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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

A piece of blank grey paper, circa 1860-1960

 Item — Box: 142, Folder: 70
Identifier: uva-lib:2231779

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions consists of original and photocopied materials that Philip Showalter Hench's son, P. Kahler Hench, donated to the University of Virginia in 1988 and 1989. Items in the series date from around 1860 to 1965 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1898 to 1965. Most of these items were collected or created by Philip Showalter Hench while researching the yellow fever experiments. These items include the following:...

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From the Series:
  1. the correspondence of experiment participants;
  2. correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and the experiment participants;
  3. correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and families of the experiment participants;
  4. press clippings relating to the experiments and the experiment participants;
  5. oral history interviews conducted by Philip Showalter Hench;
  6. scientific articles related to the study of yellow fever;
  7. photographs of Havana, Camp Columbia, and Camp Lazear;
  8. genealogical tables and summaries for the family of Jesse W. Lazear;
  9. autobiographical accounts written by experiment participants;
  10. unpublished manuscripts;
  11. artifacts (e.g. a wooden board) from Camp Lazear;
  12. Philip Showalter Hench's research notes.
From the Series:

Series XIV. also contains correspondence and financial records that record the transfer of collection items from the Reed family to Philip Showalter Hench and later from the Hench family to the University of Virginia.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1860-1960

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Collection is predominantly in English; other materials in the collection are in Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

Access

There are no restrictions on user access to any of the materials in the collection except where noted in the container list.

Extent

From the Series: 10 boxes

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