and France (Besancon) as commanding officer of the hospital. Images in this collection are of soldiers, nurses, and hospital personnel under Strohm's command at the 46th General Hospital 46.

Irene and Hugh Currin served abroad together as nurse and doctor, respectively, with the 46th General Hospital from Portland during World War II in both North Africa and France. This collection contains military documentation, photographs, postcards, memoirs and obituary, diaries, World War II era ephemera from their tours, newspaper clippings, and letters detailing their story.

The collection consists of of stenographic records of lectures given by the officers of the 46th General Hospital at Fort Riley Kansas in fall 1942. Also present are newspaper articles with group pictures and names of staff, and photographic negatives of group pictures of staff collected by Don Devlin, who served as stenographer for the University of Oregon Medical School, 46th General Hospital.

These papers document the history of the 46th General Base Hospital during World War II. Composed of the materials from three nurses active in the Base Hospital, the collection contains manuscripts, newspaper clippings, photographs, and photocopies of letters, lists, and other materials with the bulk being photocopies.

Naida F. Hoffman Hurlburt served in the Nurse Army Corps during World War II in the 46th General Hospital. She was stationed in North Africa and Southern France and eanred the rank of 1st Lieutenant in 1945. This collection consists of items collected during her time abroad, as well as memorabilia, photographs and ephemera.

Dorothy Robinson Mann graduated from University of Oregon Medical School Department of Nursing in 1942 and served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps until 1945. This collection contains photographs taken during Mann’s service which provide insight into the life and training of a nurse at that time, as well as a selection of Army records and additional papers.

As a member of the 46th General Hospital, Cliff Morris collected a set of articles and photographs from unit training days in 1942, as well as unit rosters procured at reunions after the war.

The Oregon State Medical Society Records contains bulletins, letters, correspondence, newspaper articles, U.S. Post Office forwarding address cards, telegrams, and V-mail primarily relating to the publication of the Service Bulletin.

Robert Leon Rose served in the U.S. Army as a part of the 46th General Hospital during World War II. The Robert Leon Rose Papers document Robert's relationship with wife Borgny Christofferson Rose, R.N., containing transcribed letters passed between them while Robert was overseas during the war as well as a bound biography of the Rose's, edited by their granddaughter Karyl Groeneveld.