Box 54
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Engraved sterling silver corkscrew that had been owned by Walter Reed with a Christmas card, circa 1870-1960
File — Box: 54, Folder: 1 (vault)
Identifier: uva-lib:2229246
Scope and Contents
The corkscrew is engraved with the name "Walter Reed". The Christmas card is from Blossom Reed and relates to the corkscrew.
Dates:
circa 1870-1960
Ladies' mourning pin, circa 1850-1920
Item — Box: 54, Folder: 2 (vault)
Identifier: uva-lib:2229247
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 1850-1920
Rubber stamps with handles (23), rubber stamps without handles (20), and bottle caps (, circa 1930-1966
File — Box: 54, Folder: 3 (vault)
Identifier: uva-lib:2229248
Scope and Contents
Stamps of names of individuals and or families associated with yellow fever experiments [presumably used by Philip Showalter Hench to stamp documents and correspondence].
Dates:
circa 1930-1966
Conquest of Yellow Fever Medal, February 28, 1929
Item — Box: 54, Folder: 4 (vault)
Identifier: uva-lib:2229249
Scope and Contents
This gold medal was awarded posthumously to Walter Reed by an act of the United States Congress in recognition of his work with yellow fever. Each of the surviving members (as of 1929) of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board and the experiment volunteers received one such medal.
Dates:
February 28, 1929