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Box 38

 Container

Contains 398 Results:

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Alton P. Tisdel,  August 29, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03824010
Scope and Contents

Hench requests that Tisdel send him a copy of a Congressional report.

Dates:  August 29, 1941

Letter from J.F. Rodriguez-Perez to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 9, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03824011
Scope and Contents

Rodriguez-Perez informs Hench that the Finlay Institute's copy of the history of Military Hospital No. 1 is the only one they have. He is not willing to lend it to Hench, but can have it copied. He sends Hench a journal with an article on the hospital. See English translation.

Dates:  August 9, 1941

Translation [from Spanish] of letter from J.F. Rodriguez-Perez to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 9, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03824012
Scope and Contents

Rodriguez-Perez informs Hench that the Finlay Institute's copy of the history of Military Hospital No. 1 is the only one they have. He is not willing to lend it to Hench, but can have it copied. See Spanish original.

Dates:  August 9, 1941

Letter from A. Diaz Albertini to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 9, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03824013
Scope and Contents

Albertini identifies men in the photograph which Hench sent him. He informs Hench that the book on Military Hospital No. 1 cannot be lent to him, but can be copied.

Dates:  August 9, 1941

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to R.H. Brooke,  September 2, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827001
Scope and Contents

Hench wants to know when the documents he requested will be ready for his viewing.

Dates:  September 2, 1941

Letter fragment from Merritte W. Ireland to Albert E. Truby,  September 6, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827002
Scope and Contents

Ireland compliments Truby on his manuscript about his experiences with the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  September 6, 1941

Letter from Frances Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 11, 1940

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827003
Scope and Contents

Wood sends Hench a newspaper article concerning William H. Dean and tells him about the Dean Memorial Bridge.

Dates:  September 11, 1940

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Frances Wood,  September 13, 1940

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827004
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Wood for the newspaper article on Dean and inquires about the camera shop that might have a photograph of the Dean Memorial Bridge.

Dates:  September 13, 1940

Letter from Helen Wheeler to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 19, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827005
Scope and Contents

Wheeler writes that she has received the yellow fever material sent by Hench and will look for the additional materials he requested. She informs him of the location of the Lazear memorial tablet at Johns Hopkins University.

Dates:  September 19, 1941

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to A. Diaz Albertini,  September 29, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827006
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Albertini that he plans to have the entire book on Military Hospital No. 1 copied. He requests further copies be made for two U.S. libraries and for the Finlay Institute.

Dates:  September 29, 1941

Letter from Anna M. Sexton to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 29, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827007
Scope and Contents

Sexton requests reprints of Hench's article, which appeared in the journal "Hygeia."

Dates:  October 29, 1941

Letter from J.F. Rodriguez-Perez to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 9, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827008
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...
Dates:  September 9, 1941

Letter from Blanca Malaret to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 15, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827009
Scope and Contents

Malaret informs Hench of the costs for copying the book on Military Hospital No. 1.

Dates:  September 15, 1941

Letter from A. Diaz Albertini to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 15, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827010
Scope and Contents

Albertini informs Hench that Malaret will convey to Hench the cost of copying the book on Military Hospital No. 1.

Dates:  September 15, 1941

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Merritte W. Ireland,  October 1, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 30
Identifier: 03830001
Scope and Contents

Hench sends Ireland a copy of his "Hygeia" yellow fever article and three photographs of Kean and Ireland, one of which he wants autographed and returned.

Dates:  October 1, 1941

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 8, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 30
Identifier: 03830002
Scope and Contents

Ireland informs Hench that Truby's yellow fever article will be published in the Medical Department Bulletin.

Dates:  October 8, 1941

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Merritte W. Ireland,  October 16, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 30
Identifier: 03830003
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Ireland for the photograph and the copy of General Order No. 6. He discusses Truby's manuscript and suggests possible publishers.

Dates:  October 16, 1941

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 22, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 30
Identifier: 03830004
Scope and Contents

Ireland requests twelve reprints of Hench's article on yellow fever. He reports that Truby has almost finished writing his manuscript, and agrees with Hench that it could be better published by someone other than the Surgeon General's Office.

Dates:  October 22, 1941

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Robert Usher,  November 1, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834001
Scope and Contents

Hench sends Usher a reprint of his yellow fever article and requests references on yellow fever in New Orleans.

Dates:  November 1, 1941

Letter from John H. Andrus to [s.n.] Mitten,  November 3, 1941

 Item — Box: 38, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834002
Scope and Contents

Andrus discusses the yellow fever experiments and the role played by Lambert, whom he feels deserves more credit.

Dates:  November 3, 1941