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Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Arthur W. Packard,  November 13, 1947

 Item — Box: 41, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04144026
Scope and Contents

Hench writes that despite the Rockefeller Foundation's refusal of financial support for the Camp Lazear project, he would like to meet with Packard to seek advice from him.

Dates:  November 13, 1947
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench concerning a memorial at Camp Lazear

Letter from Pedro Nogueira to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 14, 1947

 Item — Box: 41, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04144027
Scope and Contents

Nogueira informs Hench of the Cuban government's plans to place plaques on Camp Lazear Building No. 1 and on the Havana building where Finlay conducted his experiments, in 1881. He hopes action will be taken on Hench's proposals to preserve the Camp Lazear building soon, and promises to support those efforts.

Dates:  November 14, 1947
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench concerning a memorial at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Arthur W. Packard,  December 5, 1947

 Item — Box: 41, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04144029
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Packard for meeting with him in New York. He reports that the Reed Memorial Association has reaffirmed its commitment to memorialize Camp Lazear.

Dates:  December 5, 1947
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench concerning a memorial at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Pedro Nogueira,  December 17, 1947

 Item — Box: 41, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04144030
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Nogueira that he will be unable to obtain American support for the Camp Lazear memorial until the Cubans make a firm commitment to maintain it. He would like to meet with the Cuban president when he visits Cuba in March.

Dates:  December 17, 1947
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench concerning a memorial at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George K. Strode,  December 10, 1947

 Item — Box: 41, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04144031
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 10, 1947
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench concerning a memorial at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Maria Teresa Loma viuda de Rojas,  December 18, 1947

 Item — Box: 41, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04144032
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses his upcoming visit to Cuba. He sends her a photograph of an old check concerning rental of the Rojas land by the American government, which he received from Kean. Hench hopes that she will carefully preserve the Rojas daybook, which is so important in certifying the site of Camp Lazear.

Dates:  December 18, 1947
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench concerning a memorial at Camp Lazear