Dr. Thaddeus M. Moseley journal

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 00.0237

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

These papers primarily consist of the 92 page handwritten WWII European Campaign U.S. Army surgeon's journal of Dr. Thaddeus M. Moseley who served with the 4th Auxiliary Surgical Group. The journal details each surgical case attended to, including patient name, date of injury, and rank. Each case includes details about the type of injury, methods of treatment and various medications used. Moseley includes information regarding the movement of his unit and assignment to various hospitals throughout Europe. While the majority of cases Moseley attended to were U.S. Army casualties, there are entries that include German prisoners-of-war, several civilians, and a British soldier. Also included with these papers are a headnote with annotations about Dr. Thaddeus M. Moseley, as well as transcriptions of the journal entries.

Dates

created: 1944-1945
Other: Date acquired: 03/01/2000

Creator

Moseley, Thaddeus M. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical or Historical Information

Thaddeus Mortimer Moseley was born on January 1, 1919 in West Point, Mississippi. Little is known about his life prior to starting college at the age of 18. Moseley began his higher education at the University of Mississippi in 1936 and graduated in 1939. Later that year, he began medical school at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. His surgical residency was suspended by the United States’ involvement in World War II, in which Moseley entered the service as a physician in 1943. Moseley arrived on Utah Beach in Normandy, France on August 28, 1944 as a member of the 4th Auxiliary Surgical Group. Following the conclusion of World War II, Moseley returned to Vanderbilt University to complete his residency, finishing in 1949. He then began post-residency work at the Medical College of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University. In 1950 Moseley moved to Jacksonville, Florida where he opened his practice at Riverside Hospital and Clinic. Moseley began teaching at the Duval Medical Center, which is now known as UF Health Jacksonville, an affiliate of the University of Florida Medical School. He promoted the establishment of a full-time teaching faculty at Duval Medical Center, and was key in developing its affiliation with the University of Florida in 1985. Moseley passed away from cancer on July 29, 2002.