Association of Medical Officers of the Confederate Army and Navy Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
Contact for questions and access:
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (804) 828-1108
Fax: (804) 828-0151
Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Terms of access:

No photocopying.

Preferred citation:

Association of Medical Officers of the Confederate Army and Navy Records, 1873-1875, Acc. 122, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Collection context

Summary

Extent:
1 Volumes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Association of Medical Officers of the Confederate Army and Navy Records, 1873-1875, Acc. 122, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Background

Scope and content:

The records include one minute book with the 1873 call for an organizational meeting and minutes from the meetings in 1874 and 1875.

Biographical / historical:

The Association was organized in Atlanta, Georgia on 20 May 1874 as a result of a call published in 1873 from former Confederate Surgeon-General Samuel Preston Moore and a number of prominent physicians (former Confederates), including Hunter Holmes McGuire.

The object of the Assoication was "to cultivate friendly feelings among the members of the profession who served in the Medical Department of the Confederacy; and also to collect any material or information pertaining to the medical service of that army and navy." Virginia Medical Semi-monthlyv.7 no.1, April 1902

Acquisition information:
Donor unknown; found in TML basement collection in 1979.
Processing information:

Accessioned August 3, 1979.

Arrangement:

Chronological order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard