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 Finding Aid: Gwen J Braile Collection Item Number: 24810000000

Association Collection (Minh Quy Hospital)
Location: Museum Objects D226.4; Photograph Collection; 102.4F; D103.2 (Oversize)


Scope & Content:

  • Approximately half a linear foot of material related to Minh Quy Hospital donated by Gwen Braile. The collection contains news clippings about the fall of Saigon and the return of some Minh Quy Hospital staff to the United States. There is also a letter and typed journals from Peggy Braile and a letter from George "Humphrey" Christian. There is a copy of Dr. Pat Smith's August - September 1974 Newsletter and a copy of an article about nurses at the Minh Quy Hospital. The collection also contains several photographs of the hospital staff and visitors and a chess set made by Dr. George Christian while imprisoned in Kontum. The majority of the materials date from 1974 to 1975.

Access Level:

  • Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

LocationBoxFolderContents
102.4F11
Letter from George (Humphrey)
Photocopy of letter dated March 30, 1975 sent from Peggy Braile to the doner (original in Restricted Access)
Article from 'Nursing' newsletter titled 'Yin' July 1974
Journal, including introduction and summary, kept by Dr. Braile while serving several tours in Vietnam at Minh Quy Hospital
Excerpts from letters sent by Peggy Braile to family back home
D103.2 (Oversize)11
Newspaper Clipings

Separated Materials:

Photographs:Four black and white photos of patients of Minh Quy Hospital.
 VA063888 - VA063891.
 VA067368-VA067372.
Museum Objects:2481museum4186 Chess set made out of wood pieces D226.4.
Newsletters:Dr. Pat Smith's Newsletter August-September 1974.

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