The Eugene Desch Collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, photographs and memorabilia of the Johns Hopkins unit Base Hospital No.18. The collection includes a history of the unit written by a committee in 1919. The collection is particularly strong in material related to the "Bazoilles 1917 Fighting Eighteen" Base Hospital 18 Johns Hopkins Unit reunions from 1952 to 1973 including their 50th reunion in 1967.