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Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to R.A. Amador,  April 25, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269027
Scope and Contents

Kean approves of Amador's idea for a popular history of yellow fever. He relates his recollections of the X.Y. yellow fever case.

Dates:  April 25, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Harvey Cushing,  June 30, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269029
Scope and Contents

Kean sends Cushing reprints of his review of the Gorgas biography.

Dates:  June 30, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Harvey Cushing to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  July 1, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269030
Scope and Contents

Cushing congratulates Kean for his review of the Gorgas biography. An autograph note by Kean reveals sales statistics of both the Osler and Gorgas biographies.

Dates:  July 1, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Walter D. McCaw to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  July 15, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269032
Scope and Contents

McCaw sends Kean a critique of Mark Sullivan's article on Gorgas, and tells Kean that he believes Sullivan wants to present a truthful account of Gorgas' yellow fever work.

Dates:  July 15, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Walter D. McCaw to Mark Sullivan,  July 14, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269033
Scope and Contents

McCaw offers comments on Sullivan's draft chapter about Gorgas and yellow fever.

Dates:  July 14, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Robert U. Patterson to [Jefferson Randolph Kean?],  circa July 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269038
Scope and Contents

Patterson sends Kean a letter he has written to William Duffield Robinson, correcting a statement about Gorgas that Robinson made in a paper.

Dates:  circa July 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Robert U. Patterson to William Duffield Robinson,  July 17, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269039
Scope and Contents

Patterson corrects Robinson's statement that Gorgas discovered the means of transmission for yellow fever.

Dates:  July 17, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Mazyck P. Ravenel,  July 30, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269040
Scope and Contents

Kean compliments Ravenel on his review of the Gorgas biography and presents his own view of the errors in the book.

Dates:  July 30, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  August 3, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269042
Scope and Contents

Ravenel offers his opinions about Gorgas.

Dates:  August 3, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Note, circa 1930-159

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269044
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...
Dates: circa 1930-159
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Merritte W. Ireland,  August 5, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269045
Scope and Contents

Kean discusses Gorgas and the yellow fever work in Cuba. Ireland responds in a note at the bottom of the letter.

Dates:  August 5, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  September 23, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269046
Scope and Contents

Ravenel refers to an article by Russell concerning the sanitation campaign in Havana (1900). In an autograph note, [Kean] writes that Ravenel has misunderstood Russell.

Dates:  September 23, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Mazyck P. Ravenel,  September 28, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269048
Scope and Contents

Kean agrees that Russell should be unambiguous in his statements regarding Gorgas.

Dates:  September 28, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  October 1, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269049
Scope and Contents

Ravenel informs Kean that he has written a review of a biography of Carter for "The American Journal of Public Health."

Dates:  October 1, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Notes by Jefferson Randolph Kean,  October 20, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269050
Scope and Contents

Kean makes corrections to Sullivan's manuscript for a book chapter on Gorgas, including a memorandum for Ireland concerning Gorgas' military record and honors.

Dates:  October 20, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  October 27, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269053
Scope and Contents

Ravenel comments on factual errors in the Russell article about Gorgas' sanitation work.

Dates:  October 27, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Mazyck P. Ravenel,  October 31, 1925

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269055
Scope and Contents

Kean discusses Russell's article on Gorgas and comments on the errors in the Marie Gorgas biography of her husband. Included is an autograph note by Kean.

Dates:  October 31, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from [Ignacio?] Alvare,  July 31, 1926

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269056
Scope and Contents

Alvare writes about Finlay and Camp Lazear.

Dates:  July 31, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to the Chief of Finance,  November 23, 1926

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269058
Scope and Contents

Kean requests the addresses of Mabel Lazear and Jennie Carroll.

Dates:  November 23, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Jorge LeRoy y Cassa,  August 27, 1927

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 71
Identifier: 06271001
Scope and Contents

Kean expresses his disappointment in the competition between Cuba and America regarding the credit for the yellow fever work. According to Kean, it was Reed who demonstrated Finlay's theory and Gorgas who applied it.

Dates:  August 27, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean