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Box 40

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Contains 242 Results:

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Frank F. Law,  December 6, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 47
Identifier: 04047004
Scope and Contents

Hench writes that he is interested in attending a meeting in Cuba. However, he is unsure if the Cuban plans will come to fruition.

Dates:  December 6, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Domingo F. Ramos,  December 6, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 47
Identifier: 04047005
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires about the preparations for the meeting in Cuba. He would like to attend and offers to loan his slides on yellow fever to Ramos.

Dates:  December 6, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Alice M. Davis,  December 6, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 47
Identifier: 04047006
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:  December 6, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Christmas card from Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 47
Identifier: 04047008
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:  December 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Christmas card Frances B. Seth to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 47
Identifier: 04047009
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:  December 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Arthur R. Altick to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 15, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 47
Identifier: 04047010
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:  December 15, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Receipt from the Clark County Historical Society for Philip Showalter Hench,  December 15, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 47
Identifier: 04047011
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:  December 15, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Nancy Lybarger to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 16, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 47
Identifier: 04047012
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:  December 16, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to John W. Hart,  October 16, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050001
Scope and Contents

Hench writes that he enjoyed reading Hart's article on Building No. 1. He clarifies some misconceptions in this article. Hench mentions Moran and notes that he more or less serves as Hench's personal representative in Cuba. Hench discusses his efforts to raise money for the Camp Lazear memorial.

Dates:  October 16, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Letter from John W. Hart to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 27, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050002
Scope and Contents

Hart informs Hench that he has become Vice President and General Manager of Winthrop Products. The article on Building No. 1 was written by the medical director of their Cuban organization, not by Hart. However, Hart does plans on writing an article about Camp Lazear.

Dates:  October 27, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Letter from F. Marti Ibanez to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 10, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050004
Scope and Contents

Ibanez sends copies of "Horizontes Medicos," containing the article on Building No. 1 of Camp Lazear, to Hench.

Dates:  November 10, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Translation [from Spanish] ofRincon Olvidado,Horizontes Medicos,  circa June 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050005
Scope and Contents

This article, originally published in "Horizontes Medicos," describes the history of Camp Lazear and the confirmation of Finlay's mosquito theory. The translation was made by Moran.

Dates:  circa June 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to John W. Hart,  November 10, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050007
Scope and Contents

Hench is delighted that Hart is interested in the yellow fever story and the discovery of Camp Lazear. He discusses his meeting with Ramos and the Cuban government's support to commemorate the site of Camp Lazear.

Dates:  November 10, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Maria Teresa Loma viuda de Rojas,  November 13, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050009
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Rojas that his plans for the memorialization of Camp Lazear and the preservation of Building No. 1 are proceeding. He hopes that she will preserve her husband's day book because it constitutes the basic proof for the identification of Camp Lazear and Building No. 1.

Dates:  November 13, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to [Adrian] Macia,  November 13, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050010
Scope and Contents

Hench is worried about the condition of Building No. 1. He does not want it to suffer the fate of its companion building which crashed in a hurricane. Hench is thinking about erecting an outer protective shell, and is wondering how much it would cost.

Dates:  November 13, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Miscellaneous notes,  circa 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050011
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:  circa 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Domingo F. Ramos,  November 13, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050013
Scope and Contents

Hench offers to lend Ramos some of his slides which deal with the yellow fever experiments. He also offers financial help to protect Building No. 1 and requests Ramos' assistance in organizing this effort.

Dates:  November 13, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Jose A. Presno,  December 6, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050015
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses his efforts to memorialize Camp Lazear. He makes clear that he is not interested in arguing who deserves the greatest honor. He expresses hope that this venture will lead to a closer ties between Cuba and the United States.

Dates:  December 6, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Letter from Avery S. Hoyt to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 30, 1944

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050017
Scope and Contents

Hoyt provides information on how to protect Building No. 1 from the effects of weathering and the attack of termites.

Dates:  December 30, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Letter from Luis Espinosa y G. Caceras to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 10, 1945

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 52
Identifier: 04052001
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:  January 10, 1945
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench