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Description

Named after Major Walter Reed, the Army surgeon who discovered the cause of yellow fever, the Walter Reed General Hospital opened in 1909. After the Army Medical School, Army Dental School, Army School of Nursing, and other training facilities were established near the hospital, the campus became the Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., in 1923. In 1951, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Walter Reed, the center became the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC). The Army acquired the Forest Glen Annex in Maryland in 1942 for use as a convalescent center for World War II patients. The original Forest Glen buildings were built for the National Park Seminary, a women’s school (later National Park College). The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, with the National Museum of Health and Medicine, are located at the Center. The Army Medical School is now the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and moved to Forest Glen in 1999.

The collection contains files transferred from the WRAMC Public Affairs Office in 1990 as well as other items collected by Otis Archives. The Public Affairs Office files are in a series under "PAO file," followed by the original label, and contain photographs, press releases, clippings, and other materials (Boxes 3 and 4). Other items include a photocopy of "Borden's Dream," an unpublished manuscript on the history of WRAMC (referring to MAJ William C. Borden, who advocated the establishment of the center); brochures and publications; press releases; photographs (grouped by subject, in Boxes 5-9 and 12); and copies of Stripe (originally Service Stripe), the WRAMC staff newspaper (Boxes 15-19). Contact the Stripe's editorial office for pre-1990 editions. The collection also contains the Army School of Nursing’s annuals (yearbooks) for 1921, 1923, 1925-1927, 1929-1931. There is also a small amount of correspondence, reports, and speeches.

Box 1
American Red Cross Volunteer Program
Army community service packet
Army/DOD regulations, 1986-1987, nd
Army School of Nursing Circular of Information, ca. 1918
Army School of Nursing 25th Anniversary Alumnae Journal, 1946
Arts and Crafts Center
Borden Institute
"Borden’s Dream," part 1, sections 1 & 2 (2 folders)

Box 2
"Borden’s Dream," part 1, section 3
BRAC- articles, integration plans, recommendations
Brochures
Bruegge (Commanding General) curriculum vitae
Centennial celebration programs and brochures
Chemotherapy Guide Book
Clinical Investigator's Guide, 1992
Command Performance Summary, 1986
Commanders
Community relations slide set
Correspondence/memoranda, 1956-1986
Correspondence/memoranda, 1989, 2005
Correspondence re: new hospital opening, 1977
Defense and Veterans Head Injury Program
Deployment Health Clinical Center
Education division publications
Electronic medical records
Emergency Management Plan

Box 3
Events – Speeches, Ceremonies, Changes of Command
Fisher House
Fitness Center
Historical material on Walter Reed, WRAMC, and AFIP
Influenza: FAQs (H1N1, swine)
Integration, Office of (Newsletter)
Military Advanced Training Center
Mologne House brochure, 1997, 2007
Multi-Year Affirmative Action Program Plan, 1982-1986, pp 1-259
Multi-Year Affirmative Action Program Plan, 1982-1986, pp 260-539
National Capital Consortium – Graduation and Awards Ceremony, 2005
National Park Seminary, Enchanted Forest Glen book, 1999
National Park Seminary/Forest Glen material
National Park Seminary Site Preservation Feasibility Study, 1973
Nurses/Nursing
Occupational Health Clinic publications
Orthopedic Surgery Department
PAO files:

• AIDS