This collection consists of the papers of Jefferson H. Clark, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania physician, who was a field surgeon in France during World War I, and of the research papers of his daughter Mary Clark Shade (1928-2009), who was working on a book documenting her father's WWI duty.
Jefferson H. Clark's papers include diaries, an officer's record book, correspondence, military orders and records, maps (one of which is labeled 'trench map'), photographs, dictionary, his helmet and embroidered ditty bag, a ration tin, and a surgical kit. Clark's papers have been digitized. The link to each folder's digital object can be found at the folder level within the container inventory.
Mary Clark Shade's research papers include notes, photographs, postcards, photocopies of articles, and related material.
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Purchase.
This collection is arranged into two series: Series 1: Jefferson H. Clark; and Series 2: Mary Clark Shade Book Research.
Seller obtained collection from Mary Clark Shade's husband, Jefferson H. Clark's son-in-law.
This collection was originally Mss. Acc. 2009.191.
Accessioned and minimally processed by SCRC staff in May 2009.
Arranged and described by Susan Gilliam, SCRC staff, in September-October 2009, and Jeffrey Flanagan, SCRC staff, in February-March 2010.
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
This series encompasses Jefferson H. Clark's service as a field surgeon in France during WWI. Included are his personal papers, including his orders, commission papers, personal reports, and letters, issues of the French language newspaper from 1916-1918, maps of France and Belgium, and photographs taken by Clark. His personal papers include copies of general and specific orders, commission papers, personal reports, letters, pay vouchers, American Express correspondence, shipment records, and medical records. Clark's diary is a nearly daily record of his actions, including movements throughout the European theater and the prescriptions and treatments applied to his patients.
Xeroxed copies of the original diary.
This series encompasses the research materials and notes gathered by Mary Clark Shade, daughter of Jefferson H. Clark, in her attempts to produce a book documenting her father's service as a field surgeon in World War I. The photographs were procured from the Imperial War Museum in London or taken by Shade. The index cards contain notes and quotations for her book on her father's service during WWI.
Brochures, maps, clippings, and notes gathered by Mary Clark Shade in various European locations, including the Imperial War Museum in London.
Hand-drawn maps (seemingly copied from various books), research notes, and clippings from publications.