Verner Gaggin Letters

Location of collection:

College of William and Mary

Special Collections Research Center

Earl Gregg Swem Library

College of William and Mary

400 Landrum Drive

PO 8795

Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795

Contact for questions and access:

Email: spcoll@wm.edu

Phone: (757) 221-3090

Fax: (757) 221-5440

Web: swem.wm.edu/scrc

Summary

Extent:

0.05 Linear Foot

Creator:

Gaggin, Verner

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Contains letters written during World War I by Captain Verner Gaggin, a doctor who served at Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia, to his wife Nell in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Topics discussed include day-to-day hospital proceedings and the impact of the Influenza epidemic of 1918.

Biographical / historical:

Verner Gaggin was a doctor during World War I.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care