The Everett Powers Collection, held at the Powers Museum in Carthage, Missouri, contains a series of letters written by Dr. Powers to his wife, Marian Powers, while he was stationed at Camp Dodge, Iowa in 1918. Dr. Powers was born on June 2, 1869 in Labaddie, Mo. After receiving his medical degree from various institutions, Dr. Powers established an ear, eye, nose and throat specialty practice in Carthage in 1902. Dr. Powers was inducted into service at Carthage in August of 1918. He served as a captain and physician in the U.S. Army Medical Corps at Camp Dodge where he witnessed and wrote about the influenza outbreak at the camp.
Collection Contributed by the Powers Museum
