1 - 1 Adams, Lester - Correspondence
Date span: 06/01/1918 - 03/31/1919
Description: 3 carbon TLS memos from Lester Adams to the Surgeon
General of the U.S. Army (William Crawford Gorgas), with 1 ALS memo and 1
ALS telegram from Adams to the Quartermaster, all regarding official
business, mostly concerning Adams' health at bases in Fort Benjamin
Harrison, IN; New Haven, CT; and Camp Upton, NY.
1 - 2 Adams Family - Correspondence
Date span: 11/15/1917 - 08/30/1919
Description: 2 telegrams from Margaret Adams to Lester Adams and 1
telegram(?) from Charles H. Adams to Lester Adams, all regarding travel
arrangements.
1 - 3 Dalton, Albert Clayton - Correspondence
(11/27/1917?)
Description: 1 telegram from Colonel Albert Clayton Dalton to Lester
Adams in Bangor, Maine regarding Adams' transportation from Hoboken, New
Jersey to the Panama Canal Zone.
1 - 4 Gorgas, William Crawford - Correspondence
7/27/(1917?)
Description: 1 telegram from William Crawford Gorgas to Lester Adams
in Bangor, Maine regarding Adams' future assignment at Fort Benjamin
Harrison, IN. Reference to Gen. Henry Pinckney McCain.
1 - 5 McCain, Gen. Henry Pinckney - Correspondence
Date span: 11/26/1917 - 08/01/1918
Description: 1 Western Union Telegram, 1 typed and 2 handwritten
telegrams, all from Gen. Henry Pinckney McCain to Lester Adams regarding
orders and transportation for Adams to be relocated to and from the Panama
Canal Zone; Camp Upton, NY; Bangor, ME; and Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN.
Also includes 3 printed orders from McCain and Peyton C. March, serving as
official permissions for Adams to travel and relocate to and from the Panama
Canal Zone; Camp Upton, NY; New Haven, CT; and elsewhere.
1 - 6 Watt, Richard Morgan - Correspondence
11/27/(1917?)
Description: 1 telegram from Richard Morgan Watt to Lester Adams in
Bangor, ME, regarding Adams transportation to the Panama Canal Zone.
1 - 7 Military Correspondence
Date span: 05/24/1917 - 09/16/1919
Description: Miscellaneous official correspondence between Lester
Adams and various military officials, mostly involving Adams' induction,
transfers and discharge from the Medical Reserve Corps in Maine, Connecticut
and the Panama Canal Zone.
1 - 8 Military Orders, Permissions, etc.
Date span: 08/06/1917 - 07/31/1919
Description: Miscellaneous official permissions and orders between
Lester Adams and various military officials, mostly relating to Adams'
induction, transfer and release from the Medical Reserve Corps in Maine,
Connecticut, the Panama Canal Zone and elsewhere.
1 - 9 Reports
Date span: 03/01/1918 - 04/13/1918
Description: Miscellaneous official military medical reports, some
by Lester Adams, most by unknown individuals. Includes 1 "Report of
Sick and Wounded at Corozal, Canal Zone, March 1918" by Adams, and 1 4
page AMs report about a medical and exploratory mission across Panama in
April, 1918. The remainder of the material is virtually all lists of
supplies or procedures.
1 - 10 Personal Medical & Insurance Records
Date span: 08/10/1917 - [08/05/1918]?
Description: 1 ALS from Dr. F. Morris to Lester Adams informing
Adams that he had been exposed to tuberculosis and should report to a
hospital, 1 filled out insurance application belonging to Adams, and 1
optical prescription belonging to Adams.
1 - 11 Receipts - Military
Date span: 01/03/1917 - 09/13/1919
Description: Miscellaneous receipts collected by Lester Adams during
his service in the Medical Reserve Corps, mostly regarding supplies, mostly
from Corozal, Panama Canal Zone.
1 - 12 Receipts - Canal Zone
Date span: 12/12/1917 - 10/15/1918
Description: Miscellaneous receipts collected by Lester Adams in the
Canal Zone, relating mostly to personal business.
1 - 13 Receipts - General U.S.
Date span: 08/07/1917 - 06/06/1918
Description: Miscellaneous receipts collected by Lester Adams,
mostly for personal business, mostly in Bangor, Maine.
1 - 14 Ephemera - Canal Zone
March - June 1918
Description: 2 passes for the Panama Rail Road Company for Lester
Adams and 2 passes to the Commissary Bookstore in the Canal Zone.
1 - 15 Ephemera - General U.S.
Date span: 06/20/1916 - 08/28/1919
Description: Miscellaneous ephemera collected by Lester Adams in the
U.S., including 1 printed letter from the Knights Templar of Bangor, Maine;
1 program from a 1917 meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons; the
Constitution of the Association of the Class of 1907 of the U.S. Naval
Academy; a membership card for Adams' wife for the YWCA of New York City;
clippings from military papers mentioning Adams; and a few passes into clubs
and hospitals in the U.S.
1 - 16 Forms - War Department
Date span: [01/01/1916]? - 02/01/1919
Description: Miscellaneous blank forms used by the U.S. War
Department during World War I, none specifically relating to the Canal Zone.
1 - 17 Notes
(1916-19?)
Description: Handwritten notes, presumably by Lester Adams, mostly
consisting of numbers and lists. Includes what may be notes relating to the
AMs in a previous folder regarding an exploratory march through Panama in
April 1918.
1 - 18 Photographs
(1916-19?)
Description: 8 photographs of military units marching or posed for
group photo, probably all taken either in New Haven, CT or Bangor, Maine and
probably including Lester Adams among the groups.
1 - 19 Photographs
(1916-19?)
Description: 32 small photographs of scenes from the Panama Canal
Zone taken of or by Lester Adams during his service there in World War I.
Includes scenes of buildings, the canal and boats, a bull fight and Lester
Adams and his wife Margaret.
INDEX
ADAMS, CHARLES H. - CORRESP. 1 - 2
ADAMS, LESTER - CLIPPINGS 1 - 15
ADAMS, LESTER - CORRESP. 1 - 1
ADAMS, LESTER - CORRESP. 1 - 2
ADAMS, LESTER - CORRESP. 1 - 3
ADAMS, LESTER - CORRESP. 1 - 4
ADAMS, LESTER - CORRESP. 1 - 5
ADAMS, LESTER - CORRESP. 1 - 6
ADAMS, LESTER - CORRESP. 1 - 7
ADAMS, LESTER - CORRESP. 1 - 8
ADAMS, LESTER - EPHEMERA 1 15
ADAMS, LESTER - NOTES 1 - 17
ADAMS, LESTER - PERSONAL RECORDS 1 - 10
ADAMS, LESTER - PHOTOGRAPHS 1 - 18
ADAMS, LESTER - PHOTOGRAPHS 1 - 19
ADAMS, LESTER - RECEIPTS 1 - 11
ADAMS, LESTER - RECEIPTS 1 - 12
ADAMS, LESTER - RECEIPTS 1 - 13
ADAMS, MARGARET - CORRESP. 1 - 2
ADAMS, MARGARET - PHOTOGRAPHS 1 - 19
ASSOCIATION OF MILITARY SURGEONS - EPHEMERA 1 - 15
ASSOCIATION OF THE CLASS OF 1907, U.S. NAVAL ACAD. - EPHEMERA 1 - 15
BANGOR, ME. - WORLD WAR I - CORRESP. RE 1 - 5
CAMP UPTON, NY - WORLD WAR I - CORRESP. RE 1 - 5
COROZAL, CANAL ZONE - WORLD WAR I - MILITARY RECEIPTS 1 - 11
DALTON, ALBERT CLAYTON - TELEGRAM 1 - 3
FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON, IN - WORLD WAR I - CORRESP. RE 1 - 4
FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON, IN - WORLD WAR I - CORRESP. RE 1 - 5
GORGAS, WILLIAM CRAWFORD - CORRESP. FROM 1 - 4
GORGAS, WILLIAM CRAWFORD - CORRESP. TO 1 - 1
HAMILTON, W. W. - CORRESP. 1 - 7
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, BANGOR, ME. (1916) - EPHEMERA 1 - 15
MARCH, PEYTON C. - CORRESP. 1 - 5
MCCAIN, HENRY PINCKNEY - CORRESP. 1 - 5
NAVAL ACADEMY (1907) - EPHEMERA 1 - 15
NOBLE, ROBERT E. - CORRESP. 1 - 7
PANAMA CANAL - WORLD WAR I - PHOTOGRAPHS 1 - 19
PANAMA CANAL ZONE - COMMISSARY BOOK STORE - PASSES 1 - 14
PANAMA CANAL ZONE - WORLD WAR I - CORRESP. RE 1 - 3
PANAMA CANAL ZONE - WORLD WAR I - CORRESP. RE 1 - 5
PANAMA CANAL ZONE - WORLD WAR I - CORRESP. RE 1 - 6
PANAMA CANAL ZONE - WORLD WAR I - MEDICAL REPORTS 1 - 9
PANAMA CANAL ZONE - WORLD WAR I - MILITARY RECEIPTS 1 - 11
PANAMA CANAL ZONE - WORLD WAR I - PHOTOGRAPHS 1 - 18
PANAMA CANAL ZONE - WORLD WAR I - PHOTOGRAPHS 1 - 19
PANAMA CANAL ZONE - WORLD WAR I - RECEIPTS 1 - 12
PANAMA RAIL ROAD COMPANY - PASSES 1 - 14
WATT, RICHARD MORGAN - CORRESP. 1 - 6
WORLD WAR I - MILITARY CORRESP. 1 - 1
WORLD WAR I - MILITARY CORRESP. 1 - 3
WORLD WAR I - MILITARY CORRESP. 1 - 4
WORLD WAR I - MILITARY FORMS (BLANK) 1 - 16
WORLD WAR I - PANAMA CANAL ZONE (?) - PHOTOGRAPHS 1 - 18
WORLD WAR I - PANAMA CANAL ZONE - CORRESP. RE 1 - 5
WORLD WAR I - PANAMA CANAL ZONE - CORRESP. RE 1 - 6
WORLD WAR I - PANAMA CANAL ZONE - CORRESP. RE 1 - 7
WORLD WAR I - PANAMA CANAL ZONE - CORRESP. RE 1 - 8
WORLD WAR I - PANAMA CANAL ZONE - MEDICAL REPORTS 1 - 9
WORLD WAR I - PANAMA CANAL ZONE - MILITARY RECEIPTS 1 - 11
WORLD WAR I - PANAMA CANAL ZONE - PERSONAL RECORDS 1 - 10
WORLD WAR I - PANAMA CANAL ZONE - PHOTOGRAPHS 1 - 19
WORLD WAR I - PANAMA CANAL ZONE - RECEIPTS 1 - 12
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (1919) - EPHEMERA 1 - 15
YWCA (1919) - EPHEMERA 1 - 15