Barrow Unit records

Abstract

The Barrow Unit records (dated 1918-1941, undated; 0.42 cubic feet; 2 boxes) comprises correspondence, printed articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, and official orders and rosters, documenting the volunteer military medical unit known as the Barrow Unit, which provided medical services in England to personnel of the U.S. Army during World War I.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Barrow Unit records
Date
1918-1941, undated (inclusive)
Extent
0.42 Cubic Feet
Subjects
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical and sanitary affairs.
Military hospitals.
United States -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
Arrangement
Collection is arranged by format.
Finding Aid Author
Sarah K. Piester
Preferred Citation
63m201: [identification of item], Barrow Unit records, 1918-1941, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Biography / History
The Barrow Unit, named for its founder, Dr. David Barrow of Lexington, Kentucky, was a unique volunteer medical organization, comprised largely of central Kentuckians. The unit provided medical services in England to personnel of the U.S. Army during World War I. Members included David Barrow, William Reddish, Waller O. Bullock, Charles Garr, and Louis Haggin.
Scope and Content
The Barrow Unit records (dated 1918-1941, undated; 0.42 cubic feet; 2 boxes) comprises correspondence, scrapbook, printed articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, and official orders and rosters, documenting the volunteer military medical unit known as the Barrow Unit, which provided medical services in England to personnel of the U.S. Army during World War I. The photographs, scrapbook, and correspondence relates to the Barrow Unit's activities during World War I in England. The Barrow Unit Association records document the Unit's reunions and post war activities. The collection additionally contains two histories of the unit. One contains the names and military background of the unit's members.

Restrictions on Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Use Restrictions
The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.

Contents of the Collection

Records, 1918-1941, undated

Barrow Unit history, 1918 December 31

  • Box 1, folder 1
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Barrow Unit "Report Clinical Data on Surgical Cases", circa 1918

  • Box 1, folder 2
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David Barrow correspondence and orders, 1919

  • Box 1, folder 3
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William O. Reddish letters to Kate Reddish, 1919

  • Box 1, folder 4
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Barrow Unit Association records, 1933-1940, undated

  • Box 1, folder 5
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Edward E. Potts American Legion material, 1941

  • Box 1, folder 6
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Scrapbook, 1918-1939

  • Box 2, volume 1, item 1-14
Scope and Contents

The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, and military paperwork regarding David Barrow and the Barrow Unit. The scrapbook includes photographs number 1-14, which depict the following: Edward E. Potts, Page 2; John J. Pershing, Page 13; Base Hospital 204, Ward 2-A, patients and hospital staff, Page 13; Edward E. Potts, Page 13; Hetley Hostpital, exterior, Page 14; Unidentified house and driveway, Page 37; Unidentifed road, Page 37; Military encampment with tents, Page 38; Unidentified garden, Page 38; Greenhouse, interior, Page 39; Military members constructing building enclosure, page 39; Landscape with buildings in distance, Page 40; Landscape with lake in distance, Page 40; Military members constructing tower, page 41.

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Photographs, 1918-1919, undated

Photograph album, circa 1918-1919

Ship, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 15-16
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Unidentified house, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 17-18
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American Red Cross group photo, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 19
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Military group photo, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 20
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Military encampment with tents, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 21
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Two men standing in front of an American Red Cross vehicle, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 22
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Military members sitting and standing, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 23
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Man standing in front of American Red Cross ambulance U.S.79879.X, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 24
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Unidentified woods, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 25
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Pathway in garden, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 26
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Yard at unidentifed house, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 27
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House on a pond with a boat, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 28
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Field with houses in the background, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 29
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Sunset on the horizon, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 30
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Man leaned on a fence in front of a house, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 31
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Two men walking in front of a large house, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 32
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Two unidentified women with unidentified man, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 33
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Military hospital, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 34
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Military doctor, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 35
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Military hospital, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 36
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Group photo; nurses and military members, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 37
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Military hospital, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 38
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Group photo of men and women standing in front of a house, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 39-41
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Performing surgery in a military hospital; left to right, Miss Hatefield (Margaret), Dr. W.O. Bullock, Sgt. Frank Rodes, Lillie Davis (Marks), Dr. W.D. Reddish, and Sgt. Edgar McDougal, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 42
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Performing surgery in a military hospital; left to right, Sgt. Edgar McDougal, Miss Hatefield (Margaret), Lillie Davis (Marks), Dr. W.D. Reddish, Sgt. Frank Rodes, and Dr. W.O. Bullock, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 43
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Group photo, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 44
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Performing surgery in military hospital, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 45-46
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Two military men holding onto a military nurse, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 47
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Military group photo, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 48
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Group photo, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 49
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Unidentified woman, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 50
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Group photo, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 51
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Unidentified man sitting in chair reading a newspaper, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 52
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Group of men sitting at a large table, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 53
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Two women standing outside of house, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 54
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Soldier leaning against a ledge, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 55
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Photo of man with handwritten note, "Yours til Niagara Falls 'Mic'", undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 56
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Shoreline with naval ships in the sea in background, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 57
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Group photo, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 58
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Two soldiers, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 59
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Unidentified military man, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 60
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Unidentified man taking a photo, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 61
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Unidentified military man, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 62-63
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Military nurse, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 64
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Two military nurses and a soldier, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 65
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Three women, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 66
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Three military nurses, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 67
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Unidentified man, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 68
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Military nurses group photo, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 69
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Unidentified military man standing in front of bike, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 70
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Unidentified building, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 71
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Man and woman, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 72
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Nurse posing, three nurses and two soldiers in background, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 73
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Unidentified man, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 74
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Unidentified woman, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 75
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Three soldiers, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 76
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Group photo, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 77
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Two men, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 78
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Unidentified woman, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 79
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Unidentified building, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 80-83
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Woods, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 84
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Unidentified woman, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 85-86
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Unidentified house, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 87
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Men in military hospital, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 88
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Exterior of unidentified house, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 89
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Three unidentified men, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 90
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Three unidentified people, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 91
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Exterior of unidentified building, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 92
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Ship UB127, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 93
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Submarines, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 94
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Ship at the pier, undated

  • Box 2, volume 2, item 95
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R.M.S. Aquitania, Screw, 74,000 tons, length 901 feet, breadth 97 feet, depth 92 1/2 feet, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 96
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Colonel Daniel Barron, Major Granille Haner, Colonel Leonard Hughes, Major Julian McClymonds, and Major Maller (?), undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 97
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Garden al-Sausbug Council Hauts. England, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 98
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Hype Cottage, a typical English farm house, postcard, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 99
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Union Castle Line R.M.S. "Carisbrook Castle", postcard, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 100
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Princess Gardens and Vane Hill, Torquay, postcard, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 101
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Torquay from Vane Hill, postcard, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 102
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Two unidentified men, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 103-104
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Group photo, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 105-106
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Man sitting in front of sign, "Special Cock Tail", undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 107
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Hill with unidentified building, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 108
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Stonehenge, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 109-110
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Big Hugh Howard at Stonehenge, Thursday, November 14th, 1918. Trip made from Hursley Park by wheel to Salisbury, 23 miles and from there to Stonehenge, 10 miles by taxi, 1918 November 14

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 111
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Stonehenge, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 112-114
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Soldiers, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 115-116
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Harry G. Stucky, Garey S. Shipley, and W. Marshall Dale in Jours, France on Sunday, 1919 June 8

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 117
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Swans, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 118
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Unidentified soldier, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 119
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Unidentified man, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 120
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Group photo, military members, undated

  • Box 1, folder 7, item 121
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