Box 62

Kean seeks information on J.F. Binnie, an old acquaintance and a patient in Truby's hospital.

Truby relates Binnie's condition. He enjoyed his trip to Europe with the Keans in 1921. He discusses upcoming assignments to Panama or the Philippines.

Kean informs Emilie Lawrence Reed that his son Robert is graduating from MIT in chemistry. He discusses the role of Sternberg and Gorgas with the Yellow Fever Commission.

Marie Gorgas thanks Kean for his informative letter. She is currently collaborating with Hendrick on a biography of Gorgas.

Kean expresses his disapproval of the claims made by Marie Gorgas' in her biography of William Crawford Gorgas.

Kean writes to the editor in order to dispute the claims made by Marie Gorgas in her article on her husband. He requests that a letter of clarification be published in the journal.

Kean informs Emilie Lawrence Reed that he wrote to the editor of World's Work to dispute the claims made by Marie Gorgas as regards the Yellow Fever Commission.

Burton informs Kean that the piece published in World's Work, by Marie Gorgas, was an excerpt of her larger work in which Reed does receive credit.

Kean expresses doubt that the statements already published in the excerpts of Gorgas' biography can be corrected in the final publication without contradiction.

Hendrick agrees to publish Kean's letter, which challenged Marie Gorgas' account of her husband's yellow fever work, in the journal World's Work.

Kean informs Emilie Lawrence Reed that Hendrick will print a correction to an earlier article. This letter is written at the bottom of Hendrick's letter to Kean, dated April 16, 1924. Hendrick writes that the corrections will be made and regrets any offense given Emilie Lawrence Reed.

Kean informs McCaw that Hendrick has agreed to publish his rebuttal to Marie Gorgas' article.

Kean offers an explanation of how his rebuttal letter to Marie Gorgas' article came to be published in New York Times.

Howard responds favorably to Kean's letter published in the New York Times, and offers supporting evidence for Kean's claims in the form of quotations from a letter of Reed.

Hendrick informs Kean that he had planned to publish his rebuttal letter in the June issue of the World's Work, but withdrew it when he saw it published in the New York Times.

Kean mentions Howard's letter, which offers proof of Reed's awareness of the practical effects of his yellow fever experiments.

Kean informs Emilie Lawrence Reed that the manuscript of Gorgas' biography might be corrected to reflect Reed's role. He will retire to Washington this summer.

Marie Gorgas writes to Kean that she regrets his disapproval of her biography of William Crawford Gorgas. [Kean] appends a note chastising the authors of the biography for failing to correct errors called to their attention six months before publication.