Box 1

This accession includes photocopies of journals which detail Dr. Floyd's childhood in Alabama, as well as his induction into the US Marine Corps. His writings also detail his college days in Auburn and ROTC experience, his commission into the Army Reserves, his medical training at Tulane University, his medical internship, and his accounts of eye surgery in his later life.

This accession includes photocopies of journals which detail Dr. Floyd's childhood in Alabama, as well as his induction into the US Marine Corps. His writings also detail his college days in Auburn and ROTC experience, his commission into the Army Reserves, his medical training at Tulane University, his medical internship, and his accounts of eye surgery in his later life.

This accession includes photocopies of original writings that detail Dr. Floyd's life as a doctor, participant in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and as a US Army physician in the southeastern United States during the period of (approximately) 1925 to 1941. This account was written some years after the actual events by Dr. Floyd.