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William Estes, Jr. was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Moravian Parochial School, Lehigh University (1905), Johns Hopkins Medical School (1909), and was a resident in surgery at the Mayo Clinic (1909-1912). Estes served as an Army surgeon in France (1918-1919); was a respected surgeon in Bethlehem, and was the chief surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital from 1929-1950. He was also President of the State Medical Society, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Association of the Surgery of Trauma. Estes was a leader in community activities. He was President of the Bach Choir from 1942-1961, an active Episcopal churchman, and an avid fisherman. 7r, 12v, 13r, and 168r were not imaged. 30r, 30v, 31r, 31v seem to have been torn out from the diary.
Citation
@unpublished{estes1918,
title = {William L. Estes, Jr. Diaries of Army Service in France, Volume 1},
author = {Estes, William},
year = {1918},
month = jul,
url = {https://archivesspace.lib.lehigh.edu/repositories/3/resources/330},
abstract = {William Estes, Jr. was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Moravian Parochial School, Lehigh University (1905), Johns Hopkins Medical School (1909), and was a resident in surgery at the Mayo Clinic (1909-1912). Estes served as an Army surgeon in France (1918-1919); was a respected surgeon in Bethlehem, and was the chief surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital from 1929-1950. He was also President of the State Medical Society, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Association of the Surgery of Trauma. Estes was a leader in community activities. He was President of the Bach Choir from 1942-1961, an active Episcopal churchman, and an avid fisherman. 7r, 12v, 13r, and 168r were not imaged. 30r, 30v, 31r, 31v seem to have been torn out from the diary.},
note = {400; SC MS 0014 William L. Estes, Jr. Papers, 1895-1971; 1; 1; 1},
language = {English},
}