Box 01

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The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings that document the work of Henry Hanson between 1929 and 1931. It also contains clippings documenting his death and the naming of the Henry Hanson building.

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Henry Hanson wrote this manuscript describing his experiences in Peru from 1919 to 1922. The Florida Department of Public Health postumously published the manuscript in 1961 under the following title: "The Pied Piper of Peru: Dr. Henry Hanson’s Fight against “Yellow Jack” and Bubonic Plague in South America, 1919-1922."

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This is a collection of photographs labelled "Natal" and "Natal, South Africa" that show unidentifed people. Henry Hanson does not appear in the photographs. It is not known when these photographs were created or who created them. It is also unclear if they truly were taken in Natal.

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This is an English translation of an interview Henry Hanson gave about the danger of yellow fever spreading to Lima, Peru in 1921 and 1922. "El Comercio," a newspaper in Lima, originally published this interview in Spanish.

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This is a reprint of an article Henry Hanson authored. It was originally published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Henry Hanson authored this draft of an article sometime between 1937 and his death in 1954.

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This file consists of a few pieces of Henry Hanson's correspondence. It includes his resignation letter from the Florida Health Department and letters from William Gorgas and Hideo Noguchi.

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Henry Hanson drafted this article sometime between 1936 and his death in 1954.

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This file contains two letters related to the posthumous publication of Henry Hanson's book, "The Pied Piper of Peru: Dr. Henry Hanson's Fight Against "Yellow Jack" and the Bubonic Plague in South America, 1919-1922."

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This file contains an event program and letters related to the naming of the Henry Hanson building in Jacksonville, Florida.

Scope and Contents From the File: The diary begins October 4, 1925, the day after Hanson boarded the S.S. Majestic in New York City to cross the Atlantic as the first leg in his journey to Nigeria to be part of the West Africa Yellow Fever Commission. Hanson summarized his work in the Peruvian campaigns from July 1919 to May 1922 as well as mentioned the time he spent in Central America, but the bulk of the diary describes his work in southwestern Nigeria which included 5,000 house visits to inspect for containers with water...

Scope and Contents From the File: The diary begins October 4, 1925, the day after Hanson boarded the S.S. Majestic in New York City to cross the Atlantic as the first leg in his journey to Nigeria to be part of the West Africa Yellow Fever Commission. Hanson summarized his work in the Peruvian campaigns from July 1919 to May 1922 as well as mentioned the time he spent in Central America, but the bulk of the diary describes his work in southwestern Nigeria which included 5,000 house visits to inspect for containers with water...

Scope and Contents From the File: The diary begins October 4, 1925, the day after Hanson boarded the S.S. Majestic in New York City to cross the Atlantic as the first leg in his journey to Nigeria to be part of the West Africa Yellow Fever Commission. Hanson summarized his work in the Peruvian campaigns from July 1919 to May 1922 as well as mentioned the time he spent in Central America, but the bulk of the diary describes his work in southwestern Nigeria which included 5,000 house visits to inspect for containers with water...

Scope and Contents From the File: The diary begins October 4, 1925, the day after Hanson boarded the S.S. Majestic in New York City to cross the Atlantic as the first leg in his journey to Nigeria to be part of the West Africa Yellow Fever Commission. Hanson summarized his work in the Peruvian campaigns from July 1919 to May 1922 as well as mentioned the time he spent in Central America, but the bulk of the diary describes his work in southwestern Nigeria which included 5,000 house visits to inspect for containers with water...

Scope and Contents From the File: The diary begins October 4, 1925, the day after Hanson boarded the S.S. Majestic in New York City to cross the Atlantic as the first leg in his journey to Nigeria to be part of the West Africa Yellow Fever Commission. Hanson summarized his work in the Peruvian campaigns from July 1919 to May 1922 as well as mentioned the time he spent in Central America, but the bulk of the diary describes his work in southwestern Nigeria which included 5,000 house visits to inspect for containers with water...