Series 3: Publications and Speeches, 1941-1981

Series III includes publications produced by the Ninth General Hospital and New York Hospital as well as a speech presented by Dr. Heuer regarding the unit. Box 4, the first box of the series, contains a running publication of New York Times headlines entitled “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” which was sent to the members of the Ninth General Hospital while abroad. Along with the headlines are a variety of publications written and printed by Ninth General personnel while on active duty, histories of the Ninth General Hospital written after the unit’s dissolution and the questionnaires sent out to former members to gather information, and a speech by Dr. Heuer regarding the unit. Box 4 also contains newspaper clippings referring to the Ninth General Hospital and military operations in the South Pacific.

Box 5, the second box of the series, is composed of Ninth General Hospital newsletters published by New York Hospital after the dissolution of the unit and distributed to former members as a means of staying in contact. These newsletters include updates of births, deaths, marriages, engagements and other items of interest. In order to accumulate this information, questionnaires were sent to former members of the unit. Several folders of questionnaires are located in Box 5 of the collection.

Box 4 contains publications printed by or about the Ninth General Hospital, while Box 5 contains the unit’s post-war newsletters and questionnaires.