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Box 40

 Container

Contains 242 Results:

Letter from Warren I. Titus to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 21, 1942

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04011002
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 21, 1942

Christmas card from Jessie Daniel Ames to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 25, 1942

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04011003
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 25, 1942

Christmas card from Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 22, 1942

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04011005
Scope and Contents

Rodriguez Leon thanks Hench for the reprints he sent and promises to write soon. She hopes that she can answer some of Hench's questions about the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  December 22, 1942

Christmas card from Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 25, 1942

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04011006
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 25, 1942

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Felipe Carbonell Ponce,  January 30, 1942

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04013001
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires about the Cuban government's interest in preserving the site of Camp Lazear. Hench stresses that he does not want the monument dedicated to one person, but rather envisions a Cuban-American memorial.

Dates:  January 30, 1942

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Felipe Carbonell Ponce,  January 30, 1942

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04013003
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires about the Cuban government's interest in preserving the site of Camp Lazear. Hench stresses that he does not want the monument dedicated to one person, but rather envisions a Cuban-American memorial.

Dates:  January 30, 1942

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Adrian Macia,  January 30, 1942

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04013005
Scope and Contents

Hench encloses a check to purchase additional land from the site of Camp Lazear. He is surprised to hear that nothing has been done to Building No. 1, since he had sent some money to Moran for repairs months ago. Hench makes note of his correspondence with Ponce and his influence with the Cuban government.

Dates:  January 30, 1942

Letter from Adrian Macia to Philip Showalter Hench with attached check,  March 9, 1942

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04013006
Scope and Contents

Macia returns a check for the purchase of a small lot of land at the former site of Camp Lazear. He is concerned that this lot might interfere with his quarry or with the entrance to the land in the back of it. He is willing to reconsider until definite plans have been made for the memorialization of the site. Macia informs Hench that some small repairs have been done at Building No. 1.

Dates:  March 9, 1942

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Adrian Macia,  March 24, 1942

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04013007
Scope and Contents

Hench implores Macia to preserve Building No. 1 until he has raised enough money to commemorate of the site. Hench assures him that a mutually satisfactory solution can be found for the sale of the land.

Dates:  March 24, 1942

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Louis Johnson,  August 3, 1942

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04013008
Scope and Contents

Hench is excited that Johnson might be able to interest the U.S. State Department in his plan to memorialize Camp Lazear. He feels that this would be an excellent and real opportunity to foster Pan-American solidarity. Hench estimates it would cost about $25,000 to do all he has planned.

Dates:  August 3, 1942

Letter from Edgar Mayer to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 25, 1943

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 18
Identifier: 04018001
Scope and Contents

Mayer invites Hench to serve on the Medical Advisory Board. He wants to support the memorial in Cuba.

Dates:  January 25, 1943

Telegram from Edgar Mayer to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 25, 1943

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 18
Identifier: 04018002
Scope and Contents

Mayer reports that there is a possibility Hench will be asked to join the Board of the Finlay Institute.

Dates:  January 25, 1943

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Edgar Mayer,  January 30, 1943

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 18
Identifier: 04018003
Scope and Contents

Hench writes that he is unable to come to New York since he is very busy at Camp Carson, Colorado. Hench's wife is pregnant with their fourth child.

Dates:  January 30, 1943

Letter from Edgar Mayer to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 8, 1943

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04019001
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:  February 8, 1943

Letter from Morris Fishbein to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 9, 1943

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04019002
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:  February 9, 1943

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Edgar Mayer,  March 4, 1943

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04020001
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Mayer that his wife just gave birth to their baby and so he will spend some time at home.

Dates:  March 4, 1943

Note by Philip Showalter Hench,  circa 1943

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04020002
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 1943

Letter from Morris Fishbein to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 10, 1943

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04020003
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:  March 10, 1943

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Morris Fishbein,  March 4, 1943

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04020004
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:  March 4, 1943

Letter from Edgar Meyer to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 14, 1943

 Item — Box: 40, Folder: 21
Identifier: 04021001
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:  April 14, 1943