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Evart A. Tinker 46th General Hospital scrapbooks, Collection Number 2000-005, Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives
The original photographs in the collection were arranged in three handmade cardboard scrapbooks bound with shoelaces. They were divided by location and by date: Scrapbook [1] North Africa, 1943-1944, (17 pages, 140 photographs); Scrapbook [2] Besancon, France, 1943-1944-1945, (29 pages, 218 photographs); and Scrapbook [3] during the Mediterranean Voyage, in Southern France, during a train trip to Besancon, at Besancon, in Paris, trips to small towns, the Swiss border and the trip back home to the States, 1943-1944-1945. The photographs show the hospital facilities, staff, and activities of the hospital staff. Of special interest are the photographs of landscapes, homes, and people in daily activities in each locale. There are also photographs of German, French, Russian, and Arab soldiers, patients, and prisoners of war.
The photographs were taken, developed, and collected by Evart A. Tinker and subsequently transferred to the OHSU Library. No further details are known at this time. The collection was accessioned and processed by the OHSU Special Collections staff in August 2000.
Technical Sergeant Evart A. Tinker was a member of the 46th General Hospital. He worked in the GU unit caring for urology cases during World War II. Because he was male, he was a noncommissioned enlisted soldier and not an enlisted nurse. He was born 1899 March 14. He died in February of 1987.